Installing Oracle 11g on Ubuntu server 64bit on vmware server 2 beta

I have this wish to install a hardy server version on my system. Since I did not want to add another partition, so I chose to do that inside a virtual machine (using vmware). vmware supports 64bit Guest Operating system, as opposed to virtual box which does not. :(

So, I have been able to install the server edition inside the vmware machine. I have never used nfs before, but the tutorial I was following was suggesting to use it.

http://www.pythian.com/blogs/654/installing-oracle-11g-on-ubuntu-linux-710-gutsy-gibbon

However, I am having problems with -

1. Trying to expand the virtual hard disk inside vmware. I tried it, but havent succeeded yet.
2. The Oracle installer exits with a strange error message.

I have posted my issues on the ubuntu forums, and havent got any solution yet. Lets see how it goes...