SUSE Linux 9.0

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

The easiest method of installing SUSE Linux 9.0 in a virtual machine is to use the standard SUSE Linux distribution CDs. The notes below describe an installation using the standard distribution CD; however, installing SUSE Linux 9.0 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 SUSE Linux 9.0:

•	Create and configure a new virtual machine.

Consider these support and configuration issues for SUSE Linux 9.0:

•	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 SUSE Linux 9.0 installation CD in the CD-ROM drive.

2	Power on the virtual machine to start installing SUSE Linux 9.0.

3	Install using the text mode installer. In the first installation screen, press the F2 key, use the arrow keys to select text mode, and then press Enter to select the text mode installer.

4	Follow the remaining installation steps as you would for a physical machine.

This completes basic installation of the SUSE Linux 9.0 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.

After you have installed VMware Tools, but before you start the X server, as the root user, run the SaX2 configuration utility to configure your X server. At a command prompt, type SaX2 and use the wizard to configure your X server. If you intend to connect to this virtual machine with the VMware Virtual Machine Console, configure the color resolution for 65536 (16-bit) colors or less.

After you run SaX2 you can boot your SUSE Linux 9.0 virtual machine with any of the selections offered in GRUB.