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Red Hat
Linux 7.0
Installation Guidelines and Known Problems
The easiest method of installing Red Hat Linux 7.0 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 7.0 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 7.0
with the graphics mode installer, we highly recommend you install the
operating system with the text mode installer. At the Red Hat 7.0 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 7.0 text mode installation, a
standard XFree86 version 4 server (without support for VMware SVGA or
standard VGA) will be installed. Do not run that X server. Instead, 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 7.0.
Red Hat Linux 7.0 Installation Steps
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 7.0 install process, be sure the virtual machine's Ethernet
adapter is enabled and configured.
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.
Follow the installation steps as you would for a real PC. Be sure
to make the choices outlined in the following steps.
In Video Card Selection choose Generic VGA compatible, then
click OK.
Near the end of the installation, after files have been copied,
you reach the Monitor Setup screen. Choose Generic Standard VGA, 640x480
@ 60 Hz, then click OK.
At the Video Memory screen, choose 256Kb, then click OK.
At the Clockchip Configuration screen, choose No Clockchip Setting
(recommended), which is the default, then click OK.
At the Probe for Clocks screen, click Skip.
At the Select Video Modes screen, don't choose anything. Just
click OK.
At the Starting X screen, click Skip.
Note: This is the most important step. Clicking OK will run the
XFree86 version 4 server, which will fail, and the installer will abort.
This completes basic installation of the Red Hat Linux 7.0 guest
operating system.
VMware Tools
Be sure to
install VMware Tools in your guest operating system.
Note: With a Red Hat Linux 7.0 guest, you should install VMware
Tools from the Linux console. Do not start X until you have installed
VMware Tools.
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.
Installing a 16-color X Server
If you want to run the standard 16-color VGA X server, skip the
installation of VMware Tools and instead take the following steps.
Note: If you use the standard 16-color VGA X server, you will not
have the performance advantages of the accelerated SVGA X server
included in VMware Tools.
After you finish the basic installation of the Red Hat Linux 7.0
guest operating system and the virtual machine reboots, log in as root.
Set up the X server:
ln -sf ../../usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_VGA16 /etc/X11/X
This sets the current X server to XF86_VGA16 (the XFree86 3.3.6
16-color VGA X server).
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