[UFO Chicago] VMWare Tools (for Greg)

[Greg Groth]

Thank you for digging this up.  I swear I spent an hour going through 
their site, and couldn't find this info.  I was guessing this might be 
the case, that the pre-built machines had to have the vmware tools 
"compiled" in, but if I'm reading this correctly, I might be able to add 
the tools to the virtual machines they offer for download.  Many thanks, 
time to go rtfm.

Greg Groth

Brian Sobolak wrote:
> Since this came up at last night's meeting:  how do I get the VMWare Tools
> package.  While looking for something else, I found this:
> 
> <http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_sid=Rih*fb6i&p_lva=&p_faqid=340&p_created=1023736452&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MTI3OCZwX3BhZ2U9MQ**&p_li=>
> 
> <quote>
> Note: VMware Player is meant to play pre-built virtual machines. The
> person who creates the pre-built virtual machine includes VMware Tools if
> it is needed. If you want to add VMware Tools to a virtual machine, then
> you should use a VMware product like Workstation or VMware Server, which
> allows you to alter virtual machines.
> </quote>
> 
> VMWare Server is free (beer).
> 
> HTH,
> 
> brian
> --
> Brian Sobolak
> http://www.planetshwoop.com/
> 
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