Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 16:47:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenneth Culver <culverk@alpha.yumyumyum.org> To: Gunnar Flygt <flygt@sr.se> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware2 Message-ID: <20020508164638.N43239-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org> In-Reply-To: <20020508035048.A15214@sr.se>
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There should be a menu option in vmware that says something like "Install VMware Tools" Do that option, then install the vmware tools from the a: inside vmware. Ken On Wed, 8 May 2002, Gunnar Flygt wrote: > On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 11:14:34AM -0400, Kenneth Culver wrote: > > Are you trying to run FreeBSD under vmware? or are you trying to run > > vmware on FreeBSD? Those tools aren't needed unless you are installing > > FreeBSD in a vmware image. > > Hmmm, I might have misunderstood. What I try to run is vmware with Win2k > as guest OS, and I seem to have picked the wrong utility. All I want is > the possibiblity to run with a resolution higher than 640x480 and more > than 16 Colors. > > > > Ken > > > > On Tue, 7 May 2002, Gunnar Flygt wrote: > > > > > On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 04:24:00PM -0400, Kenneth Culver wrote: > > > > No, if I have what you're talking about right, then it treats a floppy > > > > image as the actual floppy and installs from there... I'm not really sure > > > > what you're talking about though... (I don't remember anything like that > > > > with my installation of vmware) > > > > > > No, it was the CD image I'm talking about. Look at this. > > > 5$ sudo make > > > ===> Extracting for vmware-tools-3.0.0.1455 > > > >> No MD5 checksum file. > > > ===> vmware-tools-3.0.0.1455 depends on shared library: c.3 - found > > > ===> vmware-tools-3.0.0.1455 depends on shared library: X11.6 - found > > > > > > ======================================================================== > > > Choose "Settings" -> "VMware Tools Install..." from the Wrokstation menu > > > to connect the VM's CD-ROM drive temporarily to installation CD image. > > > ======================================================================== > > > > > > This port mounts /dev/acd0c to /mnt. > > > > > > Are you ready? [Y/n]: y > > > /bin/mkdir -p /mnt > > > /sbin/umount /mnt 2>&1 >/dev/null > > > umount: /mnt: not currently mounted > > > *** Error code 1 (ignored) > > > /sbin/umount /dev/acd0c 2>&1 >/dev/null > > > umount: /dev/acd0c: not currently mounted > > > *** Error code 1 (ignored) > > > /sbin/mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0c /mnt > > > cd9660: /dev/acd0c: Input/output error > > > *** Error code 1 > > > > > > Stop in /usr/ports/emulators/vmware-tools. > > > > > > > > > > > Ken > > > > > > > > On Mon, 6 May 2002, Gunnar Flygt wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 10:20:34AM -0400, Kenneth Culver wrote: > > > > > > you need to mount linprocfs... first remove anything you put in > > > > > > /usr/compat/linux/proc, then > > > > > > > > > > > > mount -t linprocfs /proc /usr/compat/linux/proc > > > > > > > > > > > > That's it! > > > > > > > > > > Worked of course, immediately. :) What doesn't work though is the > > > > > toolkit-installation. It says it opens a connection so that the cdrom > > > > > will be (virtually I guess) used as the device for installation. > > > > > However, the system says the resource is occupied. Any solutions to > > > > > this? > > > > > > > > > > > > Ken > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Gunnar Flygt wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello! I searched the archives, and there seems to be nothing concerning > > > > > > > vmware since 1 year back, and nothing answered my question. So here we > > > > > > > go. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I just installed vmware2 on my new 4.5-STABLE > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When running vmware it complained about the linprocfs not being mounted. > > > > > > > So I just created the files and directorys described in the linprocfs > > > > > > > man page. To no help though, since when starting vmware I get an error > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cannot open VMware Workstation executable file. > > > > > > > Possibly an installation error? > > > > > > > Cannot open VMware Workstation executable file. > > > > > > > Possibly an installation error? > > > > > > > Cannot open VMware Workstation executable file. > > > > > > > Possibly an installation error? > > > > > > > Cannot open VMware Workstation executable file. > > > > > > > Possibly an installation error? > > > > > > > Module 10 initialization succeeded. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I press OK on that one and gets the WMware Workstation dialog for > > > > > > > setting up a new system. If I choose "Run the Configuration Wizard." I > > > > > > > get the following error: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Error opening /proc/meminfo: > > > > > > > child process exited abnormally > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So how do I proceed from here? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > __o > > > > > > > regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ > > > > > > > email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > __o > > > > > regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ > > > > > email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message > > > > > > -- > > > __o > > > regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ > > > email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) > > > > > > > > > > -- > __o > regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ > email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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