Shared folders in Linux Guest on Windows Host

This issue occurs if the GCC and PAE kernels are not up to date in the Linux VM and the hgfs folder is not created in the /mnt folder.

1. su - 
   
2. yum install gcc gcc-c++ make binutils
3. yum update kernel
4. reboot
5. ./vmware-install.pl
6. Power on the virtual machine. The shared folder should be accessible in the given location, /mnt/hgfs/.

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