[...]... images for the VMware Tools for Linux and Windows host systems You don’t need to transfer these to actual CDs to use them; VMware automatically attaches them to the guest system when you perform the Tools installation The details of this installation differ for each guest system; you’ll learn more about the VMware Tools in section 4.11 in the next chapter, and you’ll learn how to install them for each... for the entry eth0 If the first number of your IP address matches the first number in the address that VMware chose, ask the configuration script to try again If, on the other hand, you answer no to the probe question, the script asks you to enter the IP address of your host machine on the private network to be and the netmask of that network 5 Next up is host−only networking: Do you want to be able to. .. detail However, the instructor who wants to teach an intensive class (graduate level) to make students really work and get a true feeling for working with hardware can try the ultimate hardware simulator: VMware Workstation Incidentally, VMware has some roots in these simulator environments 1.4.4 Other VMware Products This book is about VMware Workstation; however, VMware also offers several other products... /etc/init.d /vmware stop To get the current status of the VMware subsystems, including the number of virtual machines currently active, enter /etc/init.d /vmware status Note For a Red Hat system, use /etc/rc.d/init.d /vmware instead of /etc/init.d /vmware To enable automatic startup of boot scripts, Linux has several runlevels, and you can customize your boot sequence for each The runlevel directories are... /etc/inittab to find your default runlevel; it’s under the initdefault keyword 27 Chapter 3: Installing VMware Workstation The VMware installer looks for the default runlevel directory and places a S9 0vmware link there to the vmware script in your init.d directory With this link in place, init runs the vmware script with the start parameter so when your system boots, your VMware services start Similarly, the. .. /dev/hda instead of /dev/hda1 for the boot device What is not so easy is to remove this custom boot sector once it is in place You can use the DOS fdisk /MBR command or try to find the LILO backup of the original boot sector 15 Chapter 3: Installing VMware Workstation Overview Installing VMware Workstation on both Windows and Linux systems is straightforward, and VMware Workstation attempts to keep itself... than in the process for Windows, much of this chapter is devoted to the Linux version of VMware This chapter also includes a reference to the files that the VMware Workstation installation creates If you’re a VMware Workstation for Linux user, you’ll also learn about an additional configuration script, vmware config.pl, that you’ll need to run from time to time 3.1 Host System Requirements VMware Workstation. .. with VMware s user interface VMware provides two configuration tools: the Configuration Wizard and Configuration Editor You’ll get started with the wizard and then learn how to operate the VMware controls This chapter also introduces a set of very important packages called the VMware Tools and tells you how to use the pieces common to all guest systems Reference material in Chapter 4 also includes the. .. system, go to the VMware Workstation directory in C:\Program Files \VMware and click the VMware Uninstallation icon You’ll navigate through a dialog box in several stages One that you should pay attention to is removal of shared files: files that VMware may share with other programs The uninstaller detects the ones that other programs may be using and asks you if you really want to get rid of them, one... which directory do you want to install the documentation files? [/usr/doc /vmware] These are HTML files, used by VMware s online help; Workstation invokes Netscape to look at them as needed (You do not need a web server running on your Linux machine to view them.) The next question is where to put the VMware boot script and links, described in section 3.11: What is the directory under which the init scripts . Ward Chicago, Illinios The Book of VMware The Complete Guide to VMware Workstation 2 Chapter 1: Introduction Overview This book is about the VMware Workstation product: how to use it, how to set up its. Testing and Customizing the VMware X Server 90 6.5.4 Additional VMware X Server Information 91 6.5.5 The VMware Toolbox 91 6.5.6 The VMware Toolbox and X Startup Files 91 6.5.7 Other VMware Tools for. alt="" Table of Contents The Book of VMware The Complete Guide to VMware Workstation 1 Chapter 1: Introduction 3 Overview 3 1.1 Who Should Read This Book 3 1.2 Terms and Conventions 4 1.3 Book Layout