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Creating a New Virtual Machine with the Configuration Editor

The Configuration Editor can create a new virtual machine configuration.

To create a new virtual machine configuration with the Configuration Editor:

  1. Before starting the configuration process, create a new directory for your virtual machine (mkdir directory_name). All files specific to the virtual machine are stored in this directory. Change to the new directory (cd directory_name).
  2. Start VMware Workstation while logged in as the user who uses VMware Workstation.
  3. If you want to create a more advanced virtual machine configuration (such as with multiple devices, sound, custom networking and so on), select the Run the Configuration Editor option and continue with the rest of the steps below. Otherwise, select the Run the Configuration Wizard option.
  4. Create a virtual disk and associate it with a virtual machine's IDE or SCSI channel.
  5. Choose a directory for the .REDO logs (optional).
  6. Configure a CD-ROM drive.
  7. Add one or two floppy drives to the virtual machine.

    Note: If you want to install more than one floppy drive, you need to change the BIOS setup when you first boot (power on) the virtual machine.

  8. Configure networking for the virtual machine, or disable networking entirely.
  9. Configure up to four serial connections for the virtual machine.
  10. Configure up to two parallel ports for the virtual machine.
  11. If your host operating system is configured for sound, you can enable sound for a virtual machine.
  12. Select the memory size of the virtual machine.
  13. Configure other devices as needed.
  14. Click Save to save the configuration to a file in the directory you created earlier for the virtual machine.

At this point, you can start using the virtual machine you have configured.

Note: If you start up a new virtual machine and do not have a bootable CD-ROM or floppy in the drive, the virtual machine displays an error message that says Operating system not found.

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