Subject: Re: VMware: error opening /proc/meminfo
To: ptiJo <ptiJo@noos.fr>
From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@chylonia.3miasto.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/12/2002 19:07:37
> 	I installed VMware 2.0.4 and it seems to install allright (with suse-linux 6.4 things).
> 	I mounted the procfs via:
> mount_procfs -o linux /proc /emul/linux/proc
> 	When VMware starts, it says:
> Error opening /proc/meminfo: grep: /proc/meminfo: No such file or directory

i did mounted it at /proc not /emul/linux/proc


> 	I checked /emul/linux/proc and there where:
> ...
> -r--r--r--	... 0	...	cpuinfo
> lr--r--r--	... 4	...	curproc -> 3370
> -r--r--r--	... 0	...	meminfo
> lr--r--r--	... 8	...	self -> curproc
>
> 	May I forgot to mount some other procfs ?
> 	Is there are patch to linux emul ?
> 	Any idea what to check or where to find doc...
>
> thX for answers,
> ---------------------
>
> ptiJo <ptiJo@noos.fr>
>
> Linux:	For those who don't like Windows
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>

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