FreeBSD Install VMWare Guest Tools

Installing VMware Guest Tools in a FreeBSD virtual machine involves the following steps:

1. Download the appropriate VMware tools for your version of FreeBSD.
2. Extract the tools archive to a directory of your choice.
3. Open a terminal window in the directory where you extracted the tools.
4. Mount the virtual machine’s disk image using the following command:
   mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /dev/<device>

5. Create a directory to mount the disk image, for example:
   mkdir /mnt/freebsd

6. Mount the disk image to the new directory:
   mount /dev/md0 /mnt/freebsd

7. Change to the directory where you extracted the VMware tools and run the following command:
   ./vmware-install.pl --default /mnt/freebsd

8. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
9. Unmount the disk image:
   umount /mnt/freebsd

10. Detach the disk image:
    mdconfig -d -u 0


Once the installation is complete, you will need to restart your virtual machine for the changes to take effect.