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 ====== Open VM Tools Background and Assumptions ======  ====== Open VM Tools Background and Assumptions ====== 
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-This page is under construction. Proceed at your own peril. May be ready on 2013-06-19. 
  
 The procedure for making the proprietary VMWare Tools and Open VM Tools are very similar. As it turns out, the Open VM Tools package is incomplete, and so we must fill in the gaps based on what we know from VMWare Tools. In particular, two files in the ''/etc'' directory which are critical for the Open VM Tools to work are provided here because they do not get built during the make process. The procedure for making the proprietary VMWare Tools and Open VM Tools are very similar. As it turns out, the Open VM Tools package is incomplete, and so we must fill in the gaps based on what we know from VMWare Tools. In particular, two files in the ''/etc'' directory which are critical for the Open VM Tools to work are provided here because they do not get built during the make process.
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   - Create Initialization Scripts   - Create Initialization Scripts
   - Create TCZ extension   - Create TCZ extension
 +  - Install TCZ extension
  
 ===== Compile Open VM Tools =====  ===== Compile Open VM Tools ===== 
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 ln -s /tmp/tcloop/open-vm-tools/usr/local/lib/open-vm-tools/plugins plugins ln -s /tmp/tcloop/open-vm-tools/usr/local/lib/open-vm-tools/plugins plugins
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-The Open VM Tools also wants to know what distribution and release it's running on. Because TinyCore doesn't have a release file, we have to make one. Use your version here:+The Open VM Tools also wants to know what distribution and release it's running on:
 <code> <code>
-echo "TinyCore 4.7.2" > $TCZROOT/etc/release+sed -e 's/^/TinyCore /' /usr/share/doc/tc/release.txt > $TCZROOT/etc/release
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 Move the files to LIBDIR subdirectories and create links in the BINDIR and SBINDIR directories: Move the files to LIBDIR subdirectories and create links in the BINDIR and SBINDIR directories:
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 rm -rf $TCZROOT/sbin rm -rf $TCZROOT/sbin
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 ===== Create TCZ Extension =====  ===== Create TCZ Extension ===== 
  
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 EOF EOF
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 +===== Install TCZ Extension ===== 
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 These extensions and their dependencies should be copied to the system that will be using the open-vm-tools extension before it's loaded. These extensions and their dependencies should be copied to the system that will be using the open-vm-tools extension before it's loaded.
 Then add ''blacklist=pcnet32'' to the APPEND line of the boot configuration file. Then add ''blacklist=pcnet32'' to the APPEND line of the boot configuration file.
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