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3ToexitVMwarePlayer,dooneofthefollowing:
Shutdowntheguestoperatingsysteminthevirtualmachine.
VMwarePlayerclosesaftertheguestoperatingsystemshutsdown.
InVMwarePlayer,chooseFile>Exit(Windows)orFile>Quit(Linux).
VMwarePlayereithersuspendsorpowersoffthevirtualmachine,dependingon
thepreferenceyousetforexitbehaviorinFile>Preferences.
WhenyouexitVMwarePlayerthatisusingastreamedvirtualmachine,youare
promptedtosav
eordiscardchange
s.Ifyoudiscardchanges,thedirectorythat
wascreatedonyourlocalmachineandallthevirtualmachinedataaredeleted.
Setting Up Virtual Machines for Use with VMware Player
Whenyoucreateavirtualmachinethatyouintendtodistributetootherusers,
configurethevirtualmachineformaximumcompatibilitywithallexpectedhost
systems.BecausetheconfigurationoptionsforVMwarePlayerarelimited,usersare
limitedintheirabilitytomakechangesinavirtualmachinesothatitiscom
patiblewith
theirhostsystems.
Followingarerecommendationstohelpyouconfigurevirtualmachinesformaximum
compatibilitywithVMwarePlayerandwiththewidestrangeofhostmachines:
Determinewhichvirtualdevicesareactuallyrequired,anddonotincludeanythat
arenotneededorusefulforthesoftwareyouaredistributingwiththevirtual
machineandVMwarePlayer.Forexample,genericSCSIdevicesaretypicallynot
appropriate.
Toconnectaphysicaldevicetoavirtualdevice,usetheAutodetectoptionswhen
configuringthevirtualmachine.TheAutodetectoptionsallowthevirtual
machinetoadapttotheuser’ssystem,andtheyworkwhetherthehostoperating
systemisWindowsorLinux.Userswhohavenophysicaldevicereceiv
eawarning
message.
ToconnectaCD‐ROMorfloppytoanimagefilethatyoushipwiththevirtual
machine,makesuretheimagefileisinthesamedirectoryasthevirtualmachine.
Thisway,arelativepath,ratherthananabsolutepath,isused.
ForbothaphysicalCD‐ROMandanimage,providetwovirtualCD‐ROMdevices
inthevirtualmachine.VMwarePlayerdoesnotprovideanoptionintheuser
interfacetoswitchasingleCD‐ROMdevicebetweenaphysicalCD‐ROMandan
image.Thisalsomeansthatifyouwa
nttoshipmultipleimages,theusercannot
switchbetweenthem.
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