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 <[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 > > This way you get automatic updates when you upgrade the kernel.
