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I just downloaded VMWare player 6.0.3 because I had major issues with VirtualBox. I need to share a folder and for this, I need VMware tools.

I tried clicking Player>Manage>Install VMware tools: the yellow footer thing shows up, instructing me to open a terminal and mount the disk, but nothing else happens. I can't mount the dvd manually either: "sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom" gives "mount: no medium found on /dev/sr0"

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Also, I know there are ISO's available online here, but I'm not sure which to pick...

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    How do you decribe the machine in VM Player? May be as _Linux - Other *.* kernel_? Try to describe it as Ubuntu and start the machine. If Vm Player cannot detect the guest OS, it uses this description to download the proper tools. – Jairo Jul 26 '14 at 08:15
  • That works! I thought that version detection was the problem but it didn't occur to set the version to Ubuntu. If you post as an answer I will accept! :) – Ruben Jul 26 '14 at 09:43

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How do you decribe the machine in VM Player? May be as Linux - Other . kernel? Try to describe it as Ubuntu and start the machine. If VM Player cannot detect the guest OS, it uses this description to download the proper tools.

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