
VMware, Inc. 67
Chapter 3 Learning Workstation Basics
Theconsoleviewforthevirtualmachineappears.Soonthebootdevice(suchasthe
CD‐ROM)isdetectedandinstallationoftheoperatingsystembegins.
OnWindows2000guests,ifyouenteredapasswordwhencompletingtheNewVirtual
Machinewizard,thenwhentheoperatingsystemstartsup,itmightpromptyo
uto
enteranAd
ministratorpassword.Usethepasswordthatyoucreatedwhencompleting
theNewVirtualMachinewizard.
Afterinstallationisfinished,VMwareToolsisautomaticallyinstalled.
Nowthatyouhaveavirtualmachinewithaguestoperatingsysteminstalled,youcan
refertoitasyoureadtherestofthetopicsinthischapter
.
Introduction to Workstation Preferences
ThePreferencesdialogboxappearswhenyouchooseEdit>Preferences.Itletsyou
changeanumberofsettingsthatapplytoWorkstation,nomatterwhichvirtual
machineyouarerunning.
ThedefaultsettingsforWorkstationpreferencesarecorrectformostcases.Donot
changesettingsunlessyouareanexperiencedus
er.
FollowingisalistofthetabsinthePreferencesdialogbox,alongwithcross‐references
tothesectionsofthismanualthatpertaintoeachtab:
Workspacetab–Letsyouconfigurethefollowingsettings:
Locationsection–Letsyouchangethedirectoryinwhichnewlycreated
virtualmachinesarestored.See“VirtualMachineLocation”onpage 83and
“FilesThatMakeUpaVirtualMachine”onpage 97.
VirtualMachinessection–Severaloftheseoptionshavetodowithexiting
Workstationwhileleavingsomevirtualmachinespoweredon.See“Closing
VirtualMachinesandExitingWorkstation”onpage 71.Forinformationabout
enablingsharedfolders,see“SetUpSharedFolders”onpage 191.
Inputtab–Letsyouadjustthewaythevirtualmachinecapturescontrolof
keyboardandmouse.Forexample,bydefaultthevirtualmachinegrabskeyboard
andmouseinputwhenyouclickinthevirtualmachinewindow.
N
OTEOnaLinuxhost,youmustbeloggedinasroottosaveglobalpreference
changes.
Kommentare zu diesen Handbüchern