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5 Replies Last post: May 31, 2008 4:12 AM by etung
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VMware Fusion 1.1.2 breaks RHEL5 HGFS sharing

Apr 25, 2008 11:36 AM

Click to view neptune2000's profile Enthusiast neptune2000 51 posts since
Dec 28, 2007
I installed the 1.1.2 Fusion update and installed the VMware Tools on Windows Xp, RHEL5 and Ubuntu 7.10 (the latter using the 1.1.2 linux.iso file). Everything works perfectly in Windows Xp and Ubuntu 7.10, including sharing folders. Sharing folders is now broken in RHEL5. During boot time the screen shows:

Mounting HGFS Shares FAILED

If I look at the Settings - Shared folders, I see that it is checked on "Enabled at Power On" but UNCHECKED on "Enabled". If I try to CHECK the Enable checkbox and then apply, it automatically unchecks it, so there is no way to save the Enable state before starting the RHEL5 VM.

Notice that the same HGFS shares mount properly when starting up Ubuntu 7.10.

Any ideas on how to fix this?
Reply Re: VMware Fusion 1.1.2 breaks RHEL5 HGFS sharing Apr 25, 2008 12:27 PM
Click to view thug's profile Enthusiast thug 25 posts since
Apr 25, 2008
We've got the same discussion of RHEL/CentOS going on in this thread
Reply Re: VMware Fusion 1.1.2 breaks RHEL5 HGFS sharing Apr 25, 2008 12:55 PM
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Click to view neptune2000's profile Enthusiast neptune2000 51 posts since
Dec 28, 2007
Yes, I'm on it. Thanks.
Reply Re: VMware Fusion 1.1.2 breaks RHEL5 HGFS sharing May 30, 2008 8:41 PM
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Click to view rcardona2k's profile Champion rcardona2k 4,904 posts since
Oct 20, 2005
This issue is fixed in Fusion 1.1.3, according to the Release Notes.
Reply Re: VMware Fusion 1.1.2 breaks RHEL5 HGFS sharing May 31, 2008 2:30 AM
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Click to view neptune2000's profile Enthusiast neptune2000 51 posts since
Dec 28, 2007
rcardona2k wrote:
This issue is fixed in Fusion 1.1.3, according to the Release Notes.

Which is available where? Only 1.1.2 and beta 2.0 seem to be available.
Reply Re: VMware Fusion 1.1.2 breaks RHEL5 HGFS sharing May 31, 2008 4:12 AM
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Click to view etung's profile Guru etung 10,543 posts since
Oct 15, 2006 VMware
Try again, I see it on the regular download page (the graphic on the product page still says 1.1.2, but the download page says 1.1.3).
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