Specifications

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VMware GSX Server Virtual Machine Guide
To switch between Linux workspaces in a virtual machine, press Ctrl-Alt-Space,
release Space without releasing Ctrl and Alt, then press the function key for the
workspace you want to use — for example, F2.
Note: If you changed your hot-key combination to something other than Ctrl-
Alt, use that combination with Space and the function key.
4. As root (su -), mount the VMware Tools virtual CD-ROM image, change to a
working directory (for example, /tmp), uncompress the installer, then unmount
the CD-ROM image.
Note: You do not use an actual CD-ROM to install VMware Tools, nor do you
need to download the CD-ROM image or burn a physical CD-ROM of this image
file. The GSX Server software contains an ISO image that looks like a CD-ROM to
your guest operating system. This image contains all the files needed to install
VMware Tools in your guest operating system.
Linux Guests: Some Linux distributions use different device names or organize
the /dev directory differently. If your CD-ROM drive is not /dev/cdrom or if
the mount point for a CD-ROM is not /mnt/cdrom, modify the following
commands to reflect the conventions used by your distribution.
Further, some Linux distributions automatically mount CD-ROMs. If your
distribution uses automounting, do not use the mount and umount
commands below. You still must untar the VMware Tools installer to /tmp.
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
cd /tmp
tar zxf /mnt/cdrom/vmware-linux-tools.tar.gz
umount /mnt/cdrom
FreeBSD Guests: Some FreeBSD distributions automatically mount CD-ROMs. If
your distribution uses automounting, do not use the mount and umount
commands below. You still must untar the VMware Tools installer to /tmp.
mount /cdrom
cd /tmp
tar zxf /cdrom/vmware-freebsd-tools.tar.gz
umount /cdrom
5. Run the VMware Tools installer.
cd vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl
6. Answer the questions about default directories.