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3. Untar the VMware Tools tar file in /tmp and install it.

cd /tmp

tar zxf vmware-linux-tools.tar.gz

cd vmware-tools-distrib

./vmware-install.pl

Note: When installing VMware Tools in some versions of Linux, the installer will

need to recompile VMware Tools. For this to work, you need to have a C compiler

installed in the guest. In some cases you may get compiler warning messages

during the VMware Tools installation. However, the control panel and drivers still

work correctly.

4. Follow the remaining steps. Choose directories for the various files.

5. Choose a display size for the virtual machine. Enter the number for the choice

and press Enter.

6. If you wish, start X and your graphical environment and launch the VMware

Tools background application.

vmware-toolbox &

Note: If you created this virtual machine using the vmxnet driver, you now need to

run netconfig or another network configuration utility in the virtual machine to

set up the virtual network adapter.

Installing VMware Tools in a NetWare 6.0 SP3, 6.5 or 5.1 SP6 Guest

1. Power on the virtual machine.

2. Prepare your virtual machine to install VMware Tools.

Choose File > Install VMware Tools.

The remaining steps take place inside the virtual machine.

3. Load the CD-ROM driver so the CD-ROM device mounts the ISO image as a

volume. Do one of the following:

a. In the system console for a NetWare 6.5 virtual machine, type:

LOAD CDROM

b. In the system console for a NetWare 5.1 virtual machine, type:

LOAD CD9660.NSS

4. When the driver finishes loading, you can begin installing VMware Tools. In the

system console, type:

vmwtools:\setup.ncf