
Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems
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Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1
Support
This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products:
• VMware Workstation 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.5, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2 — AS, ES, WS
• VMware GSX Server 3.0, 3.1 — AS, ES, WS
• VMware ESX Server 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1 — AS
Virtual SMP supported
• VMware VirtualCenter 1.0–1.1 — AS, ES, WS
General Installation Notes
Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 13 as well as this
guide to installing your specific guest operating system.
The easiest method of installing Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 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
Advanced Server 2.1 via the boot floppy/network method is supported as well. If your
VMware product supports it, you may also install from a PXE server.
Before installing the operating system, be sure that you have already created and
configured a new virtual machine.
Note: You should not run the X server that is installed when you set up Red Hat
Linux Advanced Server 2.1. 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 Linux Advanced Server 2.1.
Installation Steps
Note: Pay particular attention to the notes in step 6 about how to avoid installing an
inappropriate kernel.
1. Insert the Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.
2. Power on the virtual machine to start installing Red Hat Linux Advanced Server
2.1.
You need to install Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 using the text mode
installer, which you may choose when you first boot the installer. At the Red Hat
Linux Advanced Server 2.1 CD boot prompt, you are offered a number of
choices, including the following:
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