VMware Linux kernel driver config

Based on linux_2.6.33 Kernel

 

$ Make defconfig

$ Make menuconfig

Select the following items:

 

 
Device driversscsi device support ---> <*> SCSI disk support <*> SCSI generic supportscsi low-level drivers ---> [*] LSI logic New Generation RAID device drivers <*> Serial ATA and parallel ata drivers ---> <*> intel ESB, ich, piix3, piix4 PATA/SATA supportfusion MPT device support ---> <*> fusion MPT scsihost drivers for spinetwork device support ---> Ethernet (10 or 100 Mbit) ---> [*] Eisa, VLB, PCI and on board Controllers<*> Amd pcnet32 PCI support
 

 
After compilation, the system can be started without initrd.
 

 
Information found on the VMware Forum:
 

Network: pcnet32 (under 10/100 devices, then you have to say "yes" to "onboard controllers ")
Sound: esoniq audiopci-1371
SCSI drives (only if your virtual hard disk uses SCSI): fusionmpt for Spi

All processor-related settings shoshould just match the ones on the host CPU.
 

 
If you plan on moving the VM between machines that are not the same subarch (I. e., Pentium 3, Pentium 4, etc .)
 

 
You might want to use more generic processor settings.