On Jan 29, 2008 12:25 PM, William Hooper <whooperhsd at gmail.com> wrote: > On Jan 29, 2008 3:18 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > > Johnny Hughes wrote: > > > > > > Overall ... unless you really, Really, REALLY need a newer kernel, it is > > > best to use the one provided by the distribution. > > > > Is there a difference in the way kernel modules are managed between > > CentOS4 and 5? I thought that under CentOS4 after a kernel update > > VMware would insist that you run vmware-config.pl but it would always > > say that the existing module loads perfectly, where under CentOS5 it > > always compiles a new version for each updated kernel. > > If we are talking about VMWare Server, RHEL4 is a supported OS, but > RHEL5 isn't. If your not on a supported OS, it won't have a > pre-configured set of modules. > > It does look like RHEL5 support was added in VMWare Workstation 6, but > I haven't used that version. With VMWare Workstation 6 under CentOS-5, you run vmware-config.pl for each kernel update, but you do not need to compile the modules each time. Akemi