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Vmware and Ubuntu and XP |
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I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 7.10 desktop and I am attempting to install VMWare Server. I have updated all my packages with Synaptics Package manager and I've downloaded the VMWare Server for Linux for free from http://register.vmware.com/content/download.html.
After the download, which I saved to my desktop
I opened up the terminal <Applications> -> <Accessories> -> <Terminal>. I am a systems administrator and I am used to having root access so I start my terminal session with
> sudo su
And enter my password, but if you aren't sure what that means you may be better off adding
> sudo (rest of command)
Before any command that requires administrative privelages. I just like sudo su and I don't have to worry about what I have rights to.
I first made a folder in my /home directory for virtual machines.
> mkdir /home/vms.
I installed VMWare but after receiving an install error I did two things I found on some forums before running the install. First I followed instructions at
Sync System Clock
Which I am not entirely sure were necessary, but I don't think being synced with a NTS is a bad thing. Then second thing I did was install xinitd using the command
> apt-get install xinitd
you may need to type
> sudo apt-get install xinitd
Once that was installed I opened my download of vmware for linux which is a tar.gz file (which is just an archive file) and I drag and dropped the folder within the archive and left it on my desktop. So I returned to the terminal and I navigated to the install folder that I got from vmware on the desktop. In my case i just needed to type
> cd /home/jbwhite/Desktop/vmware-server-distrib
If you want to make sure your switching to an existing directory, type in the first few letters, so for example type 'cd /hom' and press the key, the terminal should fill in the rest of the word home. You can do this with each foldername and filename. If you press twice it will list the contents of the directory.
Then I ran
perl vmware-install.pl or just ./vmware-install.pl
The install asked me a number of questions, I left everything to
default, I installed NAT, which is to use your Ubuntu Boxes internet
address in your Virtual machine to access the internet. I don't know
that I will use it, because I have a home router that should do that
for me already. I pretty much installed everything as the default and I
changed the location to store my virtual machines to /home/vms, but
that was it, I typed yes when it suggested it otherwise.
I ended up having problems with NAT. I could have reinstalled it properly, but for whatever reason it got setup where my NAT was trying to act as the DNS server for everything. I didn't really get into why, just reinstalled vmware and told it to remove the NAT.
I also had to go fill out a vmware marketing form to get a serial
number, you should see the link at the top of the vmware download page.
I got an error like this:
Unable to compile the VMware VmPerl Scripting API.
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The VMware VmPerl Scripting API was not installed. Errors encountered during
compilation and installation of the module can be found here:
/tmp/vmware-config2
You will not be able to use the "vmware-cmd" program.
But after some research it seems like vmware server runs without it. So I ignored the error and continued on.
Now a icon appears in my menu so I clicked <applications> -> <system tools> -> <vmware server consloe>. Then, yes I want to connect to my localhost.
Now I click, Create a new Virtual Machine, Choose typical and Choose Windows XP Professional from the drop down list. Click next a few times. I kept bridged networking because I have a router, if you are directly connected to a cable modem, or don't have a DHCP server then you probably want to try NAT.
From here I have my windows XP install CD inserted in the drive and I go through the windows installation. I'll post more if this results in anything odd. Also a quick note. If you are in the installer console for XP and want the mouse back, press the keys <ctrl> and <alt> at the same time and the mouse should pop out!
When you install windows XP on a VM you need to make sure you are using an oem disk, not a streamline installation, if you use a streamline it will freeze. I have run into this on a ESX server as well as Vmware server for Windows.
Learn how to use your windows workstation within linux, I will be posting a second part of this tutorial.
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