Installing VMwareTools on BackTrack in VMwareFusion
What you need:
- VMware Fusion: 3.0.0 — 3.0.0.
- BackTrack VMware image: 4
Quick Overview:
- Download and install VMware Fusion.
- Download the BackTrack VMware image.
- Open the Backtrack VMware image with VMware Fusion.
- Configure your virtual machine.
- Make a directory for the VMware Tools DVD to mount to.
- Mount the VMware Tools image.
- Copy the VMware tools source to your virtual machine.
- Untar the source.
- Install VMware tools from source.
- Reboot and enjoy!
Step by step:
- Setup your virtual machine. Explain
- Download and install VMware Fusion.
- Download the newest BackTrack VMware image.
- In VMware Fusion, click on the "File" menu and select "New."
![File New](http://www.metamorphosite.com/vm/create_new_vmware_image.png)
- 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."
![Continue without disk](http://www.metamorphosite.com/vm/create_new_virtual_machine.png)
- Select "Use an existing virtual disk."
![Use and existing virtual disk](http://www.metamorphosite.com/vm/installation_media.png)
- Select the "BT4-Beta.vmdk" file from the backtrack archive you downloaded and click "Choose", then "Continue."
![BT4-Beta.vmdk Choose Continue](http://www.metamorphosite.com/vm/choose.png)
- In the "Operating System" selection menu, select "Linux." In the "Version" menu select "Other Linux 2.6.x kernel," then click "Continue."
![Linux Other Linux 2.6.x kernel](http://www.metamorphosite.com/vm/choose_operating_system.png)
- Select "Customize Settings" and select a save as location if you wish.
![Finish](http://www.metamorphosite.com/vm/Picture 22.jpg)
- Make any configurations you want in the new window that opened, then close it.
![close](http://www.metamorphosite.com/vm/settings.png)
- Double click the new image you just made in the main VMware Fusion window.
- Click inside the newly opened virtual machine, then hit enter to start the boot cycle right away if desired.
![LILI Boot Menu](http://www.metamorphosite.com/vm/Picture 5.jpg)
- When the system is finished booting, type root into the command prompt, then hit enter.
![root](http://www.metamorphosite.com/vm/bt_login.png)
- Type toor and hit enter.
![toor](http://www.metamorphosite.com/vm/password.png)
- Type startx and hit enter.
![startx](http://www.metamorphosite.com/vm/root@bt.png)
- Click on the little black icon third from the left in the lower corner of the window to open a "Shell - Konsole."
![sheel - konsole](http://www.metamorphosite.com/vm/shell_konsole.png)
- Type mkdir /mnt/hdc then hit enter.
![mkdir /mnt/hdc](http://www.metamorphosite.com/vm/prompt.png)
- Press "Command" and "Control" together to return to OS X.
- In the VMWare Fusion tool bar at the top of the computer, go to Virtual Machine->Update VMware Tools.
![update vmware tools](http://www.metamorphosite.com/vm/virtual_machine.png)
- When it warns you to have your virtual machine running, just click "Install."
![install](http://www.metamorphosite.com/vm/VMware_Fustion_will_now_attach_the_VMware_Tools_CD_ROM_image_to_your_virtual_machine.png)
- In the open Konsole type mount /dev/disk/by-id/ata-VMware_Virtual_IDE_CDROM_DRIVE_10000000000000000001 /mnt/hdc/ and hit enter.
![mount /dev/disk/by-id/ata-VMware_Virtual_IDE_CDROM_DRIVE_10000000000000000001 /mnt/hdc/](http://www.metamorphosite.com/vm/mount.png)
- Now type cp /mnt/hdc/VMwareTools-8.2.3-204229.tar.gz /tmp/ and hit enter.
![cp /mnt/hdc/VMwareTools-8.2.3-204229.tar.gz /tmp/](http://www.metamorphosite.com/vm/copy.png)
- Next type cd /tmp/ and hit enter.
![cd /tmp/](http://www.metamorphosite.com/vm/Picture 29 new.jpg)
- Type tar -zxvf VMwareTools-8.2.3-204229.tar.gz and hit enter.
![tar -zxvf VMwareTools-8.2.3-204229.tar.gz](http://www.metamorphosite.com/vm/untar.png)
- Type ./vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl and hit enter.
![./vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl](http://www.metamorphosite.com/vm/install.png)
- Hit enter to accept all the default install settings, or change them if you know what you're doing.
- Click the KDE icon in the lower left corner of the virtual machine, and select "Log Out..."
![Log Out...](http://www.metamorphosite.com/vm/kde.png)
- Click "Log out."
![Log out.](http://www.metamorphosite.com/vm/log_out.png)
- Type reboot and hit enter.
![reboot](http://www.metamorphosite.com/vm/restart.png)
- When the virtual machine starts back up, repeat steps 12 through 14 hidden above.
![Share/Bookmark](http://static.addtoany.com/buttons/share_save_120_16.gif)