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 # tar xvf /mnt/dvd/vmware-tools-distrib.tar.gz # tar xvf /mnt/dvd/vmware-tools-distrib.tar.gz
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 +You may find the file is called something other than vmware-tools-distrib.tar.gz, there should only be one tarball.
  
 Before we do anything else, we have one little patch to apply.  Save this to a file called /usr/src/vmware.patch: Before we do anything else, we have one little patch to apply.  Save this to a file called /usr/src/vmware.patch:
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