and choose the linux.iso file from the path above. If you have the Status Bar hidden either unhide it ( VMware Fusion menu » View » Show Status Bar) or go to VMware Fusion menu » Virtual Machine » CD/DVD » Choose Disk Image. and navigate to /Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/isoimages/linux.iso. On the VM's window status bar (the bottom right CD-ROM icon or from the Virtual Machine menu) click the Optical Disc Icon and select Choose Disk Image.
Mount darwin.iso install#
To do so, cancel the VMware Tools install (as described above) if active and then manually load the correct.
If the VMware Tools CD icon does not show on the Ubuntu Desktop, mount it (it has a CD-ROM disc icon) to access the VMwareTools package. In such a case reboot the Mac, open Fusion again, open Ubuntu and re-install the VMware Tools again (if required). Do NOT select the 'Virtual Machine/Install VMware Tools' menu, since it only works from Windows and NOT from Ubuntu (Linux) and may interfere later on (stuck Ubuntu while booting after VMware Tools installation. Now, the full Ubuntu desktop should again show up.ģ.1.
Mount darwin.iso update#
Note: if after a Fusion update a small Ubuntu window is shown with only the vmware-tools-distrib on the desktop (and not the rest of items that you may have on the desktop, cancel the VMware Tools install ( VMware Fusion menu » Virtual Machine » Cancel VMware Tools Installation), shut down Ubuntu (NOT just log out but shut down) and open it again. The only way to do it is using Terminal and it is not a Mac look and feel procedure. There is no way of doing it that way, which can only cause problems. First of all, the warning to update it using the VMware menus is misleading and utterly wrong.
Mount darwin.iso for mac#
It is a real pain for Mac users to install the VMware Tools on Ubuntu. In such a case, they must be installed manually, from the Virtual Machine » Install VMware Tools menu.ģ. On the other hand, Windows XP sometimes does not automatically install/update the VMware Tools after each Fusion update. In such a case, the files should be restored with Time Machine or other backup.Ģ. Such files should not be deleted, since other OSes, like Ubuntu, require them. The 'Uninstall VMware Fusion.app' deletes the following items from /Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/isoimages/: Some of the issues can be avoided or fixed by installing VMware Fusion with antivirus that is about 436 MB: 'VMware Fusion 3.1.2 (for Intel-based Macs): Download including VMware Fusion and a 12 month complimentary subscription to McAfee VirusScan Plus 2009.'įirst, a bug. These hints, tips, and bugfixes apply to VMware Fusion without antivirus that is about 152 MB: 'VMware Fusion 3.1.2 (for Intel-based Macs): Download including only VMware Fusion software.' Some may be present in more recent updates as well.