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2IfyouareusingCDsorDVDsandarepromptedtoinsertthenextCDorDVD,use
theCDorDVDdriveattachedtothehost.
3Ifyouareusingimagefilesandarepromptedtoinsertthenextdisc,dothe
following:
OnWindowshosts,clickChangeDisk,browsetotheimagefileforthenext
CD,andclickOK.
OnLinuxhosts,fromtheWorkstationmenubar,chooseVM>Removable
Devices>CD/DVD,browsetotheimagefileforthenextCD,checkthe
Connectedoption,andclickSave.
Install a Guest Operating System Manually
Youmustinstallanoperatingsystemmanuallyifyoudidnotorwerenotabletouse
theeasyinstallfeaturewhencompletingtheNewVirtualMachinewizard.
Beforeyoubegin,usethefollowingdocumentstodetermineadditionalrequirements
forthespecificoperatingsystemandversionyouplantoinstall:
Forguestoperatingsystemsupport,knownissues,andinstallationinstructions,
seetheonlineVMwareCompatibilityGuide.GototheVMwareWebsiteandselect
Resources>CompatibilityGuides,andclicktheViewtheGuest/HostOStabon
theVMwareCompatibilityGuideWebsitelink.
ForinformationaboutinstallingaLinuxoperatingsystemthathasaVMwareVMI
(VirtualMachineInterface)enabledkernelintheguestoperatingsystem,see“Use
aParavirtualizedKernelinLinuxGuests”onpage 93.
Anewvirtualmachineislikeaphysicalcomputerwithablankharddisk.Beforeyou
canuseit,yo
uneedtopartitionandformatthevirtualdiskandinstallanoperating
system.Theoperatingsystem’sinstallationprogrammighthandlethepartitioningand
formattingstepsforyou.
Installingaguestoperatingsysteminsideavirtualmachineisessentiallythesameas
installingitonaphysicalcomputer.
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OTEWorkstationsupports64‐bitguestoperatingsystemsonlyinWorkstation 5.5
andhigher,andonlyonhostmachineswithsupportedprocessors.Forthelistof
processorsWorkstationsupportsfor64‐bitguestoperatingsystems,see“PC
Hardware”onpage 23.
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