Installing LINUX on VMWARE workstation

1)  Download VMware® Workstation from www.VMWARE.com and Install in on your windows platform.



2) Then Click on File tab  --> and then New Virtual Machine, Select Typical and click next



3) Next select I will install operating system later and the next 


4) Now select guest Operating system as Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4  then click on Next




5)  Now select Location, where ever you want in your Hard-drive and click on next



6) Now specify the disk space and then click Next


7) Now click on customize Hardware Tab, A new window appear change memory 512MB to 1 GB
    and click CD/DVD tab and select RHEL-1 CD. 


click on open and click on Finish.....

8)  Power on the Virtual machine


9) Click on Virtual machine and then Enter (If you want release course, Press ALT+CTL)


10)  Linux window will open Click on Next and select Language 




11)  Next Disk Partition setup
       click on Automatically Partition and click on next.. Leave that warning and click on YES.


12)  In Next window select third Option as shown on picture and then next.


13) select hostname automatically by DHCP and click on next


14)  select as shown in below figure 
       a) Enable Firewall
       b) Change to disable SElinux






15) Select time-zone and click on next



16) Give root password of your own


17) Now Packages -  select default packages
       You can install other required packages later, Initially we need editors and graphical Internet, so select       
       on customize software to be installed and mark on editor and graphical internet
   



18) After click on next and continue.. Mount remaining CD's when system Demands



19)  After completion of installation, machine will ask you to reboot. So Click on Reboot

20) RHEL Installation almost completed. There are few more steps to complete the Installation. After 
      reboot you are able to see welcome screen. Click on Next


21)  a) Licence Agreement Click on Agree and Next.
       b) Date and set --> Set Date and Time then click next
       c) Display --> click on Next
       d) SYSTEM User --> Create a user as shown in picture


22) Next Sound card test and click on next to finish setup. After your machine rebooted. You are able to
      watch log in screen. Login as root and give password, what you gave step 16. 


23) Now you are about to complete  the installation of RHEL 4 on VMWARE workstation




                             In our next topic, I will show you how to Install VMWARE tools on Our Installed Linux machine.


Thanks
Vidya Sagar

      


      
      
    


















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