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Red Hat Linux 6.x
Installation Guidelines and Known Problems

The easiest method of installing Red Hat Linux 6.x 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 6.x via the boot floppy/network method is supported as well. Before installing the operating system, be sure that you have already created a new virtual machine and configured it using the VMware Workstation Configuration Wizard (or Configuration Editor).

Note: Due to VGA performance issues installing Red Hat 6.1 and 6.2 with the graphics mode installer, we highly recommend you install the operating system with the text mode installer. At the Red Hat 6.1 or 6.2 CD boot prompt, you are offered the following choices: 


   To install or upgrade a system ... in graphical mode ...
   To install or upgrade a system ... in text mode, type: text <ENTER>.
   To enable expert mode, ...
   Use the function keys listed below ...
Choose the text mode installer by typing text followed by <ENTER>.

Note: during the Red Hat Linux 6.x installation, a standard VGA16 X server (without support for the VMware Workstation X server) will be installed. 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 6.x.


Red Hat Linux 6.x Installation Steps

  1. Use the VMware Workstation Configuration Editor to verify the virtual machine's devices are set up as you expect before starting the installation. For example, if you would like networking software to be installed during the Red Hat Linux 6.x install process, be sure the virtual machine's Ethernet adapter is enabled and configured.

  2. Insert the Red Hat Linux 6.x CD in the CD-ROM drive and click the Power On button. The virtual machine should start booting from the CD and the install process will begin.

  3. Follow the installation steps as you would for a real PC.

    Note: if the virtual machine's Ethernet adapter has been enabled, the installation program will auto-detect and load the AMD PC/Net 32 driver (no command line parameter will be necessary to load the driver).

    Note: The text mode installer in Red Hat Linux 6.2 will present a Hostname Configuration box. If you are installing this guest with DHCP in a virtual machine with host-only networking, do not specify a host name. Just respond OK and continue. (Specifying a host name will cause an installer error later.) At the next box -- Network Configuration -- respond OK to use the default: Use bootp/dhcp.

  4. During the Linux installation, select the standard VGA16 X server. Select the "Generic VGA compatible/Generic VGA" card from the list in the Choose a Card screen. Select the Generic Monitor entry from the list in the Monitor Setup screen. Select the Probe button from the Screen Configuration dialog and select OK from the Starting X dialog. When Linux is installed, the generic X server will be replaced with the accelerated X server included in the VMware Tools package.

  5. Finish installing Red Hat Linux 6.x as you would on a real PC.

    At this point Red Hat 6.x will boot and present a login screen. Follow the steps below to install VMware Tools inside the virtual machine.


VMware Tools

Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system.


Optimizing Performance

VMware Workstation for Linux users:
To get optimal, full-screen performance, be sure that the host is configured with an appropriate X server.



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