Make sure you select install in the Parallel Menu. Open a console in SuSE. Type the following commands in the console sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom sudo sh /media/cdrom/parallels-tools.run you might want to do a cd /media/cdrom just to make sure I'm not mistaken in the shell script name.
When I select to install Parallels Tools Suse sees the disc as a blank CD with no content on it. What am I doing wrong? - Tim.
Have you tried my instructions? Did you make sure you selected the Install parallel tools in the Parallel Menu?
My problem was that there was no /media/cdrom directory to mount the /dev/cdrom to. Once I created the directory all worked well as per the instructions above.
I'm using the Parallels Virtual Appliance (PVA) of OpenSUSE. Whenever I try to use Sudo to install the Parallels tools, it asks me for the root password, which is conveniently a SECRET! How do I find out what this mysterious root password is by default???
sudo is prompting you for YOUR password. The idea is your account should be authorised to perform various admin functions. http://www.gratisoft.us/sudo/
I had the same problem as tim80 -- no 'media/cdrom' directory. When I tried to create it, it failed with a 'Permission denied' reply. I have tried to find a way to give myself permission to modify the 'media' folder, but have not been able to figure it out. Any idea how I can do this? THANKS!
