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Down load their evaluation set or just buy it and load it.
Works perfectly from their web site.
Larry Linder
On Friday 29 April 2011 3:50 am, Ahmed El Zein wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-04-09 at 19:44 -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Lukas Press <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> > > On 04/09/2011 11:34 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote:
> > >> 2011/4/9 Nikola Wenta<[log in to unmask]>:
> > >>> Dear all,
> > >>> I am trying Scientific Linux and want to get VMWare tools installed.
> > >>> Can someone tell me where I can download the required Kernel C header
> > >>> files, and under what path they will be installed?
> > >>> Cheers,
> > >>> Niko
> > >
> > > kernel-headers and kernel-devel packages, both available in sl repos.
> > > The install script will complain that the path to the c header files
> > > are wrong if you install the header files midway through the process,
> > > even if you put the correct path in (/usr/include i think?). If this
> > > is happening cancel the install and re-run the vmware-install.pl script
> > > after installing the correct packages; it should pick up the header
> > > files automatically then.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Chris
> >
> > There's also a bit of nastiness when you update kernels: VMWare has
> > not selected to incorporate the 'vmware-modules' init script I sent
> > them, that re-runs the VMware configuration at boot time in case
> > you're running a new kernel. This is particularly dangerous if you're
> > using the vmxnet network drivers rather than e1000: the guest host
> > will be unavailable after a kernel upgrade and reboot until the
> > configuration tool is re-run, and if you have the wrong network setup,
> > your hostname will be wrong and you'll have to reboot *AGAIN*. to get
> > all your services configured correctly.
>
> If you are using ESX (as I am), then you might want to look at the
> repository at:
> http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/index.html
>
> This way you get automatic updates when you upgrade the kernel.
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