tazzeh Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Hey, My first time on trying Ubuntu here via VMWare Workstation on my XP SP2 desktop. It was all going really well, getting into it, but then i realised that the net wouldnt work on it, and after countless attempts, i'm slowly giving up. I was wondering if you had any knowledge on how to get it working? I'm a newb to this so make it simple please :) Thanks Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429356-ubuntu-using-vmware/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
karma_police Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Mine is: And did you installed VMWare Tools? You need them in your Guest OS. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429356-ubuntu-using-vmware/#findComment-587160262 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzeh Posted February 6, 2006 Author Share Posted February 6, 2006 I try to install VMWare tools but it takes forever, and i dont see any hard drive activity. How long should it take to install? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429356-ubuntu-using-vmware/#findComment-587160274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
karma_police Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 How did you tried to install VMW tools?? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429356-ubuntu-using-vmware/#findComment-587160287 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzeh Posted February 6, 2006 Author Share Posted February 6, 2006 I did it from VM - Install VMWare Tools. That doesnt do anything, and i've rightclicked the Ubuntu on the side bar, and the same. Doesnt do anything. The OS is running when i try that. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429356-ubuntu-using-vmware/#findComment-587160300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
karma_police Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 I didn't installed it that way, I followed the instructions in the VMWare Support site: Installing VMware Tools from the Command Line with the Tar Installer http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/ws_....html#wp1127177 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429356-ubuntu-using-vmware/#findComment-587160319 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzeh Posted February 6, 2006 Author Share Posted February 6, 2006 Sorry to be really newby, but how do you get to the command line thing? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429356-ubuntu-using-vmware/#findComment-587160327 Share on other sites More sharing options...
karma_police Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 If I remember correctly: Applications > Accesories > Terminal Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429356-ubuntu-using-vmware/#findComment-587160333 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyB Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 In order to use a bridged connection you must have the VMware bridge protocol installed and selected on at least one physical connection. Start/ Control Panel/ Network Connections. Select a physical connection. Right click/ Properties. Select "VMware Bridge Protocol. Otherwise you can select "NAT" in your VM. -------------------------------------- In order to install VMware Tools you need to add another CD drive in your VM then select ISO then browse to the VMware directory and select the Linux.iso. Start the VM. From the menu select VM/ Install VMware Tools. In Ubuntu open a su filemanager. Browse to the CDrom that holds the Linux.iso. Read the readme file for the tools installation. You don't need VMware tools in order to get the network connection running. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429356-ubuntu-using-vmware/#findComment-587160454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
karma_police Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 I didn't have a working network connection until I installed VMWare Tools, maybe just coincidence. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429356-ubuntu-using-vmware/#findComment-587160467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzeh Posted February 6, 2006 Author Share Posted February 6, 2006 Hi, its having trouble with one of the commands there. mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom when i do that in root, it says 'mnt/cdrom does not exist'. this confuses me so much :| Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429356-ubuntu-using-vmware/#findComment-587160492 Share on other sites More sharing options...
karma_police Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Try /media/cdrom Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429356-ubuntu-using-vmware/#findComment-587160499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzeh Posted February 6, 2006 Author Share Posted February 6, 2006 It now says 'No media found'. Am i supposed to mount the Ubunto .iso file? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429356-ubuntu-using-vmware/#findComment-587160510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzeh Posted February 6, 2006 Author Share Posted February 6, 2006 Slowly figured this whole command line thing. Took ages but learnt how to extract into a dir and all. Therein lies another problem! In the Terminal, i select the /tmp folder where i extracted the vmware tools.tar.gz file. i type in 'vmware-install.pl' But it says the command is not known, what should it be to install the vmware tools? Thanks again Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429356-ubuntu-using-vmware/#findComment-587160636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narlzac85 Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Did you know you can use VMplayer (its free) and a fully premade Ubuntu virtual machine. No work necessary in configuration. I tried it yesterday, but got bored(virtual machines just seem so slow) and uninstalled it. If I can make enough freespace again, I might reinstall on an actual partition again. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/429356-ubuntu-using-vmware/#findComment-587160652 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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