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the good news

vmware server / fusion / player / tools now DYNAMICALLY resizes x/ubuntu vm windows (just like the vmware tools video driver for windoz)

the bad news

my fonts are so small i cant read them !

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VMware Server Guest Options

Posted by osde.info Feb 20, 2009

VMware Server Guest Options


Choose compatibility level 6 if you want to run your xubuntu VM on fusion


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Choose File Options split into 2G disks for maximum compatibility


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How to install VMWare Server 2.0.0 on X/Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and run X/Ubuntu 8.04 LTS guests in under two hours

Hardware

  • Pentium III or 4 with 512M+ ram (4G recommended) for host
  • Pentium III or 4 with 256M+ ram for VIWA browser access
  • CD / ISO for building VM

Login as user
  • Enable root account
  • logout

Login as root
  • create /vmfs directory
  • create /vmfs/iso directory
  • copy (xubuntu) isos into /vmfs/iso directory
  • download and untar vmwsvr.tgz
  • run vmware-config.pl
  • navigate to localhost:8222
  • login to VIWA as root
  • create VMs-only role (with minimal permissions)
  • add user to this role
  • logout

Minimal Permissions
  • datastore
  • network
  • host
  • virtual machine
  • resource

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Login as user

  • navigate to localhost:8222
  • login to VIWA as user
  • create vm
  • point to your xubuntu 8.04 iso image
  • download and install vmware console firefox plugin
  • restart firefox
  • login to VIWA as user
  • start vm

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