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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Linux on vmware won't boot due to corrupt library file! Post 302531031 by Corona688 on Wednesday 15th of June 2011 04:33:48 PM
Old 06-15-2011
vmware can use iso images as boot disks I believe, so you could try booting a virtual rescue CD on your virtual machine and access the filesystem from there.
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LIBGUESTLIB(3)							   Open VM Tools						    LIBGUESTLIB(3)

NAME
libguestlib - vmware shared library DESCRIPTION
This is a shared object intended for use in other applications. It provides access to some configuration and performance data available in the host. SEE ALSO
vmware-checkvm(1) vmware-hgfsclient(1) vmware-toolbox(1) vmware-toolbox-cmd(1) vmware-user(1) vmware-xferlogs(1) libvmtools(3) vmware-guestd(8) vmware-hgfsmounter(8) vmware-user-suid-wrapper(8) vmci(9) vmhgfs(9) vmmemctl(9) vmsock(9) vmsync(9) vmxnet(9) vmxnet3(9) HOMEPAGE
More information about libguestlib and the Open VM Tools can be found at <http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/>. AUTHOR
Open VM Tools were written by VMware, Inc. <http://www.vmware.com/>. This manual page was put together from homepage materials by Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-technologies.net>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). 2010.03.20-243334 2010-04-08 LIBGUESTLIB(3)
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