I have vmware3 on 4.9R, and guest RedHat 9 runs OK. However, when /dev/rtc is "connected", vmware process eats up the CPU cycles and if it is not connected, the vmware process idels. What is going on? What is wrong with /compat/linux/dev/rtc? -- Naoyuki "Tai" Tai, ntai a t smartfruit d o t com