Installing VMwareTools on BackTrack in VMwareFusion

What you need:

• VMware Fusion: 3.0.0 — 3.0.0.
• BackTrack VMware image: 4

Quick Overview:

1. Download and install VMware Fusion.
2. Download the BackTrack VMware image.
3. Open the Backtrack VMware image with VMware Fusion.
4. Configure your virtual machine.
5. Make a directory for the VMware Tools DVD to mount to.
6. Mount the VMware Tools image.
7. Copy the VMware tools source to your virtual machine.
8. Untar the source.
9. Install VMware tools from source.
10. Reboot and enjoy!

Step by step:

1. Setup your virtual machine. Explain
   1. Download and install VMware Fusion.
   2. Download the newest BackTrack VMware image.
   3. In VMware Fusion, click on the "File" menu and select "New."
   4. The "New Virtual Machine Assistant" will inform you that you don't and have an install CD inserted. Just click "Ok" or "Continue without disk."
   5. Select "Use an existing virtual disk."
   6. Select the "BT4-Beta.vmdk" file from the backtrack archive you downloaded and click "Choose", then "Continue."
   7. In the "Operating System" selection menu, select "Linux." In the "Version" menu select "Other Linux 2.6.x kernel," then click "Continue."
   8. Select "Customize Settings" and select a save as location if you wish.
   9. Make any configurations you want in the new window that opened, then close it.
   10. Double click the new image you just made in the main VMware Fusion window.
   11. Click inside the newly opened virtual machine, then hit enter to start the boot cycle right away if desired.
   12. When the system is finished booting, type root into the command prompt, then hit enter.
   13. Type toor and hit enter.
   14. Type startx and hit enter.
2. Click on the little black icon third from the left in the lower corner of the window to open a "Shell - Konsole."
3. Type mkdir /mnt/hdc then hit enter.
4. Press "Command" and "Control" together to return to OS X.
5. In the VMWare Fusion tool bar at the top of the computer, go to Virtual Machine->Update VMware Tools.
6. When it warns you to have your virtual machine running, just click "Install."
7. In the open Konsole type mount /dev/disk/by-id/ata-VMware_Virtual_IDE_CDROM_DRIVE_10000000000000000001 /mnt/hdc/ and hit enter.
8. Now type cp /mnt/hdc/VMwareTools-8.2.3-204229.tar.gz /tmp/ and hit enter.
9. Next type cd /tmp/ and hit enter.
10. Type tar -zxvf VMwareTools-8.2.3-204229.tar.gz and hit enter.
11. Type ./vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl and hit enter.
12. Hit enter to accept all the default install settings, or change them if you know what you're doing.
13. Click the KDE icon in the lower left corner of the virtual machine, and select "Log Out..."
14. Click "Log out."
15. Type reboot and hit enter.
16. When the virtual machine starts back up, repeat steps 12 through 14 hidden above.