Ubuntu 7.04 tools wont open/install

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mattngc

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Hi,
I've read a number of threads about installing the parallels tools under linux (Im new to the OS) but I cant find anything on the following errors.

When I click "actions - install tools" the Image loads on the desktop. The first time I tried this I just clicked the "parallels tools.run" icon but a window opens saying "could not open file /media/cdrom0/parallels-tools.run. gedit has not been able to detect the character coding.

The character coding box is set to Current Locale (UTF-8)

I've tried using the terminal commands others have mentioned in other threads but I cant get them to work. Using the sudo sh parallels-tools.run command I get "sh: can't open parallels-tools.run."

I'm not sure if i've mounted the image correctly but it shows on the desktop.

Any help or ideas would be great.
 
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Instructions

Yeah i read the guide on page 90.

I'm fairly sure the CD is mounted. When I type the command "mount CDROM" it says it is already mounted on media/cdrom

but when I them go to the next stage and type "sudo sh parallels-tools.run" the terminal asks for the password but then says "sh: can not open parallels-tools.run"
 
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Sorry to dig up an old thread - but I am having simaliar issues.

I get so far as to run parallels-tools.run in terminal, and I see the following:

You are about to start installing Parallel Tools. Save your data and close all applications to prevent data loss during possible X-Server restart.
Continue ? [Yes / No]

And no matter what I type here (yes, no, even exit) the above prompt just repeats indefinitely. Any ideas?
 
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If what I am reading is correct, I need the actual Installation CD in order to install Parallels Tools? Can you install Parallels Tools with the DMG file that is downloaded?

If not, I'm at a loss on how to do it. I have tried to install it, but what CD do I mount if I don't have a CD??? (Yeah, a newbie to Linux). How do I setup a two-part Linux Appliance?
 
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pkasin said:
If what I am reading is correct, I need the actual Installation CD in order to install Parallels Tools? Can you install Parallels Tools with the DMG file that is downloaded?

If not, I'm at a loss on how to do it. I have tried to install it, but what CD do I mount if I don't have a CD??? (Yeah, a newbie to Linux). How do I setup a two-part Linux Appliance?
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I'm new as well, but here's what you do:
1) In the Parallels Desktop menu, go to Actions, then Install Parallels tools.
2) After that, it gives you very vague instructions on what to do. Click OK.
3) A CD should automatically mount inside your virtual machine.
4) Open Terminal inside the Virtual Machine
5) type "cd /media/cdrom"
If that doesn't work, try "cd /media/cdrom0"
6) Now that you're inside the cdrom, which contains the parallels tools installation,
Type "sudo sh parallels-tools.run"
7) It should prompt you for your password
8) Follow instructions.

Hope this is somewhat helpful.
 
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Puzzled

I seem to be having the same problem. I open the guest linuxOS (openSuse), run the parallels tools action in MacOSX, open the terminal, change the device to the cd with "cd /media/cdrom or cdrom0", linux says there's no such thing in the etc/fstab or etc/mtab.
 
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