Ubuntu using VMWARE


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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

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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.

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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.

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

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.

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