Install Solaris 10 x86 on VMware Workstation 6.5 (Part 4)

In this part 4, I want to show you how to install VMware Tools for Solaris 10. This purpose is to enhance screen resolution, mouse, copy and paste between main OS (Windows XP) and guest OS (Solaris 10), and improve the video and performance.

POST-INSTALLATION: INSTALL VMWARE TOOLS FOR SOLARIS

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The first step is I will disconnect the CD-ROM.

In the toolbar VMware Workstation, I click VM > Removable Devices > CD/DVD (IDE) (Using file {ISO file location}) > Disconnect

Here, I click Yes.

In the toolbar VMware Workstation, I click VM > Install VMware Tools...

I need to wait for a while until the mount VMware Tools CD-ROM popup come out. If I can see the screen as in the picture, it means I am ready to install VMware Tools.

Then I click Ctrl + Alt + Enter to make VMware in full screen mode. To run the VMware Tools, I need run via X terminal (console). I right click in the desktop then I click Open Terminal.

In the X terminal I will type:

# bash
bash-3.00# cp /cdrom/vmwaretools/vmware-solaris-tools.tar.gz /export/home/
bash-3.00# cd /export/home/
bash-3.00# gunzip -c vmware-solaris-tools.tar.gz | tar xf -
bash-3.00# cd vmware-tools-distrib/
bash-3.00# ./vmware-install.pl

After this, I just accept all the default value by clicking Enter.

Here I choose number 5 because my screen resolution is 1280 x 800.

After the process finished, I need to restart the OS to make the VMware Tools take effect. In the X terminal, I type:

bash-3.00# reboot

The OS will automatically reboot. I just wait until the reboot finished and come out the login screen. As usual, I put username root and the password, then I click OK.

After that, my Solaris 10 will automatically adjust the screen resolution to 1280 x 800.

Until this step, I already finished installing VMware Tools for Solaris. In the next part (Part 5), I will verify the internet connection. By default, it should be working fine.

Continue to Part 5...

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