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Tested with VMware Tools v.5.5.3 (VMwareTools-5.5.3-34685.tar.gz).

1. Install software needed by VMware Tools

Note: you need to boot the 1-1 kernel from grub for this to work.

1. Install packages to build the kernel modules
   

   yum install gcc kernel-devel

2. Check the running kernel matches the kernel headers
   

   uname -r             # running kernel
   rpm -q kernel-devel  # installed kernel headers
   

3. If the two versions do not match, run
   

   yum -y upgrade kernel kernel-devel
   reboot

4. Find out where the kernel headers are (you may need this later)
   

   ls -d /usr/src/kernels/$(uname -r)*/include

2. Prepare and install VMware Tools

Choose one of a), b), c) or d).

a) If you are running the VM inside VMware Workstation 5.5 Show answer

b) If you have VMware-workstation-5.5.3-34685.tar.gz on disk Show answer

c) If you have VMwareTools-5.5.3-34685.tar.gz on disk Show answer

d) If you cannot do any of these Show answer

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