As usual, brand new kernel woes with VMware. Here’s a quick way to patch up VMware 6.5.2 to get the modules to compile. Start by downloading and installing VMWare Workstation 6.5.2.
Once that’s done, run the following commands:
Backtrack Vmware Workstation App
rmmod kvm_intel kvm
echo blacklist kvm >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
cd /tmp
wget www.offensive-security.com/tools/bt4-vmware-workstation-patch.tar.bz2
tar jxpf bt4-vmware-workstation-patch.tar.bz2
chmod 755 vmware-6.5.2-modules-2.6.29-fix*
./vmware-6.5.2-modules-2.6.29-fix.sh
vmware-modconfig –console –install-all
vmware
- Goto VMware player’s download page and download VMware Player OR if you prefer theVMware Workstation, download it. (workstation is paid one of course!) Install VMware. Now I’m not going into detail for how to install it but definitely here is a link for you to checkout for installing VMware Workstation. VMware player installation will be.
- After rebooting in the command prompt type “startx” to start using the GUI of BackTrack. Next step is to install VMware tools on Backtrack 5 R3. Click VM and then Install Vmware tools option and VMware tools will be installed in your BackTrack VM. In Later post i will start with basic setup of Backtrack.
Done!
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After rebooting in the command prompt type “startx” to start using the GUI of BackTrack. Next step is to install VMware tools on Backtrack 5 R3. Click VM and then Install Vmware tools option and VMware tools will be installed in your BackTrack VM. In Later post i will start with basic setup of Backtrack. Installing VMWare Workstation 6.5.2 On BackTrack 4. June 20, 2009 BackTrack Linux. As usual, brand new kernel woes with VMware. Here’s a quick way to patch up.