hello: I following the how to forge wrt to vm ware server 1.04. on ubuntu 7.10; i was doing just fine until i got to : Installing VMware Server - Source Tar Ball I open my terminal and cut and past the following: tar xvzf /Path/To/VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.tar.gz (tried using: ( sudo tar xvzf /Path/To/VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.tar.gz) too). tar: /Path/To/VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now tar: Child returned status 2 tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors any one have any suggestions as I did download the link : http://www.vmware.com/download/server/ any suggestions....i am sure it probable something simple....thanks a lot. mm
You have to change the file path to whatever you're using, so you probably downloaded the file into something like /home/whateveruseryouare so that's the location they mean when they say /Path/To/VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.tar.gz so you have to cd to the location you downloaded the VMware file, and then run tar xfvz VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.tar.gz and it should unzip
Great Cameron! thks...got it to launch, unfortunately I have not been successful in installing some of the other linux OS, i.e. suse 10.3 and fedora 8.0....I am able to create the partition, but once the software loads up, I get either stuck. i.e. suse10.3 try the install in text mode, but once I get to the part create partition or create partition folder it just goes in a circle. In Fedora 8 I can't navigate down to select text mode. any suggestions, I tried the patch but the link leads to nowhere. ave you been successful with installing another linux OS and which one. thanks again!! MM
