Specifications

Index
A
accelerated 3D graphics
preparing a virtual machine 71
preparing the host system 70
using 70
acceleration, disabling 60
additional information 5
application shortcuts, creating in Unity mode 64
Autologon, configuring 41
B
battery information 62
bridged networking
assigning IP addresses 107
configuring 107, 108
BusLogic driver, installing 93
C
CD-ROM drives
adding 77
configuring 77
configuring legacy emulation mode 79
close behavior, configuring 44
command line options, installing Workstation on
Linux 15
compatible virtual machines and system
images 11
configuring virtual machines 67
copy and paste feature
restrictions 46
using 46
copy virtual machine 73
CPUs, host requirements 7
creating virtual machines 19
Ctrl+Alt, using in a key combination 97
Ctrl+Alt+Delete 43
Ctrl+Alt+Ins 43
D
deleting virtual machines 75
devices, configuring and managing 77
disk drives, host requirements 9
display settings, configuring 61
displays
changing 60
host requirements 8
drag-and-drop feature
restrictions 45
using 45
DVD drives
adding 77
configuring 77
configuring legacy emulation mode 79
E
Easy Install, responding to prompts 20, 24
ECR errors, troubleshooting 89
encrypted virtual machines 40
enhanced virtual keyboard 96
F
files, virtual machine 37
floppy drives
adding 78
configuring 77
FreeBSD guest operating system, VMware Tools
installation or upgrade (tar installer) 35
full screen mode 61
G
generic SCSI devices
adding 92
avoiding concurrent access problems on
Linux 93
configuring 91
troubleshooting detection problems 93
guest operating systems
changing 68
installing manually 24
selecting 20
supported 10, 20
H
hardware, customizing 22
hardware settings, modifying 103
help system, host requirements 9
host-only networks, configuring 109
human interface devices, connecting 55
I
IDE drives, host requirements 9
importing virtual machines 26
installing 13
VMware, Inc.
113