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- Copy the Windows installation ISO file to the VMware host server
- Add a CD-ROM drive which mounts the Windows installation ISO image by editing the virtual machine settings:
- Connection: Use ISO image:
- Browse to path of Windows XP installation ISO image:
/install/WinXP+SP3.iso - Save the VM configuration
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- Prepare the computer to boot to the Windows installation CD
- Power on the computer
- Press the key to display the boot menu as soon as the computer's POST screen is displayed (usually F12 for bare metal or ESC for VMware)
- Boot from the CD-ROM drive
- Press a key to boot from the CD (this may be displayed at bottom of screen as soon as the computer begins to boot)
- Proceed to answer the Windows XP installation questions:
- 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 your Windows XP product key
- Computer name: vcl-winxp
Administrator password: choose a password - 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: no
- Enter "root" as the user name (this generates the local root account and automatically adds root to the Administrators group)
- After installation is complete, root should automatically log on. Set the root account password by executing the following command from a command prompt (the Windows user management GUI can also be used):
net user root <PASSWORD> - Open up the Device Manager:
Control Panel -> System --> Hardware tab --> Device Manager - If any devices are unknown or missing drivers, you will need to locate and download the appropriate driver and install it
- Save a copy of missing drivers in the appropriate drivers directory on the management node:
Note: save the driver in the most general Windows drivers directory possible: - If a driver only works under XP, save it under Windows_XP/Drivers:
/usr/local/vcl/tools/Windows/Drivers - If it also works for Server 2003, save it under Windows_Version_5/Drivers:
/usr/local/vcl/tools/Windows_Version_5/Drivers - If it works for all versions of Windows, save it under Windows/Drivers:
/usr/local/vcl/tools/Windows/Windows_XP/Drivers - There are other directories for other versions of Windows
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