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fishnet37222
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 Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2016 5:12 pm Post subject: Unable to add vmware shared folders |
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I am running Gentoo on a VMWare Workstation 12 guest with open-vm-tools installed. I'd like to be able to add shared folders while the guest is running, but VMWare tells me I can't do that unless VMWare Tools is installed and running.
How do I let VMWare Workstation 12 know that I actually do have VMWare Tools installed?
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1clue
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| Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2016 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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From the host, insert the vmware tools cd. This is a menu option I think.
From the guest, run the installer in the cdrom drive. |
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chiefbag
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The CD-ROM option only works for Windows guests AFAIK.
You need to manually install the tools on the guest VM
| Code: | | emerge -v app-emulation/vmware-tools |
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fishnet37222
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| Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 11:08 am Post subject: |
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Actually, open-vm-tools is the name of the package, and I already have it installed.
I decided to use CIFS to share the folders from my Windows 10 host to my Gentoo guest.
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1clue
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| When I used VMware it had the tools right on the "cd" image. For linux guests. I have to admit it's been awhile. |
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