fengcool.com » VMware http://www.fengcool.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 31 May 2010 02:22:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 Install VMware tools to Fedora 10 client OS on Windows Vista host OS http://www.fengcool.com/2008/11/install-vmware-tools-to-fedora-10-client-os-on-windows-vista-host-os/ http://www.fengcool.com/2008/11/install-vmware-tools-to-fedora-10-client-os-on-windows-vista-host-os/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:02:07 +0000 Nelson http://www.fengcool.com/?p=55 Software requirements:

  • Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit
  • VMware workstation 6.5.1
  • Fedora 10 64bit

Install packages that are required to build VMware tools:

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 yum install gcc make kernel-devel</li>

Step by step guide

  1. Logon to Fedora, and select “Install VMware Tools” from VM menu
  2. After the tool cd was mount, open a terminal window logon as root user and type 
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    cd ~
mkdir VMware
cd VMWare
  3. Type: 
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    cp /media/VMware\ Tools/VMwareTools-7.8.4-126130.tar.gz ./
  4. Untar and install by typing: 
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    tar zxpf ./VMwareTools-7.8.4-126130.tar.gz
cd vmware-tools-distrib/
./vmware-install.pl
  5. Config and build VMware tool modules: 
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    vmware-config-tools.pl

    and type y when prompt to build vmware modules

Restart your guest OS and then you should have vmware tool installed. You should be able to see your shared folder from the host OS.

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