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VMware Server User’s Guide
86 VMware, Inc.
Installing VMware Tools in a FreeBSD Guest System
Beforeyoubegin,makesurethatthevirtualmachineispoweredonandthattheguest
operatingsystemisrunning.
To install VMware Tools in a FreeBSD guest operating system
1InVIWebAccess,clickInstallVMwareToolsintheStatussectionofthevirtual
machineSummarytab.
IfanearlierversionofVMwareToolsisinstalled,clickUpgradeVMwareTools
.
2ClicktheConsoletab.
Theremainingstepstakeplaceinsidethevirtualmachine.
3Makesurethattheguestoperatingsystemisrunningintextmode.
YoucannotinstallVMwareToolswhileXisrunning.
4Intheguest,loginasroot(su).
5Ifnecessary,mounttheVMwareToolsvirtualCDROMimagebyenteringa
commandsimilartothefollowing:
mount /cdrom
SomeFreeBSDdistributionsautomaticallymountCDROMs.Ifyourdistribution
usesautomounting,skipthisstep.
6 Changetoaworkingdirectorybyenteringacommandsuchasthefollowing:
cd /tmp
7UntartheVMwareToolstarfile:
tar zxpf /cdrom/vmware-freebsd-tools.tar.gz
8Ifnecessary,unmounttheVMwareToolsvirtualCDROMimagebyenteringa
commandsimilartothefollowing:
umount /cdrom
Ifyourdistributionusesautomounting,skipthisstep.
9RuntheVMwareToolsinstaller:
cd vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl
10 Logoutoftherootaccount:
exit