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#arch VMWARE Server#

#pre install#
mkdir /etc/rc.d/rc0.d
mkdir /etc/rc.d/rc1.d
mkdir /etc/rc.d/rc2.d
mkdir /etc/rc.d/rc3.d
mkdir /etc/rc.d/rc4.d
mkdir /etc/rc.d/rc5.d
mkdir /etc/rc.d/rc6.d
#
ln -s /bin/lsmod /sbin/lsmod
ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.6.26 /usr/src/linux
#
you need pacman -S libx11 libxtst libxt libxrender

#get tarball and install, do not run vmware-configure.pl when prompted#

#get patches and run aginst module archives#

cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source

tar -xf vmmon.tar
tar -xf vmnet.tar

cd vmmon-only
patch -p1 < VMware-server-vmmon-1.0.6-91891-2.6.26-1.patch
cd ..

cd /vmnet-only
patch -p1 < VMware-server-vmnet-1.0.6-91891-2.6.26-1.patch
cd ..

cp vmnet.tar vmnet.tar_orig
tar cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only
rm vmnet-only -r

cp vmmon.tar vmmon.tar_orig
tar cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only
rm vmmon-only -r

vmware-configure.pl