Title: [EFW 2.4 Community] VMWare Tools 4.0.0 Post by: mrkroket on Wednesday 04 August 2010, 03:50:57 am This package installs VMWare tools v4.0 on Endian Firewall 2.4 with kernel 2.6.27.19-72.e25PAE
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZEV8WKVQ (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZEV8WKVQ) It has precompiled drivers for PAE kernel (I don't have normal sources, only PAE), you don't need any extra package (neither gcc nor any devel package) 8). Steps to install: 1-Upgrade your Endian firewall. On console run the following command: efw-upgrade Select 1) Production (or 2, it doesn't matter) About the username you must register on Endian.com 2-Once upgraded, change kernel to kernel-PAE: smart install kernel-PAE Say Y to the question 3-Reboot your system with reboot 4-Check that the kernel is now 2.6.27.19-72.e25PAE, by using the command: uname -r 5-Copy the file EFW_2.4_VMWareTools-4.0.0-PAE.tgz to your firewall, the easiest way is with WinSCP 6-Unzip the file, either with WinSCP File->Custom Commands->Untar or using the command tar -xvf EFW_2.4_VMWareTools-4.0.0-PAE.tgz 7-Go to the directory called vmware-tools-distrib: cd vmware-tools-distrib 8-Run the installer: ./vmware-install.pl Press Enter to any question. It should install the tools correctly. 9-Run the startup fix: ./fix-startup.sh 10-Run the NIC driver update: ./fix-nic.sh 11-Reboot with reboot 12-Check that VMWare tools are installed and running, via your VMWare client or using the command /etc/init.d/vmware-tools status 13-Enjoy |