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#arch VMWARE Server#

You will need the sources for your kernel!
#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
#
#You need to create a symbolic link for lsmod in order to get vmware-install.pl to work.

ln -s /bin/lsmod /sbin/lsmod
#

#get yor copy of VMware Server, untar and run ./vmware-install.pl

#follow prompts#

Here are some gotchas!

#If you are running 2.6.23+ kernel and vmware version greater than 1.0.4 (includes new e.x.p ver)  then apply fix below BEFORE INSTALL!#

#assuming you extracted vmware to /usr/src

cd /usr/src/vmware-server-distrib/lib/modules/source
cp vmnet.tar vmnet.tar_orig
tar xf vmnet.tar
perl -pi -e 's,-Werror,-DKBUILD_BASENAME=\\"\$\(DRIVER\)\\" \\\n\t-Werror,g' ./vmnet-only/Makefile.kernel
tar cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only
rm vmnet-only -r
cp vmmon.tar vmmon.tar_orig
tar -xf vmmon.tar
perl -pi -e 's,-Werror,-DKBUILD_BASENAME=\\"\$\(DRIVER\)\\" \\\n\t-Werror,g' ./vmmon-only/Makefile.kernel
tar cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only
rm vmmon-only -r

#If you are running 2.6.19+ kernel and vmware version less than 1.0.4 then apply fix below AFTER INSTALL!#

cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/
cp vmnet.tar vmnet.tar_orig
tar xf vmnet.tar
perl -pi~ -e s'/CHECKSUM_HW/CHECKSUM_COMPLETE/' /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet-only/bridge.c
perl -pi~ -e s'/CHECKSUM_HW/CHECKSUM_PARTIAL/' /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet-only/userif.c
tar cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only
rm vmnet-only -r
cp vmmon.tar vmmon.tar_orig
tar -xf vmmon.tar
perl -pi~ -e s'/static/\/\*static/' /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/include/compat_kernel.h
perl -pi~ -e s'/exit_code\)/exit_code\)\*\//' /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/include/compat_kernel.h
tar cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only
rm vmmon-only -r
touch /usr/src/KERNELSOURCEDIR/include/linux/config.h
#NOTE it will blow on compile if you run this more than once.#