Obtain a copy of VMware Server 1.0.8 for Linux, in tarball form. This is available from the AMIT DSL locker (amit-dsl) in MIT AFS under the Public/VMware/linux/VMware-server-1.0.8-126538.tar.gz, or you can download it from the VMware website at http://www.vmware.com.
Extract the tarball:
tar xzf VMware-server-1.0.8-126538.tar.gz
Change to the extracted directory and run the installer:
cd vmware-server-distrib ./vmware-install.pl
When asked which directory should be the target for the install files, answer "/usr/local/bin":
/usr/local/bin
Accept the defaults for the rest of the installation, simply pressing "Enter" in response to each question, until you get to the license agreement.
Read the full license agreement. If you do not accept and agree with the terms, then you cannot proceed. If you do accept and agree with the terms, then accept the license agreement by typing "yes" and pressing Enter:
yes
Continue to accept the defaults for the installation, pressing Enter in response to each question, until you get to either a message indicating that port 902 is not free, or a question about which directory you want to use to store your virtual machine files.
In the event you receive a message indicating that port 902 is not free, but you are not actively using this port for anything else (and normally you won't be, because it's not normally used on standard RHEL systems), you should override the remote console connection port by specifying port 902 instead of whatever the system selects.
When asked what directory to use to store your virtual machine files, respond by selecting "/opt/vmware" instead of the default.
/opt/vmware
Press Enter to tell the installer script that you do want to create the /opt/vmware directory.
Enter your 20-character serial number (software key) and press enter.