Why server goes to hung state after installing vmware-tools?

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Issue

  • On installing, vmware-tools package on RHEL 6 (64 bit), the server reboots and hangs at boot prompt.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0

  • vmware-tools

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