Mandrake Linux 10.1

Be sure to read General Installation Instructions for All VMware Products and this section before installing this operating system.

The easiest method of installing Mandrake Linux 10.1 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Mandrake Linux distribution CD. The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD; however, installing Mandrake Linux 10.1 via the boot floppy/network method is supported as well. If your VMware product supports it, you can also install from a PXE server.

Fulfill these requirements before you install Mandrake Linux 10.1:

•	Create and configure a new virtual machine.

Consider these support and configuration issues for Mandrake Linux 10.1:

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During the Mandrake Linux 10.1 installation, you are offered a choice of XFree86 X servers. You can choose either one, but 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 Mandriva Linux 10.1.

•	With many Linux guest operating systems, various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines. VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system.

Installation Steps

1	Insert the Mandrake Linux 10.1 CD in the CD-ROM drive.

2	Power on the virtual machine to start installing Mandrake Linux 10.1.

3	Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine. Be sure to make the choices outlined in the following steps.

4	Use the text mode installer. At the opening screen, press F1 for options, and then enter text for text mode.

5	In the partitioning step, unless you have special requirements, it is all right to let Mandrake Linux automatically allocate the space. Select Use free space.

6	When you reach the Summary screen, configure the graphical interface.

Select Graphical Interface, and then click Do. Make the following selections:

•	The resolution and refresh rate you want your guest to use

•	VMware virtual video card

•	No when asked if you want to install updates to the packages

•	No when asked if you want to start X when you reboot

This completes basic installation of the Mandrake Linux 10.1 guest operating system.

VMware Tools

Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system. For an overview of VMware Tools and for a listing of the manuals that contain instructions for installing VMware Tools in your guest, see knowledge base article 340 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/340.

With a Mandrake Linux guest, you should install VMware Tools from the Linux console. Do not start X until you have installed VMware Tools.

 

Note As you are installing and configuring VMware Tools, the configuration program asks for the location of lspci. When that prompt appears, enter the following path: /usr/bin/lspcidrake