VMware Tools for Windows XP as guest on Ubuntu Gutsy
Do you use VMware Player on Ubuntu host to use Windows XP as guest? If you are not happy with performance and you are annoyed with the Ctrl-Alt shortcut to leave the guest (that one for you Uros!) then consider installing VMware Tools package on your guest OS. This package is available only for the VMware Workstation but it is possible to install that on the Player as well. From your guest:
1. Download VMware Workstation: http://download3.vmware.com/software/wkst/VMware-workstation-5.5.0-18463.tar.gz
2. Extract windows.iso from the archive which is located in vmware-distrib/lib/isoimages/windows.iso
3. Mount the image. You can use free and nicely simple Virtual CDROM Control Panel to do it.
4. Run the setup.exe from the virtual drive
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Dustin said,
February 20, 2008 @ 5:01 pm
Or, convert to VirtualBox. :) I’ve been a VERY happy user for over a year now. Sun just bought them.
znachor said,
February 20, 2008 @ 7:14 pm
Tempted to try. Uros was “selling” the VirtualBox to me already couple of times. If there was a migration tool vmware -> virtualbox :)
Uros said,
March 1, 2008 @ 9:45 pm
Yeah VirtualBox has been working great for me (thanks Dustin!!). Very liberating to log into a work laptop that doesn’t feel like San Quentin. And to run a base OS that doesn’t reboot itself every time you take a coffee break..!