zz[Linux]Installing VMware Tools on CentOS Server

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CentOS how to install VMWare tools?

Mount the iso image on the VMWare guest running the CentOS partition.
The iso file can be found C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Server\linux.iso if you are running VMWare Server instance.

Login with VMWare Server Console to CentOS and mount the cdrom

• mkdir /mnt/cdrom 
• mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom 

mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only
Mount will link the cdrom to the  /mnt/cdrom directory.  Now you can copy the rpm file to /tmp and start the installation process.

• cp /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-1.0.2-39867.i386.rpm /tmp
• cd /tmp
• rpm -i /tmp/VMwareTools-1.0.2-39867.i386.rpm

After the file has been installed start the vmware tools perl script

• vmware-config-tools.pl