[Linux] Install Vmware-tools on Fedora Core 8

Step 1. Install gcc
#yum install gcc

Step 2. Install kernel-devel
#yum install kernel-devel

Step 3. Check if the version number of kernel and the version number of kernel-devel are the same
#uname -r
#rpm -q kernel-devel

Step 4. Upgrade kernel and kernel-devel if their version number showed in in Step 3. are different
#yum -y upgrade kernel kernel-devel
Go to Step 3.

Step 5. Reboot
#init 6

Step 6. Put vmware-tools in running FC8
Removable Devices > CD-ROM > Edit -->
Select Auto detect and check Legacy emulation
VM > Install VMware Tools Install

Step 7. Install vmware-tools
#mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
#cp /mnt/VMwareTools-*.tar.gz /tmp
#cd /tmp
#tar -zxvf VMwareTools-*.tar.gz
#cd vmware-tools-distrib
#./cd vmware-install.pl
...


Reference
http://163.23.24.147/ya/read-287.html
http://hi.baidu.com/sinauc/blog/item/2d393754243636c2b745ae24.html