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You will need the following:
- VMware Server 1.x RPM installation file
- VMWare Server 1.x serial number
- Windows XP installation ISO file
- Windows XP product key
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- Download the latest VMware Server 1.x RPM from http://www.vmware.com 
(Note: these instructions assume you downloaded the RPM into /install) - You may need to install or update some libraries:
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yum install glibc-devel -y yum install glibc -y yum install libXtst-devel -y |
Install the VMWare Server RPM: Panel |
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rpm -ivh /install/VMware-server-1.0.8-126538.i386.rpm |
- Configure VMWare Server:
- Press ENTER to view the license agreementScroll , scroll to the bottomType , type yes and press ENTER
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In which directory do you want to install the mime type icons?
\[/usr/share/icons\] *ENTER* |
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What directory contains your desktop menu entry files?
These files have a
.desktop file extension. \[/usr/share/applications\] *ENTER* |
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In which directory do you want to install the application's icon?
\[/usr/share/pixmaps\] *ENTER* |
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None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Server is suitable for your
running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for
your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? \[yes\] *ENTER* |
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What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? \[/lib/modules/2.6.18-128.1.14.el5/build/include\] *ENTER* |
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Do you want networking for your virtual machines? (yes/no/help) \[yes\] *ENTER* |
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Your computer has multiple ethernet network interfaces available: eth0, eth1,
virbr0. Which one do you want to bridge to vmnet0? \[eth0\] *eth1* |
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Do you wish to configure another bridged network? (yes/no) \[no\] *yes* |
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Your computer has multiple ethernet network interfaces available: eth0, eth1,
virbr0. Which one do you want to bridge to vmnet2? \[eth0\] *eth1* |
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Do you wish to configure another bridged network? (yes/no) \[no\]
*no* |
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\## Do you want to be able to use host-only networking in your virtual machines?
\[no\] *yes* |
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Do you want this program to probe for an unused private subnet? (yes/no/help)
\[yes\] *no* |
- What will be the IP address of your host on the private
network? 192.168.0.1 - What will be the netmask of your private network? 255.255.0.0
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Do you wish to configure another host-only network? (yes/no) \[no\] |
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The default port : 902 is not free. We have selected a suitable alternative
port for VMware Server use. You may override this value now.
Remember to use this port when connecting to this server.
Please specify a port for remote console connections to use \[904\] |
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In which directory do you want to keep your virtual machine files?
\[/var/lib/vmware/Virtual Machines\] |
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The path "/var/lib/vmware/Virtual Machines" does not exist currently. This
program is going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this
what you want? \[yes\] |
- Please enter your 20-character serial number
Type XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX or 'Enter' to cancel: enter the serial number you have obtained
- Verify the
Create a Virtual Machine
- Launch the VMWare Server console:
- Connect to Local Host
- Create a new VM
- Virtual Machine Configuration: Typical
- Guest Operating System: Microsoft Windows
Version: Windows XP Professional - Name: vmwarewinxp-base7-v1
- Network connection: Custom
/dev/vmnet1 - Disk size: 8.0 GB
- Allocate all disk space now: no
- Split disk into 2GB files: yes
- Edit virtual machine settings
- Configure the VM CD-ROM drive to use the Windows XP ISO image
- Connection: Use ISO image: browse to path of Windows XP ISO image
/install/WinXP+SP3.iso
- Add: Ethernet Adapter
- Network Connection: Custom
/dev/vmnet2
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- Power on the the Virtual Machine
- Press ESC as soon as VM begins to start to display the boot menu
- Boot from the CD-ROM drive
- Press a key to boot from the CD (if displayed at bottom of screen as soon as VM begins to boot)
- Proceed through Windows XP installation
- Press Enter to setup up Windows XP now
- Press F8 to agree to the license agreement
- Configure the Windows partition
- Press Enter to set up Windows XP on the selected item (should be called "Unpartitioned space")
- Format the partition using the NTFS file system (Quick)
- Region and Language Options - click Next
- Name: VCL
Organization: Apache.org - Enter the Windows XP product key
- Computer name: vcl-winxp
Administrator password: vclPassword - Select the timezone
- Networking settings: Typical
- Member of a domain: No, leave default workgroup settings
- Automatic updates: Not right now
- Connect to Internet: Skip
- Register: noDo not turn on automatic updates
- Enter "root" as the user name
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