1.安装工具。让虚拟机运行于窗口状态，不要全屏，按Ctrl+Alt让鼠标释放出来。在vmware的菜单栏上选择“虚拟机/安装虚拟机工具(VM/Install VMware Tools...)“。然后切换到客户操作系统，即Linux。

　　2.挂载光盘。

　　# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

　　3.执行命令。进入虚拟光盘，可以看到有两个文件，一个是压缩包，一个为rpm包。直接运行rpm包安装，命令行也可。rpm -Uvh VMwareTools-版本号-版本号.i386.rpm

　　# cd /mnt/cdrom

　　# ls -l

　　有两上文件 ：

　　VMwareTools-5.5.1-19175.i386.rpm

　　VMwareTools-5.5.1-19175.tar.gz

　　并把这两个文件拷贝到你的文件下 如 /tmp

　　#cp VMwareTools-5.5.1-19175.tar.gz /tmp

　　#cp VMwareTools-5.5.1-19175.i386.rpm /tmp

　　#cd /tmp

　　#rpm -ivh VMwareTools-5.5.1-19175.i386.rpm

　　4.上述操作完成后，进入/usr/bin目录，查找vmware-config-tools.pl.找到后，运行它。

　　5.一路回车

　　6.

　　#tar -xzvf VMwareTools-5.5.1-19175.tar.gz

　　#cd vmware-tools-distrib

　　#./vmware-install.pl

　　Creating a new installer database using the tar3 format.

　　Installing the content of the package.

　　# 安装过程的画面，全部使用默认值，一直按 Enter 就对了

　　In which directory do you want to install the binary files?

　　[/usr/bin]

　　What is the directory that contains the init directories (rc0.d/ to rc6.d/)?

　　[/etc/rc.d]

　　What is the directory that contains the init scripts?

　　[/etc/rc.d/init.d]

　　In which directory do you want to install the daemon files?

　　[/usr/sbin]

　　In which directory do you want to install the library files?

　　[/usr/lib/vmware-tools]

　　Thepath “/usr/lib/vmware-tools“ does not exist currently. This program isgoingto create it, including needed parent directories. Is this whatyou want?

　　[yes]

　　In which directory do you want to install the documentation files?

　　[/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools]

　　Thepath “/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools“ does not exist currently. Thisprogram isgoing to create it, including needed parent directories. Isthis what you want?

　　[yes]

　　The installation of VMware Tools 5.5.1 build-19175 for Linux completed

　　successfully. You can decide to remove this software from your system at any

　　time by invoking the following command: “/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-tools.pl“.

　　Before running VMware Tools for the first time, you need to configure it by

　　invoking the following command: “/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl“. Do you want

　　this program to invoke the command for you now? [yes]

　　Stopping VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:

　　Guest operating system daemon: [ 确定 ]

　　Trying to find a suitable vmhgfs module for your running kernel.

　　The module bld-2.6.9-5.EL-i686-RHEL4 loads perfectly in the running kernel.

　　pcnet32 30153 0

　　Unloading pcnet32 module

　　Trying to find a suitable vmxnet module for your running kernel.

　　The module bld-2.6.9-5.EL-i686-RHEL4 loads perfectly in the running kernel.

　　Detected X.org version 6.8.

　　关闭控制台鼠标服务： [ 确定 ]

　　启动控制台鼠标服务： [ 确定 ]

#p#副标题#e#

　　Please choose one of the following display sizes (1 - 13):

　　# 显示分辨率，这里是以 1024x768 为例

　　# VMware Tools 安装的时候，会自动修改 X server 的配置文件

　　[1] “640x480“

　　[2]< “800x600“

　　[3] “1024x768“

　　[4] “1152x864“

　　[5] “1280x800“

　　[6] “1152x900“

　　[7] “1280x1024“

　　[8] “1376x1032“

　　[9] “1400x1050“

　　[10] “1680x1050“

　　[11] “1600x1200“

　　[12] “1920x1200“

　　[13] “2364x1773“

　　Please enter a number between 1 and 13:

　　[2] 3

　　X Window System Version 6.8.2

　　Release Date: 9 February 2005

　　X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2

　　Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.9-34.EL i686 [ELF]

　　Current Operating System: Linux rd01.domain 2.6.9-34.EL #1 Wed Mar 8 00:07:35 CST 2006 i686

　　Build Date: 04 May 2006

　　Build Host: x8664-build.centos.org

　　Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org

　　to make sure that you have the latest version.

　　Module Loader present

　　OSKernel: Linux version 2.6.9-34.EL (buildcentos@build-i386) (gcc version3.4.5 20051201 (Red Hat 3.4.5-2)) #1 Wed Mar 8 00:07:35 CST 2006 P

　　Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,

　　(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,

　　(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.

　　(++) Log file: “/tmp/vmware-config0/XF86ConfigLog.3131“, Time: Mon Jun 12 20:57:34 2006

　　(++) Using config file: “/tmp/vmware-config0/XF86Config.3131“

　　(WW) VMWARE(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xf0000000,0x1000000)

　　X is running fine with the new config file.

　　Starting VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:

　　Switching to guest configuration: [ 确定 ]

　　Guest filesystem driver: [ 确定 ]

　　DMA setup: [ 确定 ]

　　Guest operating system daemon: [ 确定 ]

　　The configuration of VMware Tools 5.5.1 build-19175 for Linux for this running

　　kernel completed successfully.

　　You must restart your X session before any mouse or graphics changes take

　　effect.

　　You can now run VMware Tools by invoking the following command:

　　“/usr/bin/vmware-toolbox“ during an XFree86 session.

　　To use the vmxnet driver, restart networking using the following commands:

　　/etc/init.d/network st