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Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems

General Guidelines for All VMware

Products

Before starting to install a guest operating system, create a virtual machine and be

sure that its devices are set up as you expect. For example, if you would like

networking software to be installed when you install the guest operating system, be

sure the virtual machine’s Ethernet adapter is configured and enabled.

The tool you use to configure the virtual machine depends on the VMware product

you are using.

• In VMware Workstation, VMware GSX Server or VMware VirtualCenter, use the

virtual machine settings editor to modify a virtual machine’s configuration.

• In VMware ESX Server, use the VMware Management Interface to modify a

virtual machine’s configuration.

You should disable any screen saver that may be running on the host system before

you start to install the guest operating system.

A new virtual machine is like a physical computer with a blank hard disk. Before you

can use it, you need to partition and format the virtual disk and install an operating

system. The operating system’s installation program may handle the partitioning and

formatting steps for you.

Installing a guest operating system inside a virtual machine is essentially the same as

installing it on a physical computer. The basic steps for a typical operating system are:

1. Start Workstation or a VMware Virtual Machine Console and connect to the

virtual machine.

2. Insert the installation CD-ROM or floppy disk for your guest operating system

into the CD-ROM or floppy drive being used by your virtual machine.

ESX Server or VirtualCenter: You must insert the installation CD-ROM or floppy

disk in the drive on the server where the virtual machine is running. You cannot

use the drives on your management workstation.

GSX Server: If your guest operating system requires a floppy disk, you must

insert it in the drive on the server where the virtual machine is running. You

cannot use the floppy drive on your management workstation.

Note: Rather than boot from a physical CD-ROM, you may wish to create an ISO

image file from the installation CD-ROM. You may store the ISO file on the host

machine or on a network drive accessible from the host machine. Use the

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