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Server, see the release notes at www.vmware.com/support/esx21/doc/
releasenotes_esx21.html#vmpkernel.
7. Allow automatic partitioning of the disk to occur in the Automatic Partitioning
screen or partition the virtual disk manually if you do not want to use the Red
Hat defaults.
8. You may see a warning that says:
The partition table on device sda was unreadable. To
create new partitions, it must be initialized,
causing the loss of ALL DATA on the drive.
Would you like to initialize this drive?
This does not mean that anything is wrong with the hard drive on your physical
computer. It simply means that the virtual hard drive in your virtual machine
needs to be partitioned and formatted. Select the Yes button and press Enter.
Also note that sda appears in the message as the device name if the virtual disk
in question is a SCSI disk; if the virtual disk is an IDE drive, hda appears in the
message as the device name instead.
9. If your computer is connected to a LAN that provides DHCP support, then in the
Network Configuration screen, you may select the option Use bootp/dhcp. If
you prefer, you may also set the networking parameters manually.
10. In the Video Card Configuration screen, choose Skip X Configuration.
This completes basic installation of the Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 guest
operating system.
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.
Do not start the X server in the guest operating system until you install VMware Tools.
Known Issues
Guest Screen Saver
VMware Workstation: On a Linux host with an XFree86 3.x X server, it is best not to
run a screen saver in the guest operating system. Guest screen savers that demand a
lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze.
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