Note:
I have installed Windows 7 Ultimate 7600 on my HP500 Laptop, but I want to try other linux distro such as Debian. I have installed Debian 5.0.3 with VMware Workstation 7.0.1 on my machine instead of really installed it.
Details is as follows:
1.Download vmware 7.0.1 and Debian Lenny 5.0.3 seperately.
2.Host Win 7 Ultimate 7600:
configure the local connection to "internet connection share",choose "VMware Network Adapter VMnet1"
Guest Debian 5.0.3: NAT + DHCP
3. Configurate /etc/apt/source.lists
Add these lines on /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb
ftp://debian.ustc.edu.cn/debian etch main non-free contrib
deb-src
ftp://debian.ustc.edu.cn/debian etch main non-free contrib
deb
ftp://debian.ustc.edu.cn/debian-security testing/updates main
apt-get update
apt-get install apt-spy
mv sources.list sources.list.bak // backup previous sources.list
#man apt-spy // help on apt-spy
//update your mirror file: /var/lib/apt-spy/mirrors.txt
apt-spy update
//Find the fastest stable mirror in Asia, then generate sources.list file. (I lived in Asia)
apt-spy -d stable -a Asia
cp /etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-spy.list /etc/apt/sources.list
// udpate source:
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
4. install edit tools: vim
#apt-get install vim-full
#apt-get install vim
// Edit File: /etc/vim/vimrc
syntax on、set nu
5. Install compile environment:
/*
* Note:
* build-essential: basis compile environment (gcc, g++, libc, make etc)
* autoconf: autoconfiguration tools
* automake: make tools
* gdb: debug tools
*/
apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake gdb
uname -a;
apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.26-2-686
…
6.Install VMwareTools
Install VMware Tools in a Linux Guest Before you begin, make sure the virtual machine is powered on and the guest operating system is running.
To install VMware Tools in a Linux guest
1 On the host, select VM > Install VMware Tools.
If an earlier version of VMware Tools is installed, the menu item is Update VMware Tools. If the current version is installed, the menu item is Reinstall VMware Tools.
2 On the guest, log in as root.
3 If your Linux distribution does not automatically mount CD-ROMs, mount the VMware Tools virtual CD-ROM image.
a If necessary, create the /mnt/cdrom directory:
mkdir /mnt/cdrom
b Mount the CD-ROM drive.
Some Linux distributions use different device names or organize the /dev directory differently. If your CD-ROM drive is not /dev/cdrom or if the mount point for a CD-ROM is not /mnt/cdrom, modify the command to reflect the conventions used by your distribution.
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
4 Change to a working directory (for example, /tmp):
cd /tmp
5 If a previous installation exists, delete the previous vmware-tools-distrib directory.
The location of this directory depends on where you placed it during the previous installation. Often it is placed in /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib.
6 Uncompress the installer:
tar zxpf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-<x.x.x>-<yyyy>.tar.gz
The value <x.x.x> is the product version number and <yyyy> is the build number of the product release.
7 If necessary, unmount the CD-ROM image.
If your Linux distribution automatically mounted the CD-ROM, you do not need to unmount the image.
umount /dev/cdrom
8 Run the VMware Tools installer.
cd vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl
Respond to the questions the command-line wizard displays on the screen. Press Enter to accept the default value. The configuration file, vmware-config- tools.pl, runs after the installer file finishes running.
( * For me, procedure No. 9 - No. 13 is useless.)
9 If you are updating VMware Tools, reboot the virtual machine or manually reload the pvscsi, vmxnet, and vmxnet3 Linux kernel modules.
If you reload the modules, networking on the virtual machine is interrupted.
10 Enter the following commands to restore the network:
/etc/init.d/network stop
rmmod vmxnet
modprobe vmxnet
/etc/init.d/network start
11 Log out of the root account.
exit
12 (Optional) Start your graphical environment.
13 In an X terminal, to start the VMware User process, enter the following command:
vmware-user
To change the default VMware Tools configuration options, see Open the VMware Tools Control Panel.
7.Sometimes, if you have a small partition space, you need expand it on windows by using following command:
#C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -x 16Gb "C:\Users\gavin\My Documents\Virtual Machines\Debian 5.0.3\Debian 5.0.3.vmdk"
8. install flash player plug-in on debian 5.0.3
1. Add this line
deb
http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free
to your /etc/apt/sources.list.
apt-get install debian-backports-keyring
2. Run
apt-get update
apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
Reference:
http://www.huashengke.org/opersource/debian-vmware.html