CS 141 Homework Assignment #13
In class graded exercise
Most students finished this exercise in class #11 on 5/5/2008.
We are going to use VMware player which is a free product.
more info at www.vmware.com
My computer
shared for students (U:)
Moritsugu_Steven
right clicK: empty-vm
left clicK: copy
go to data (e:)
right click (in empty space)
new
folder
call it cs141 (create this folder in the e: drive)
dbl click cs141
right click (in empty space)
paste (to copy empty-vm here)
it is about 1.5 MB
there should now be an empty-vm dir under cs141
insert knoppix 5.1.1 cd into your cdrom drive
it will auto run a browser with info about knoppix
just close the browser window
start vmware player (that has already been installed on each
system in A-213)
start
All-programs
vmware
vmware player
accept licensing
open
e:
cs141
empty-vm
other.vmx
if it says vm is in use, click: take ownership
did you move or copy it: answer copy
VMware will start a virtual machine
you can press F2 to go into the VMware bios
you must click inside the VMware window before your press F2
vmware has 2 modes
click inside so that all keystrokes and mouse movements
are handled only by the virtual machine
and you cannot get out of the virtual machine
press ctrl -alt
to leave the virtual machine
all keystrokes and mouse are handled by windows as normal.
(look at the bottom left for a ctrl-alt reminder)
take a break at this point.
ctrl-alt-enter for full screen mode
ctrl-alt-enter again to leave full screen mode
get to cmd line prompt
gui: click console icon
or
ctrl-alt-f1 (hold for a while)
turn to page 754
note there is a 6 step procedure
to write a simple shell script
this must be done under knoppix under vmware
for credit for this assignment.
to get credit for this assignment
show the instructor that you script runs
under knoppix
under vmware player.