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If your CD-ROM device is not /dev/cd0, you can probably find it by grepping dmesg: | If your CD-ROM device is not /dev/cd0, you can probably find it by grepping dmesg: | ||
dmesg| grep -i cd | dmesg| grep -i cd | ||
You will need to install compat6x before you can run the installer. You can install this from ports by running: | |||
cd /usr/ports/misc/compat6x | |||
make install clean | |||
or: | |||
pkg_add -r compat6x | |||
Untar the VMware Tools tar file. | Untar the VMware Tools tar file. | ||
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./vmware-install.pl | ./vmware-install.pl | ||
The script should unmount the cdrom, but if it doesn't, run: | |||
umount /mnt/cdrom | umount /mnt/cdrom | ||
[[Category:FreeBSD]] | [[Category:FreeBSD]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:51, 27 January 2014
Start the installation process in VMware. Once the CD-ROM is mounted, open a terminal on the guest OS and run:
mount_cd9660 /dev/cd0 /mnt/cdrom
If your CD-ROM device is not /dev/cd0, you can probably find it by grepping dmesg:
dmesg| grep -i cd
You will need to install compat6x before you can run the installer. You can install this from ports by running:
cd /usr/ports/misc/compat6x make install clean
or:
pkg_add -r compat6x
Untar the VMware Tools tar file.
cd /tmp tar -xzf /mnt/cdrom/vmware*
Run it
cd vmware-tools* ./vmware-install.pl
The script should unmount the cdrom, but if it doesn't, run:
umount /mnt/cdrom