User`s guide

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 80

3 Start a terminal in your Linux guest OS. Type the following command to gain the root

privileges:

4 Change the directory to the CD/DVD drive directory using

cd /media/cdrom/

Note: In some of the Linux operating systems, the mount point for the virtual CD/DVD

drive may appear as /media/Parallels\ Tools/.

5 In the CD/DVD drive directory, enter the following command to launch Parallels Tools

installation:

./install

6 Follow the Parallels Tools Installer instructions to complete the installation.

7 When the installation of Parallels Tools is complete, restart your virtual machine.

Installing Parallels Tools in other versions of Linux guest OSs

To install Parallels Tools in the older versions of Linux OSs, you have to mount the prl-

tools-lin.iso image file manually. Do the following:

1 Start the virtual machine.

2 When the guest OS boots up, choose Install Parallels Tools from the Virtual Machine menu.

Note: If the Install Parallels Tools option is grayed out, make sure that your operating system

complies with the requirements for Parallels Tools installation.

The prl-tools-lin.iso image file will be connected to the virtual machine's

CD/DVD drive.

3 Start a terminal in your Linux guest OS. Type the following command to gain the root

privileges:

4 Check if the Parallels Tools CD image is mounted by entering

mount | grep iso9660

If this command does not return anything, proceed to the next step.

If this command returns anything like

/dev/cdrom on /media/cdrom type iso9660 (ro,exec,nosuid,nodev,uid=0),

skip the next step and proceed to the following one.

If this command returns anything like

/dev/cdrom on /media/cdrom type iso9660 (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,uid=0)

with the noexec option present in parentheses, you need to unmount the disc using the

following command and then proceed to the next step:

umount /dev/cdrom

5 To mount the Parallels Tools installation disc image, enter the following:

mount -o exec /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom

Note: /dev/cdrom is the virtual machine's CD/DVD drive and /media/cdrom is the

mount point for this device. In some of the Linux operating systems the virtual CD/DVD

drive may appear as /dev/hdb and the mount point /mnt/cdrom. Some Linux OSs do

not have the CD/DVD drive mount point. In this case, you should create the mount point

directory manually.