Ahh – Looks like a typo in the original instructions – there is no scripts directory..
Instead of the copy statement:
cp -a /Database/vmware-tools/scripts/etc/* /etc
It should be:
cp -a /Database/vmware-tools/startup/etc/* /etc
Mine is working now, though I did have to change the line that starts vmware tools from:
/Database/vmware-tools/etc/init.d/vmware-tools start
To:
/Database/vmware-tools/etc/rc.d/vmware-tools start