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How-To install VMware-Tools on a SME 7.0 Virtual Machine

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This How-to describes the way to install VMware-tools on a SME 7.0 Virtual Machine.

A cdrom must be installed in the guest os.

Do not do the first part from a remote terminal (ie PuTTy) as you will lose your network connection.

Log in as root into the VMware console
Select VM > Install VMWare Tools
Click on the guest SME and log in as root
mount /media/cdrom
cp /media/cdrom/VMwareTools*.rpm /tmp
cd /tmp
umount /media/cdrom
rpm -Uvh VMwareTools*.rpm

Do this for kernel version 2.6.9-34

Only install the rpm at this stage.
nano /etc/modprobe.conf
Go to the bottom and look for 'alias eth0 pcnet32'
Comment that line with a #
Ctrl-x, yes, enter
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event reboot

After it boots up, login and uncomment the line you just commented and save and exit nano.

Do this for all kernel versions

/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl
/etc/init.d/network stop
rmmod pcnet32
rmmod vmxnet
depmod -a
modprobe vmxnet
/etc/init.d/network start

The following can be done in a remote terminal eg. PuTTy

ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/e-smith-service /etc/rc7.d/S09vmware-tools
/sbin/e-smith/db configuration set vmware-tools service status enabled
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event console-save
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event post-upgrade
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event reboot

References:

http://www.ntbrad.com/wordpress/?p=158

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