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Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems
Known Issues
Clock in Guest Operating System May Run Too Quickly or Too Slowly
If the clock in your guest operating system runs too quickly or too slowly, use one of
the workarounds described in the knowledge base article at www.vmware.com/
support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1420.
Manual Changes May Be Needed to Use Networking in Copied Virtual Machine
In some cases, networking does not work properly in a copied virtual machine. If you
copy a virtual machine and specify that the copy should have a unique identifier, the
MAC addresses for any virtual Ethernet adapters attached to the virtual machine
change. When a Novell Linux Desktop 9 guest operating system is installed, it includes
the MAC address as part of a key configuration filename. When the virtual machine’s
MAC address changes, the guest operating system may fail to associate this
configuration file with the virtual Ethernet adapter. If you experience this problem,
you can work around it by copying or renaming the file. For eth0, for example, make
the following change:
Old name:
/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0-id-<MAC_address>
New name:
/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0
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