HowTo: Windows (XP) on Ubuntu with VMWare Server

[jamadagni]

In my version, under Virtual Machine Setting -> Options, I setup "shared folders" and then setup which folders I wanted my VMWare session to have access to.

Then, it's simply in the network on windows.

Hello. I think you are using VMWare WorkStation on Linux. Is this true? Because I just downloaded and installed the latest VMWare Server on my Kubuntu Dapper and it does not have any Shared Folders setting.

[jamadagni]

hello, for me simple copy&paste works

Please clarify that. When I do Ctrl+C on a file in Windows and Ctrl+V in a directory in Konqueror, I get "Please enter file name for clipboard content". How exactly are you able to copy&paste.

[jamadagni]

If you select the VMXNet driver, you should be able to 'set up' a 1Gbps network card. The added benefit of having virtual machines on the same host machine is that the host machine's network card is never actually utilized - file transfers and such actually occur at FSB speeds. The limiting factor will be the speed of the host machine HD, as it will be saturated transferring files long before the network card throughput is saturated.

How do I install the VMXNet driver?

[jamadagni]

Is it possible to use your cd burner in this? I installed Nero 6, but it only shows a virtual device. And is sound possible?

Did you get your CD writer working? I have a DVD-RAM drive, but in the guest XP's Device Manager it only shows up as:

NECVMWar VMWare IDE CDR

I have started this thread at the VMWare forums.

[cbeaudin]

This is usually due to not having the right linux headers installed, although I did have one case where nothing I tried would fix the thing. Might need to check the uninstall thread and start again, but make sure your linux headers match your kernel.

I do not have the linux headers that match my kernel but if i try to install the correct headers by running "sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`" i get the following error:

E: Couldn't find package linux-headers-2.6.15-26-amd64-generic

The linux header folders in /usr/src/ are "2.6.15-23" and "2.6.15-23-amd64-generic"

How do i fix this? Thank you in advance.

[desiboston]

I resolved this without any modification to xorg.conf but only the 1st 2 suggestions here. I have Dell 700m

[alexandermimix]

my fresh install of vmware only works if I start it as root "sudo vmware"

I have all my fat32 partitions added as 'persisting' and my windows NTFS partion as 'none parsisting' so that I wont kill my native XP installation. Anyway to make it so thta i dont need to run it as root?

[Fíona]

I have just installed kubuntu dapper and want to try out the vmware experience. I want to install windows 98se as virtual machine. However to install windows 98se I have to use 2 cd's, the original win98 and then the second edition upgrade (I don't have win98se on one cd). Do you think that this will cause problems with installation of the win 98se virtual machine?

[alexandermimix]

shouldnt cause any upsets that I can see. Think of you Virtual machine as being a computer inside a computer.

[TooDamFast]

great how to!

windows is running great but i cant do a windows upadate?

I get this

[Error number: 0x80072EE2]
"The website has encountered a problem and cannot display the page you are trying to view. The options provided below might help you solve the problem. "


anyone have any ideas?
i would like to get it updated before i start installing apps.