Aug
31
2009

Debian Lenny on VMware, quick and easy

Install as “standard system”

Default repositories:
deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ lenny main

Configure the network as static
vi /etc/network/interfaces

remove all and replace with the following:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.0.0.1
netmask 255.0.0.0
network 10.0.0.0
broadcast 10.255.255.255
gateway 10.0.0.254

Install ssh server:
apt-get install openssh-server

install a better editor:
apt-get install vim-nox

Clear screen at logoff:
vi /etc/profile
add
trap clear 0 at the top

Install vmware tools
Dependencies:
apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` psmisc make gcc-4.1
ln -s /usr/bin/gcc-4.1 /usr/bin/gcc

install/upgrade vmware tools
mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
cp /media/cdrom/VMwareTools-3.5.0-158874.tar.gz /tmp/
cd /tmp/
tar zxvf VMwareTools-3.5.0-158874.tar.gz
./vmware-install.pl

SNAPSHOT ! ! !

Written by bantenbrink in: Debian, ESX, ESXi, Linux |

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