The compile error looks like this :
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmhgfs-only/module.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmhgfs-only/page.o
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmhgfs-only/page.c: In function ‘HgfsDoWriteBegin’:
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmhgfs-only/page.c:763: warning: ISO C90 forbids mixed declarations and code
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmhgfs-only/page.c: In function ‘HgfsWriteBegin’:
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmhgfs-only/page.c:867: error: implicit declaration of function ‘__grab_cache_page’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmhgfs-only/page.c:867: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config0/vmhgfs-only/page.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config0/vmhgfs-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.28.1'
make: *** [vmhgfs.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmhgfs-only'
Unable to build the vmhgfs module.
A quick Google search brought me to a vmhgfs patch that fixes this compile error.
To fix this:
0) Extract kernel sources and build dependancy scripts!
1) Start the Vmware tools install
2) Copy the vmware tools to /tmp
3) Replace the vmhgfs package with the patched one and install vmware tools
root@bt# tar zxpf VMwareTools-7.9.3-159196.tar.gz
root@bt# cd vmware-tools-distrib/
root@bt# cd lib/modules/source/
root@bt# rm vmhgfs.tar
root@bt# wget www.offensive-security.com/vmhgfs.tar
root@bt# cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/
root@bt# ./vmware-install.pl
Don't forget to enable file sharing in VMWare after installing the tools.
After a restarting the vmware-tools service (or a reboot), you should see your share with a "mount" command.
root@bt# mount |grep hgfs
.host:/ on /mnt/hgfs type vmhgfs (rw,ttl=5)
root@bt# ls -l /mnt/hgfs/
total 1
drwxr-xr-x 1 501 dialout 204 2009-04-12 11:48 bt4
root@bt#
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