I went to the site
downloaded the server 2.0 for debian the TAR version
Once this is done i try unzipping it and it give me the following HELP.
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\WEB-INF\classes\com\vmware\vim\adapter\builder\RollupPagePropertySet$ContainerViewChangeListener.class
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\WEB-INF\classes\com\vmware\vim\adapter\builder\RollupPagePropertySet$QuickStatsUpdateThread.class
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\WEB-INF\classes\com\vmware\vim\adapter\custom\property\CustomPropertyHandlerFactory$CustomPropertyHandlerInfo.class
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\WEB-INF\classes\com\vmware\vim\adapter\custom\property\QuickStatsPropertyHandler$QuickStatsInfo.class
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\com\vmware\webaccess\internal
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\com\vmware\webaccess\internal\app
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\com\vmware\webaccess\internal\app\help.properties
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\cdDvdDriveDisabledDisconnected-16x16.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\commands\tree\handle-collapse-arrow.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\commands\tree\handle-expand-arrow.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\floppyDriveDisabledDisconnected-16x16.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\networkAdapterDisabledDisconnected-16x16.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\parallelPortDisabledDisconnected-16x16.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\scsiDeviceDisabledDisconnected-16x16.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\serialPortDisabledDisconnected-16x16.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\soundAdapterDisabledDisconnected-16x16.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\usbDeviceDisabledDisconnected-16x16.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589-debug\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\com\vmware\webaccess\internal
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589-debug\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\com\vmware\webaccess\internal\app
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589-debug\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\com\vmware\webaccess\internal\app\help.properties
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589-debug\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\cdDvdDriveDisabledDisconnected-16x16.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589-debug\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\cdDvdDriveDisconnected-16x16.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589-debug\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\commands\tree\handle-collapse-arrow.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589-debug\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\commands\tree\handle-expand-arrow.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589-debug\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\floppyDriveDisabledDisconnected-16x16.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589-debug\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\floppyDriveDisconnected-16x16.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589-debug\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\networkAdapterDisabled-16x16.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589-debug\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\networkAdapterDisabledDisconnected-16x16.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589-debug\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\networkAdapterDisconnected-16x16.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589-debug\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\parallelPortDisabledDisconnected-16x16.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589-debug\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\parallelPortDisconnected-16x16.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589-debug\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\scsiDeviceDisabledDisconnected-16x16.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589-debug\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\scsiDeviceDisconnected-16x16.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589-debug\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\serialPortDisabledDisconnected-16x16.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589-debug\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\serialPortDisconnected-16x16.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589-debug\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\soundAdapterDisabledDisconnected-16x16.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589-debug\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\soundAdapterDisconnected-16x16.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589-debug\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\usbDeviceDisabledDisconnected-16x16.png
! C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.GRAPHIC\Desktop\VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.i386.tar.gz: Cannot create vmware-server-distrib\lib\webAccess\tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.16\webapps\ui\jslib-1.0.122589-debug\modules\com.vmware.webaccess.app_1.0.0\imx\usbDeviceDisconnected-16x16.png
You should really post this as a discussion as documents are meant for FAQs, tips, etc.
---With regard to your problem, what user are you unzipping it as and do they have permission to create files/folders where you are unzipping? What file system are you unzipping to - does it have a maximum folder name depth limitation? Your output suggests you are unzipping it on a Windows platform - have you tried unzipping it on the Debian platform where it will be installed?
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