- 1). Open a new terminal window on the VMware server. Every Linux distribution is different, but you can usually find the Terminal in your "System Tools" or "Applications" folders.
- 2). Use the start command on your VMware machine to execute it from the terminal. The format is "vmrun start /path/to/vmname.vmx." As an example, if the virtual machine was "/home/trakanon/vm/bob.vmx," you would enter the command "vmrun start /home/trakanon/vm/bob.vmx" and then press "Enter."
- 3). Stop the virtual machine by repeating the command in Step 2 with "start" replaced by "stop."
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