Hi Duncan, 

I'm afraid I'm not working with the VMWare-Player anymore. Back then I tried the .vmx entries listed below as was indicated by similar posts in VMWare's support forums. Finally I quit trying when I noticed that installing "VMWare-tools" inside the guest is additionally required. Unfortunately these tools are not included in the VMPlayer 2.0 for Windows (if you want to run a Linux guest inside Windows). For some reason by the way they are provided in the VMPlayer for Linux (which is of no avail in the case of FSLvm inside Windows). A solution to obtain and install the tools for a Linux guest (inside Windows) is also described by various posts: first obtain VMWare Server or a trial version of VMWare workstation and get the tools out simply by unpacking and mounting the corresponding .iso file (http://communities.vmware.com/thread/86011) and second install the tools as documented in the manuals (something like "vmware-config-tools.pl" from the command line; http://www.vmware.com/products/beta/vmware_server/vmserver2.pdf).

To avoid all this, is it possible to design the FSLvm with the VMWare-tools package integrated?

Keep me informed on this!

Mirko


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: FSL - FMRIB's Software Library im Auftrag von Duncan Mortimer
Gesendet: Di 18.12.2007 12:08
An: [log in to unmask]
Betreff: Re: [FSL] AW: [FSL] FSLvm
 
Could you send a copy of your config file and the log file that gets  
created in the VM directory (file that ends '.log').

Duncan
On 27 Nov 2007, at 15:48, Susana Munoz Maniega wrote:

> Hiya,
> I'm trying to install FSL under Windows XP and I found the same  
> problem as
> email below with the shared folders.
> I've followed the set up instructions and changed the shared folders  
> option
> to "always enabled", in my case the option stays enabled after  
> rebooting but
> the shared folder still doesn't appear under mnt/hgfs. I've also tried
> editing manually the config file as suggested below but still  
> doesn't work.
> Any other suggestions to solve this problem will be very appreciated.
> Thanks very much,
> Susana
>
>
> On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:43:55 +0200, M. Pham
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> for working with shared folders, in addition one will have to  
>> manually edit
> the vm config file (.vmx). Detailed information on that is available  
> at
> vmware.com (http://www.vmware.com/community/message.jspa?messageID=681256 
> ).
>>
>> No guarantees here, but it should be related to the following  
>> entries:
>>
>> ##### Shared Folders #####
>> sharedFolder0.enabled = "TRUE"
>> sharedFolder0.present = "TRUE"
>> sharedFolder0.writeAccess = "TRUE"
>> sharedFolder0.readAccess = "TRUE"
>> sharedFolder0.hostPath = "H:\ghost\"
>> sharedFolder0.guestName ="Ghostdisk"
>> sharedFolder0.eXpiration = "never"
>> sharedFolder.maxNum = "1"
>>
>> Good luck
>> Mirko
>>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: FSL - FMRIB's Software Library [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Im  
>> Auftrag
> von Suzanna Laycock
>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 21. August 2007 17:42
>> An: [log in to unmask]
>> Betreff: Re: [FSL] FSLvm
>>
>> Hi Duncan,
>>
>> Thanks for your reply.
>>
>> I'm running Windows XP (Professional version).  Although I've  
>> noticed I
> don't have enough RAM...need to rectify this...
>>
>> The shared folders could be the problem.  When I go to VMware  
>> Player -  >
> Shared folders, it comes up as disabled.  However, if I change it to  
> always
> enabled for the C-drive, it won't save this and following restarts  
> defaults
> to the disabled option.
>>
>> How should I go about changing this, if you think it is the problem?
>>
>> Out of curiosity, in the FSLvm folder, should the VMSD file have 0KB?
>>
>> Any assistance would be gratefully required....maybe you recommend  
>> just
> taking steps to hook the desktop up to the internet and download  
> everything
> on to that...I didn't think copying files would be problematic.
>>
>> Best wishes
>> Suzanna
>>
>> On 21 Aug 2007, at 13:55, Duncan Mortimer wrote:
>>
>>> The 'mounting local filesystems' 'error' is nothing to be worried
>>> about. I'm unsure as to what causes that, but believe it may be  
>>> due to
>>> the filesharing component of VM Player not having started at that
>>> point in the bootup.
>>> If it boots and gives you a console then things copied over from  
>>> your
>>> laptop fine.
>>>
>>> What Windows OS are you using?
>>>
>>> Duncan
>>> On 20 Aug 2007, at 20:09, Suzanna Laycock wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to set up FSL on my desktop (but I'm having to download
>>>> everything onto my laptop and transfer the zipped files, etc), and
>>>> the FSLvm doesn't seem to be setting up properly.
>>>>
>>>> I've followed the steps but I don't get the Linux-like desktop, it
>>>> remains as a console-like screen.  I've noticed as its booting up
>>>> that 'mounting local filesystems' failed...is this the likely
>>>> problem?  Should it cause a problem downloading things on one PC  
>>>> and
>>>> transferring them...my desktop isn't internet connected.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry for the basic problem.
>>>>
>>>> Suzanna
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Duncan A B Mortimer DPhil MChem
>>>                Computing Officer, FMRIB Centre, University of  
>>> Oxford,
>>>              John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU,  
>>> UK.
>>> Tel: (0)1865 222713
>>> WWW: http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~duncan    email: [log in to unmask]
>>>
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