Installing the VMWare tools with Debian Etch
Startup the guest Debian.
In VMWare, click on VM / Install VMWare Tools…
/dev/hdc must be unused !
Click on “Install”
VMWare will mount a virtual CD on your system. Copy VMwareTools-.tar.gz to your home directory
cd ~ && tar xzvf VMwareTools*
cd vmware-tools*
apt-get install gcc linux-headers-2.6-686
ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.18-6-686 /usr/src/linux
cd /usr/src/linux
apt-get source kernel-image-2.6-686./vmware_install.pl
Answer [ENTER] to all questions - should work 