...hopefully some useful VMware related stuff

VMware Tools install on Linux Guest Operating System

10/10/2009 17:18

Mount VMTools Installer CD
Open a terminal session
su - (to root)
cp /media/VMware Tools/VMwareTools-8.1.2-197124.tar.gz /root
cd /root
gzip -d VMwareTools-8.1.2-197124.tar.gz
tar - xvf VMwareTools-8.1.2-197124.tar
cd /root/vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl
(hit enter at every prompt to keep the install defaults then configure tools)
Then reboot

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