trouble with patching on vmware

[cheesecake]

I downloaded the source from the direct download link in the vmware development platform in the wiki
(http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmplayer/VMware-player-2.0.0-45731.exe0
after this, i downloaded the rockbox image from
(http://vmware.rockbox-themes.org/Debian-4.7z)
which is also in the wiki.
I installed vmware using the installer downloaded.
I then extracted the rockbox image using winrar
Both of these were installed/extracted to the same folder:
F:\Programming
I ran vmware using the .exe file
I selected the rockbox image in the menu vmware provided
Vmware prompted me for a password. I used
Username: user
Password: rockbox
I got in ok, downloaded the svn using this command line:
svn co svn://svn.rockbox.org/rockbox/trunk rockbox
I then changed directory to rockbox using:
cd rockbox
I created a build directory:
mkdir Build1
Changed directory:
cd Build1
Ran the configuration:
../tools/configure
Selected iPod, number 21
Vmware said it created the makefile, no errors
Used command in the Build1 directory:
make
Took about 5 min, then displayed a command line.
I entered in:
make zip
Waited a little while longer, when it finished, i closed vmware, and could not llocate the build no matter how hard i tried.
Is that enough???

[PaulPosition]

Just for an example, here's how my stuff has been organised :

/home/user  <-- Where I first entered the vmware image
/home/user/rockbox  <-- Where the scn command in the wiki put my stuff
/home/user/build  <--- where I decided to run ../tools/configure and 'make'

To access Samba, the wiki is quite clear : you use windows "My Network Places" while vmware is running. There you should be able to login as if on a network and copy the zip or other files to where you want.

[AlexP]

cheesecake, that all looks fine.

So now, what I don't understand is why the rockbox folder (created in the step svn co svn://svn.rockbox.org/rockbox/trunk rockbox) with the Build1 folder you created inside it, no longer seems to be in your home directory.  Are you absolutely sure that this folder is not in your home directory?  If so, where is it?  Can you find it?  - This is all from within VMWare

As PaulPosition says, you do have VMWare image running when you try to access the files in it from Windows, right?

[PaulPosition]

BigBambi - That's alright : stuff should be in his /home/user/ folder, not straight in /home/ ...

[AlexP]

Sorry, yes.  Oops, brain fart.

OK, so in /home/user do you still see everything as in my previous post?

[cheesecake]

Hey
Sorry, i can't check right now, gotta go, but i'll let you guys know, I'll edit this post with detailed info tomorrow, if it doesn't look the same, i'll re-install, i may end up doing that anyway.
Thanks again so much for sticking this out with me, you guys are amazing.

Alright. I haven't re-installed vmware because i think the problem is either in the image, or in windows not detecting samba.

Questions:

What kind of device will Samba show up as??? (i.e. workgroup computer, upnp device)
And what is it named?

[bascule]

Start > Run...
\\debian\user

After logging in as per the VMWare image (user/rockbox), this will open a standard Windows Explorer window onto the virtual environment.

[cheesecake]

I tried what you suggested but:

with vmware running

I used the command you specified, however:

"the network path was not found"

I tried restarting vmware, but that didn't change anything. Also, i tested this as both "user" and "root"

Also, i didn't install vmware into the C:/ Root directory, does that change anything???

[bascule]

This thread might help...

http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=6772.0

[cheesecake]

Okay.
I think this might work, but i don't know how to use samba normally. Do you just run:
\\debian\user  
because this isn't working for me, even after reset.

Could anyone direct me to a post or topic on how to use samba???
Because nothing is working for me...
I have used run, firefox, and i can't view workgroup computers even though i'm admin.