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Table Of Contents
- Getting Started with VMware Player
- Contents
- Getting Started with VMware Player
- Introduction and System Requirements
- Installing and Using Player
- Creating Virtual Machines
- Understanding Virtual Machines
- Preparing to Create a Virtual Machine
- Create a Virtual Machine
- Use Easy Install to Install a Guest Operating System
- Install a Guest Operating System Manually
- Importing Virtual Machines
- Installing and Upgrading VMware Tools
- Installing VMware Tools
- Upgrading VMware Tools
- Configure Software Update Preferences
- Configure VMware Tools Updates for a Specific Virtual Machine
- Manually Installing and Upgrading VMware Tools
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a Windows Virtual Machine
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a Linux Virtual Machine
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a NetWare Virtual Machine
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a Solaris Virtual Machine
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a FreeBSD Virtual Machine
- Start the VMware User Process Manually If You Do Not Use a Session Manager
- Uninstall VMware Tools
- Virtual Machine Files
- Using Virtual Machines
- Starting Virtual Machines in Player
- Stopping Virtual Machines in Player
- Transferring Files and Text
- Using the Drag-and-Drop Feature
- Using the Copy and Paste Feature
- Using Shared Folders
- Mapping a Virtual Disk to the Host System
- Add a Host Printer to a Virtual Machine
- Using Removable Devices in Virtual Machines
- Install New Software in a Virtual Machine
- Changing the Virtual Machine Display
- Download a Virtual Appliance in Player
- Remove a Virtual Machine from the Library in Player
- Configuring and Managing Virtual Machines
- Change the Name of a Virtual Machine
- Change the Guest Operating System for a Virtual Machine
- Change the Working Directory for a Virtual Machine
- Change the Virtual Machine Directory for a Virtual Machine
- Change the Memory Allocation for a Virtual Machine
- Configuring Video and Sound
- Moving Virtual Machines
- Delete a Virtual Machine
- View the Message Log for a Virtual Machine
- Using the VIX API
- Configuring and Managing Devices
- Configuring DVD, CD-ROM, and Floppy Drives
- Configuring a USB Controller
- Configuring and Maintaining Virtual Hard Disks
- Configuring Virtual Ports
- Add a Virtual Parallel Port to a Virtual Machine
- Configure a Virtual Parallel Port on a Linux 2.6.x Kernel Host
- Configure Permissions for a Parallel Port Device on a Linux Host
- Troubleshoot ECR Errors for Parallel Ports
- Add a Virtual Serial Port to a Virtual Machine
- Change the Input Speed of a Serial Connection
- Configuring Generic SCSI Devices
- Configuring Eight-Way Virtual Symmetric Multiprocessing
- Configuring Keyboard Features
- Modify Hardware Settings for a Virtual Machine
- Configuring Network Connections
- Index
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On a 32-bit Windows XP virtual machine, install the special SCSI driver that VMware provides. You can
download the driver from the VMware Web site.
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On a Windows NT 4.0 virtual machine, install the BusLogic MultiMaster PCI SCSI Host Adapters driver.
See “Install the BusLogic Driver in a Windows NT 4.0 Guest,” on page 88.
Procedure
1 Select the virtual machine and select Virtual Machine > Virtual Machine Settings.
2 On the Hardware tab, click Add.
3 In the Add Hardware wizard, select Generic SCSI Device.
4 Select the physical SCSI device to map to the virtual SCSI device.
When you type the path to the SCSI device on a Linux host, do not enter /dev/st0 or /dev/sr0.
5 To connect the device when the virtual machine powers on, select Connect at power on.
6 Click Finish to add the device.
7 On the Hardware tab, select the SCSI device identifier to use for the device from the Virtual device
node drop-down menu and click OK.
For example, if you select SCSI 0:2, the guest operating system sees the drive as ID 2 on controller 0.
Install the BusLogic Driver in a Windows NT 4.0 Guest
Generic SCSI devices use the virtual Mylex (BusLogic) BT/KT-958 compatible host bus adapter provided by
the virtual machine. On Windows NT 4.0, you might need to install the driver manually if it is not already
installed for a virtual SCSI disk. Install the driver before you add a generic SCSI device.
Prerequisites
Verify that the Windows NT installation CD is available.
Procedure
1 Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > SCSI Adapters to open the SCSI Adapters control panel.
2 On the Drivers tab, click Add.
3 From the list of vendors, select BusLogic.
4 From the list of drivers, select BusLogic MultiMaster PCI SCSI Host Adapters and click OK.
5 Insert the Windows NT CD and click OK.
6 Reboot the virtual machine.
Avoiding Concurrent Access Problems for SCSI Devices on Linux Hosts
Player makes sure that multiple programs do not use the same /dev/sg entry at the same time, but it cannot
always ensure that multiple programs do not use the /dev/sg entry and the traditional /dev entry at the same
time.
The SCSI generic driver sets up a mapping in /dev for each SCSI device. Each entry starts with sg, for the SCSI
generic driver, followed by a number. For example, /dev/sg0 is the first generic SCSI device. Each entry
corresponds to a SCSI device in the order specified in /proc/scsi/scsi, from the lowest device ID on the lowest
adapter to the highest device ID on the lowest adapter, and so on to the highest device ID on the highest adapter.
Some Linux devices, such as tape drives, disk drives, and CD-ROM drives, already have a designated /dev
entry (st, sd, and sr, respectively). When the SCSI generic driver is installed, Linux identifies these devices
with corresponding sg entries in /dev, in addition to their traditional entries.
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