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Red Hat Linux 7.1 and 7.2 Installation Guidelines
The easiest method of installing Red Hat Linux 7.1 or 7.2 in a virtual machine is to use
the standard Red Hat distribution CD. The notes below describe an installation using
the standard distribution CD; however, installing Red Hat Linux 7.1 or 7.2 via the boot
floppy/network method is supported as well. Before installing the operating system,
be sure that you have already created a new virtual machine and configured it using
the ESX Server Virtual Machine Wizard.
Install Red Hat Linux 7.1 or 7.2 using the text mode installer, which you may choose
when you first boot the installer. At the Red Hat Linux 7.1 or 7.2 CD boot prompt, you
are offered the following choices:
To install or upgrade a system … in graphical mode …
To install or upgrade a system … in text mode, type: text <ENTER>.
To enable expert mode, …
Use the function keys listed below …
To choose the text mode installer, type text followed by Enter.
Note: You should not run the X server that is installed when you set up Red Hat 7.1
or 7.2. Instead, to get an accelerated SVGA X server running inside the virtual machine,
you should install the VMware Tools package immediately after installing Red Hat 7.1
or 7.2.
Red Hat Linux 7.1 or 7.2 Installation Steps
1. Use the VMware Management Interface to verify the virtual machine’s devices
are set up as you expect before starting the installation. For example, if you
would like networking software to be installed during the Red Hat Linux 7.1 or
7.2 installation process, be sure the virtual machine’s Ethernet adapter is enabled
and configured.
If you plan to install the guest operating system from a physical CD-ROM disc, be
sure the CD-ROM drive is connected to the virtual machine.
2. Insert the Red Hat Linux 7.1 or 7.2 CD in the CD-ROM drive and click the Power
On button. The virtual machine should start booting from the CD and the
installation process will begin.
You may see a warning message that says: “Bad partition table. The partition
table on device hda is corrupted.” 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 Initialize button and press Enter.
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