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  From: Aristotle <aristotle@ihug.com.au>
  To  : Andrew Hill <list@fornax.net>
  Date: 19 May 2002 21:37:04 +0930

Re: VMWare - sharing host OS files with Guest OS?

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I seem to have fixed the problem!

I am not sure if this is what fixed it - but I found that the
permissions on the /dev/vmnet* files were not set to global read /
write.  I restarted the vmware-config.pl and vmware service and
restarted the virtual machine - it networks fine now!!!

Now I just need to work out how to get the Nvidia drivers to be used
rather than the default VMWare graphics driver

On Sun, 2002-05-19 at 19:43, Andrew Hill wrote:

    Aristotle wrote:
    > I am running VMWare with Windows 2000 as the guest OS under Mandrake 8.2 
    > as the host OS - and it works PERFECTLY!
    
    Well, it works very well. I don't know about perfectly :-)
    
    > I still have to work out how to share the host filesystem and Internet 
    > connection with the guest OS - can anyone give me any pointers?
    
    Sure. Sharing the host filesystem so it's accessible by the guest - use 
    Samba. You've already got half-way there, by the sounds of it...
    
    As for sharing internet access, how does your host access the internet? 
    Do you dial in direct from the host? If so, vmware-config should allow 
    you to set up NAT to share your IP address with the guest...
    
    > I need to install graphics and sound drivers - I presume they will work 
    > and then I will have a full blown secondary OS for legacy (Windows) 
    > applications!
    
    There should be a graphics driver in the VMware install disk. If you 
    have a version 3 build of VMware, you can access the VMware install disk
    from the Tools (?) menu.
    
    See the VMware web site FAQ's about getting your sound running. This is 
    one area that's not perfect - but it's still not bad!
    
    Cheers,
    
    -- 
    Andrew Hill
    "RAID - Don't believe the hype." -- 2001-09-22
    
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I seem to have fixed the problem!
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I am not sure if this is what fixed it - but I found that the permissions on the /dev/vmnet* files were not set to global read / write.  I restarted the vmware-config.pl and vmware service and restarted the virtual machine - it networks fine now!!!
<BR>

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Now I just need to work out how to get the Nvidia drivers to be used rather than the default VMWare graphics driver
<BR>

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On Sun, 2002-05-19 at 19:43, Andrew Hill wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Aristotle wrote:</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> I am running VMWare with Windows 2000 as the guest OS under Mandrake 8.2 </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> as the host OS - and it works PERFECTLY!</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Well, it works very well. I don't know about perfectly :-)</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> I still have to work out how to share the host filesystem and Internet </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> connection with the guest OS - can anyone give me any pointers?</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Sure. Sharing the host filesystem so it's accessible by the guest - use </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Samba. You've already got half-way there, by the sounds of it...</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>As for sharing internet access, how does your host access the internet? </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Do you dial in direct from the host? If so, vmware-config should allow </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>you to set up NAT to share your IP address with the guest...</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> I need to install graphics and sound drivers - I presume they will work </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> and then I will have a full blown secondary OS for legacy (Windows) </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> applications!</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>There should be a graphics driver in the VMware install disk. If you </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>have a version 3 build of VMware, you can access the VMware install disk</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>from the Tools (?) menu.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>See the VMware web site FAQ's about getting your sound running. This is </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>one area that's not perfect - but it's still not bad!</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Cheers,</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>-- </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Andrew Hill</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>"RAID - Don't believe the hype." -- 2001-09-22</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#895485"><FONT SIZE="3"><I></FONT></FONT></I>
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