--- /etc/init.d/vmware	2005-07-05 16:57:09.000000000 -0500
+++ vmware	2005-07-06 16:35:28.000000000 -0500
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@
 start() {
 	test -x /etc/vmware/init.d/vmware || \
 		eend 1 "vmware init script not found. Aborting" || return 1
+	
+	#Bug 74813
+	for a in `seq 0 9`; do
+		mknod /dev/vmnet$a c 119 $a;
+	done
+	for a in `seq 0 3`; do
+		mknod /dev/parport$a c 99 $a;
+	done
 
 	/etc/vmware/init.d/vmware start | vmware-prettify start
 	return $?