Windows host share folder to VMPlayer CentOS 7   2018-09-19


Setting share folder using VMware player

VM Settings

Under Player > Manage > VM Settings > Options page > Share Folders property

select folder to share

Install VMware tools

Insert cd

Player > Manage > Install/Reinstall VMware tools

Mount cd

$ sudo mkdir /mnt/cdrom
$ sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

$ ls /mnt/cdrom
$ tar xzvf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-<version>.tar.gz -C /tmp/
$ cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/
$ sudo ./vmware-install.pl -d

Run config

$ vmware-config-tools.pl

I use default setting here

Check share folder

Share folder should under /mnt/hgfs folder now


Contents

  1. VM Settings
  2. Install VMware tools
    1. Insert cd
    2. Mount cd
  3. Run config
  4. Check share folder