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Chapter 4 Creating and Upgrading a Virtual Machine
Guest Operating System Selection
IfyouspecifythatthesourcemediaforinstallingtheoperatingsystemisInstallerdisc
orInstallerdiscimagefileandifthewizardcandetecttheoperatingsystem,you
mightnotseeawizardpageforselectingtheoperatingsystem.
Afteryouspecifyanoperatingsystemorafterthewizarddetectsitfromthein
stalla
tion
media,Workstationusesthisinformationtodothefollowing:
Selectappropriatedefaultvalues,suchastheamountofmemorytoallocate.
Namefilesassociatedwiththevirtualmachine.
Adjustsettingsforoptimalperformance.
Workaroundspecialbehaviorsandbugswithinaguestoperatingsystem.
Iftheoperatingsystemyouplantouseisnotlisted,selectOtherforbothguest
operatingsystemandversion.
Forsomeoperatingsystems,theoperatingsystemandVMwareToolsareinstalled
automaticallyafterthevirtualmachineiscreated.See“EasyInstallFeat
ureforSome
Guest
OperatingSystems”onpage 80.
Virtual Machine Location
Thefollowingexamplesshowthedefaultlocationssuggestedforvirtualmachines:
OnWindowsXPandWindowsServer 2003hosts,thedefaultfolderforaWindows
XPProfessionalvirtualmachineis:
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\My Virtual
Machines\<guestOSname>
OnWindowsVistaandWindows7hosts,thedefaultfolderis:
C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Virtual Machines\<guestOSname>
OnLinuxhosts,thedefaultlocationforaWindowsXPProfessionalvirtual
machineis:
<homedir>/vmware/<guestOSname>
The<homedir>valueisthehomedirectoryoftheuserwhoiscurrentlyloggedin.
N
OTEWorkstationsupports64‐bitguestoperatingsystemsonlyinWorkstation
versions5.5andlater,andonlyonhostmachineswithsupportedprocessors.Forthe
listofprocessorsWorkstationsupportsfor64‐bitguestoperatingsystems,see“PC
Hardware”onpage 23.
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