Issues with Fedora 21 sharing under VMware 11

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VMware 11 under F install FEDORA21, build sharing note:


The Fedora kernel used is: 3.17.4-301.fc21.x86_64

You can use the command to view:

[email protected] share Fedora 21]# uname-r
3.17.4-301.fc21.x86_64


Follow the normal way to install a shared directory, choose on a virtual machine: virtual machine---Install VMware tools,

That's what I'm going to do, create a directory/root/tools, copy files from VMware tools to that directory,

Then extract to the directory, after decompression there will be a directory vmware-tools-distrib/

Enter this directory:

[Email protected] tools]# cd/root/tools/vmware-tools-distrib/

To execute the installation command:

[Email protected] vmware-tools-distrib]#./vmware-install.pl


If you are prompted with GCC and kernel issues, install GCC and kernal first.

First update the Yum Source:

[[email protected] tools]# Yum update

Then install GCC

[email protected] tools]# Yum install gcc*

Next install the kernel:

[email protected] tools]# Yum install kernel-devel-3.17.4-301.fc21.x86_64


Next, you can go all the way to the return, and then you can see the shared content in the/mnt/hgfs/file.

There's no problem with installing again:

[Email protected] vmware-tools-distrib]#./vmware-install.pl


However, after the reboot, go to the virtual machine, view the shared directory, although there is a/mnt/hgfs/directory, but

Have not seen the shared content, see the kernel version again, found that the change of 4.0.4-202.fc21.x86_64,

Then re-install the above process, found that the installation process will pop up the error prompt.

Therefore, in Fedora x86-64, the establishment of a shared folder will be problematic, it is recommended that after the installation, in the heavy

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Issues with Fedora 21 sharing under VMware 11

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