On Sat, 2011-04-09 at 19:44 -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Lukas Press <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 04/09/2011 11:34 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote: > >> > >> 2011/4/9 Nikola Wenta<[email protected]>: > >>> > >>> 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
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