VMware Workstation 4 Installation
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This document covers the installation and configuration of VMware
Workstation 4.
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As mentioned, this guide uses the CD version of VMware from the box set.
However, the installation routine should apply to the demonstration
version of VMware available from their website. You will need to give
your personal details to get a demonstration key.
Prepare your Core Linux system
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Ensure that module support is compiled into your kernel and that parallel
port support is compiled as a module. If this is not the case for your
kernel, you will need to recompile it with these conditions. See the main
Core Linux installation guide for details of how to do this. If you do
compile a new kernel, be sure to run lilo and reboot using your new
kernel.
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Create the directories rc0.d to rc6.d under the /etc/rc.d directory.
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Ensure that the PCI Utilities are installed.
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Place the CD-R in the CD-ROM drive. Mount the CD-ROM drive under /mnt/
cdrom.
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Change to the Linux directory on the CD-R.
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Copy the VMware-workstation-4.0.0-4460.tar.gz file to the directory /tmp.
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Change to the /tmp directory and extract the binaries from the .tar.gz
file.
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Change to the /tmp/vmware-distrib directory.
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Run the vmware-install.pl script.
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Answer the questions that the installation script asks you.
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Start XFree86 using the command startx.
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Open a terminal window, such as xterm.
At the terminal prompt, enter:
vmware
VMware Workstation should start. Once you are satified that VMware runs
OK, exit the program. You may stop XFree86 or continue to work in your
terminal window under X.
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Delete the /etc/rc.d/rc?.d directories where ? is an integer between 0
and 6.
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Move the /etc/rc.d/vmware script to the directory /etc/vmware.
Automatically Loading Modules
or
Creating a Wrapper Script
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VMware requires the kernel modules created during the installation script
to be loaded prior to running the program. You can do this by adding the
vmware script in the /etc/vwmare directory to the end of you rc.mu
script. This will load the modules on system start, and so they will
ready whenever you run VMware. Alternatively, you could create a wrapper
script for VMware that would load and unload the modules on demand.
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If you have created a wrapper script called vmware-wrap as suggested,
remember to start VMware by invoking this script. If you set up your
window manager menu to include VMware, set it up to start the script, not
vmware directly.
documented on: 2005.04.20
