Use VMware15 to install Linux (CentOS6.5)

surroundings

Window10_1909_x64

VMware_15.5.2

CentOS_6.5_x86

step

1、 Select File -> New Virtual Machine in the VMware menu:

2、 Configuration type, select typical:

3、 Select Install the operating system later to create a blank hard drive:

4、 Choose to install Linux system and CentOS 6 version:

5、 Select the virtual machine installation location (custom)

6、 Specify disk capacity (default)

7、 Hardware Configuration

After the configuration is complete, click the Close button under the tab, and then select Finish:

8、 Start the virtual machine

9、 Select installation item

• Press Enter to select the first item

• Expansion: different options explained

• Install or upgrade an existing system: install or upgrade an existing system (default item), using CentOS graphical installer

• Install system with basic video driver: Use the basic driver installation program. You can use this option if the graphics card driver cannot be installed successfully

• Rescue installed system: Rescue installed system. If it can’t start normally, use this

• Boot frome local drive: Boot from the local drive

• Memory test: Memory test

10、 Skip check

• Use Tab to select Skip, and press Enter to confirm

• Check whether the installation disk is complete. Generally, there is no need to check, if you click OK, it will be time-consuming

11、 Welcome Screen

12、 Select the language environment, select Simplified Chinese

13、 Select keyboard type (default)

14、 Select storage device

• Select Basic storage device (default)

• Expansion: storage device explanation

• Basic storage device: as the default choice of installation space, suitable for users who do not know which storage device to choose

• Designated storage device: The user is required to assign the system installation to a specific storage device, which can be a local device, of course, it can also be a SAN (storage area network). By allowing users to add FCoE/iSCSI/zFCP disks, and be able to filter out devices that should be ignored by the installation program

15、 Format hard drive

• Choose Yes, ignore all data

16、 Set up the network (default)

17、 Set time zone (default)

• The default selection is Asia/Shanghai

18、 set password

• The root account in Linux is root, because it is installed in the virtual machine for self-learning. The password setting is simple and easy to remember. The setting here is 123456

• Password setting requirements

• At least six digits

• The weak password warning is not mandatory

19、 Disk partition configuration

19.1、 Choose installation type

• Optional Use all space

• Extension: various configuration explanations

• Use All Space: Delete all partitions on your hard drive (this includes Windows NTFS partition VFAT or partitions created by other operating systems)

• Replace Existing Linux System: To eliminate the partition created by the previous Linux installation. This will not delete other partitions (such as VFAT or FAT32 partitions), you may have a problem with your hard drive

• Shrink Current System: Adjust the current partition

• Use Free Space: Keep your current data and partitions and install them on unused storage drives. Note: There must be enough free space

• Create Custom Layout: Manually partition the storage device and create a custom layout

19.2、 Format, select write changes to disk

20、 Select system installation type

• Select Basic Server

• Expansion: explanation of each type

• Desktop: Basic desktop system, including commonly used desktop software, such as document viewing tools

• Minimal Desktop: a basic desktop system with less software

• Minimal: Basic system, without any optional software packages

• Basic Server: Platform support of the installed basic system, excluding desktop

• Database Server: Basic system platform, plus MySQL and PostgreSQL database, no desktop

• Web Server: Basic system platform, plus PHP, Web server, and MySQL and PostgreSQL database clients, no desktop

• Virtual Host: Basic system plus virtual platform

• Software Development Workstation: contains more software packages, basic system, virtualization platform, desktop environment, development tools

21、 installation

• Installation starts

• installing

• The installation is complete, click Reboot to restart the system

22、 log in

Enter username and press Enter

Enter the password and press Enter (note that the password entered in Linux is invisible)

login successful

At this point, VMware has successfully installed CentOS★,°:.☆(￣▽￣)/$:.°★