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Guest Operating System Installation Guide
Installation Steps
If you want to run Longhorn in a virtual machine, be sure you have a full installation
CD for the operating system.
Before installing the operating system, be sure that you have already created and
configured a new virtual machine.
Installing the Guest Operating System
1. Insert the Longhorn CD in the CD-ROM drive.
2. Power on the virtual machine to start installing Longhorn.
3. If you are using the virtual BusLogic SCSI driver downloaded from the VMware
Web site, you must take some special steps at this point in the installation
process. As the Longhorn installer loads, press the F6 key. This allows you to
select the additional SCSI driver required for installation. Press S to specify the
additional driver. After you specify the SCSI driver, press Enter to continue with
setup.
4. In certain Longhorn builds, the installer chooses an incorrect default in the
screen titled Choose your installation destination. It shows a partition with 0 MB
free and makes that partition the default destination.
At that screen, you must change the choice to the disk (instead of the partition),
then click Continue.
5. Follow the remaining installation steps as you would for a physical machine.
VMware Tools
Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system. For details, see the
manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base
article at www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=340.
Enabling Sound in a Longhorn Guest
VMware GSX Server: The sound device is disabled by default and must be enabled
with the virtual machine control panel (VM > Settings) after the operating system has
been installed. To set up the virtual machine to play sound, see Configuring Sound in
the GSX Server documentation.
Known Issues
Warnings When Installing VMware Tools
Longhorn uses a new method to install drivers. As a result, warning messages appear
at several stages during installation of VMware Tools in Longhorn guest operating
systems. Sometimes these messages are hidden. The driver installation appears to
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