VMware Workstation Configurations

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• Software details
• Options for SteamOS Alchemist
  • Creation
• Options for SteamOS Brewmaster
  • Creation
  • Post-SteamOS installation instructions
• Installing VMware Tools
• Accessing your installation over SSH

Software details

In my testing, the following was used:

• VMWare Workstation 11
• Version: 11.1.2 build-2780323
• Host OS: Arch Linux

Options for SteamOS Alchemist

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Creation

OS

• Standard
• Linux
• Debian 64 bit

Hardware

• Memory: 2 GB
• Processors: 4
• Display: Accelerate 3D graphics

Options for SteamOS Brewmaster

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Creation

OS

• Standard
• Linux
• Debian 64 bit

Hardware

• Memory: 2 GB
• Processors: 4
• Display: Accelerate 3D graphics

Post-SteamOS installation instructions

• Settings > Interface > Enabled access to the Linux desktop
• Exit > Switch to Desktop Mode
• Activities (top left) > Terminal
• Set desktop user password with passwd
• Insert the guest additions CD-ROM in VMware Workstation
• See Installing VMware Tools below for the rest of these instructions.

Installing VMware Tools

cd /media/cdrom0
cp VMWareTools*.tar.gz
cp /home/desktop
tar -xzvf VMWareTools*.tar.gz
cd vmware-tools-distrib
sudo ./vmware-install.pl

Accept all defaults for installation

Accessing your installation over SSH

• Ensure openssh-server in installed in the guest OS
• Ensure that you are using a Network Adapter type of Bridged or local only. This is possibly for NAT types, but I do not know currently how to arrange this.