Using VMWare Fusion on MacBook Pro
After installing mepis and it is running, click virtual machine then install vmware tools
This gives you a cd or dvd icon on the desktop
open the dvd, there is a .gz file and an rpm
extracted the contents of the .gz file >> get a folder called vmware-tools-distrib
there is a file with instructions
Before you follow these instructions, you need to be sure gcc is installed (it was)
and the linux headers
# apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

#ln -sf /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r) /usr/src/linux

now open a terminal in the vmware-tools-distrib folder and run
./vmware-install.pl
accept all defaults

You must restart your X session before any mouse or graphics changes take
effect.

You can now run VMware Tools by invoking the following command:
"/usr/bin/vmware-toolbox" during an X server session.

To use the vmxnet driver, restart networking using the following commands:
/etc/init.d/networking stop
rmmod pcnet32
rmmod vmxnet
modprobe vmxnet
/etc/init.d/networking start

To make use of the virtual printer, you will need to restart the CUPS service

If you wish to configure any experimental features, please run the following
command: "vmware-config-tools.pl --experimental".