VMware

From Koset Surakomol

This process worked for me on a Dell D600 laptop with Windows 2000 and 1GB RAM.

For some reason, I had to use the FC7 Live CD. The DVD wouldn't boot in the VM for me. The Live CD has a handy icon on the desktop to install to the hard disk. Worked like a champ.

Installing FC7 on VMware

Make a Virtual Machine with the following settings:

• DO NOT USE SPACES IN THE FILENAME! It's tempting but it will make problems for you later.
• Linux
• Other 2.6 Kernel (32-bit)
• NAT networking
• 5GB disk space (pre-allocated)
• 384MB RAM
• No floppy drive

Install Fedora

You can install with the DVD. Alternatively, if you have the ISO file, simply add a DVD drive to the configuration and specify the ISO file instead of a physical drive. Voila. It should boot right to it since the virtual HD will not be formatted yet.

Be sure to install all available upgrades. Reboot once again to make sure the most current kernel is running.

Install vmware tools

First, click on VM / Install VMware Tools. It should mount a virtual CD with the rpm and tgz of the VMware tools.

The command: rpm -Uvh [VMware-tools-file] will install the needed files. However, it will complain that it doesn't have the right library to install. So you have to build it from source.

You'll need the kernel headers (source) and compiler: yum install kernel-devel gcc

Then you can build: vmware-config-tools.pl

Lastly, invoke: /usr/bin/vmware-toolbox

Be sure to choose the best screen resolution, in my case 1024x768.

Reboot and it's ready to go.

Remote Control

VMware has VNC built in. When running a VM, go to the VM menu / Options / Remote Access. Then, from a remote machine, point the VNC client to the host machine, not the guest ip. From a Macintosh, I recommend Chicken of the VNC.

Notes

Vmrun controls VMware from the command line.