HOW-TO install VMware tools ?

Shraik · Aug 18, 2008, 6:39 PM

VMware workstation 6.0.3

GruensFroeschli · Aug 18, 2008, 8:25 PM

Read the sticky in the "Virtualization installations and techniques" forum.

Shraik · Aug 19, 2008, 4:04 AM

after upgrade pfsense 2.0 with installed VMware tools
to pfsense 2.1 it's crashes on detect LAN card
if replace .virtualDev = "vmxnet" on standard "Vlance" they boot normaly

GruensFroeschli · Aug 19, 2008, 8:52 AM

Aha. A bit more info before post is generally not a bad idea…
There is no pfSense 2.0 or 2.1
The current release is 1.2 and there is a 1.2.1beta and a 1.3alpha.

A quick google search brought this http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/questions/2008-02/msg02208.html

It seems you cannot use the precompiled vmtools and have to build your own.
Maybe someone could precompile them again and put a link to the new binaries into the sticky.

cmb · Aug 21, 2008, 12:53 AM

@GruensFroeschli:

Aha. A bit more info before post is generally not a bad idea…
There is no pfSense 2.0 or 2.1

He comes from the future! ;D

Use virtualDev = "e1000"