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CHAPTER 5 Setting Policies and Customizing VMware ACE
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cd vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl
6. Log off of the root account.
exit
7. Start X and your graphical environment if they are not already running.
Note: If this is the first time you have installed VMware Tools in this virtual
machine, you must restart X to activate graphics and mouse features in the
VMware Tools package.
8. In an X terminal, launch the VMware Tools application in the background.
vmware-toolbox &
Note: You may run VMware Tools as root or as a normal user. To shrink virtual
disks, you must run VMware Tools as root (su -).
Note: In a FreeBSD 4.5 guest operating system, sometimes VMware Tools does not
start after you install VMware Tools, reboot the guest operating system or start
VMware Tools on the command line in the guest. An error message appears:
Shared object 'libc.so.3' not found.
The required library was not installed. This does not happen with full installations of
FreeBSD 4.5, but does occur for minimal installations. To fix the problem of the missing
library, take the following steps:
1. Insert and mount the FreeBSD 4.5 installation CD or access the ISO image file.
2. Change directories and run the installation script.
cd /cdrom/compat3x
./install.sh
Installing VMware Tools in a NetWare Guest Operating System
1. Power on the virtual machine.
2. Prepare your virtual machine to install VMware Tools.
Choose VM > Install VMware Tools.
The remaining steps take place inside the virtual machine.
3. Load the CD-ROM driver so the CD-ROM device mounts the ISO image as a
volume. Do one of the following.
In the system console for a NetWare 6.5 virtual machine, type
LOAD CDDVD
In the system console for a NetWare 6.0 or NetWare 5.1 virtual machine, type