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Installing Corel Linux OS 1.1, 1.2 into a Virtual Machine

Before installing the operating system, be sure that you have already created a directory for the new virtual machine and configured it. 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 Corel Linux OS installation process, be sure the virtual machine's Ethernet adapter is enabled and configured.

To install CorelLinux into a virtual machine:

  1. Put the CD in the CD-ROM drive and click the Power On button.
  2. Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical PC.
  3. After the first section of the installation is complete, Corel Linux OS asks you to click a button to restart the computer. Click the button.
  4. When the virtual machine restarts, a graphical menu with five choices appears. Click inside the virtual machine window, use the arrow keys to select 3. Linux -- Console, then press Enter.
  5. Corel Linux OS displays various messages, then pauses, with the last two lines on the screen reading
    Give root password for maintenance
    (or type Control-D for normal startup)
  6. At this point, there is no password for the root account. Press Enter to log on as root.
  7. Press Ctrl-Alt to release the mouse from the virtual machine. From the Workstation menus, select Settings > VMware Tools Install. When asked whether you want to see the help for VMware Tools installation, click Yes.
  8. Click inside the Workstation window so VMware Workstation grabs the mouse and keyboard.
  9. Install VMware Tools by running ./install.pl other and pressing Enter.
  10. After VMware Tools is installed, log out of the root account.
    exit
  11. Corel Linux OS configures your system, then launches the graphical interface, using the VMware SVGA driver.
  12. Launch the VMware Tools background application with this command:
    /usr/X11R6/bin/vmware-toolbox &

    You may run the VMware Tools background application as root or as a normal user. The application has additional capabilities if you run it as root.

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