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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