How to Install VMWare Server 1.0.3 on Fedora 7

This will be a quick one.. im still very busy with work and somehow stumbled upon setting up VMware on my laptop.. I hope this could help someone.

1. Upgrade your kernel
   Invoke the following command in the console
   

   yum upgrade kernel

   Then edit /boot/grub/grub.conf and make sure that the "default" parameter is set to 0(zero) or is pointing to the latest kernel.
   
   Reboot the system.
   


2. Install the kernel headers and other necessary sources
   This can be done by invoking the following command in the console
   

   yum install kernel-headers

   and
   

   yum install kernel-devel

   then

   yum install xinetd

3. Download VMWare Server from http://www.vmware.com/download/server/, the Serial number can be obtained from the same page. Select the *.tar.gz instead of the RPM.
   


4. Uncompress the VMware-server-*.tar.gz file using the following command
   

   tar xvpf VMware-server-*.tar.gz

   then run
   

   vmware-install.pl

   Proceed until the install script halts on error
   


5. Download the installer patch from http://knihovny.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/vmware-any-any-update113.tar.gz
   
   Uncompress the archive and run
   

   runme.pl

6. You are set to run VMWare server. In Gnome, VMware is in the "Applications -> Other" Menu, in KDE, it can be found in "KDE Menu -> Lost and Found"
   

For any clarification, just post a comment..