I have the 6 CDs for CentOS 5, and I have installed it on a couple of computers without any problem. I just tried to create a virtual machine under VMware 5.5.4, it goes through the 1st CD without problem, and crashes on the 2nd CD for Xorg. Any suggestion? -- Thanks http://www.911networks.com When the network has to work
centos at 911networks.com wrote:> I have the 6 CDs for CentOS 5, and I have installed it on a couple > of computers without any problem. > > I just tried to create a virtual machine under VMware 5.5.4, it > goes through the 1st CD without problem, and crashes on the 2nd CD > for Xorg. > > Any suggestion?Download the DVD, since there's no value in swapping disks with a VM. You can ask VMware to treat the raw ISO image as a real DVD-ROM drive, so you don't have to have any kind of optical drive in the VM host server machine.
On Tuesday 22 May 2007, centos at 911networks.com wrote:> I have the 6 CDs for CentOS 5, and I have installed it on a couple > of computers without any problem.WMware will allow you to use ISO's directly instead of having to use real CD's. For multiple ISO use, when you get the insert next CD messages, you just change which ISO the CD points to. It has been a while since I've done this, so I don't remember if you need to put a disconnect before the swap and a reconnect after the swap, but that may be the case. Unless you just WANT to download the DVD iso you don't have to; it's just a little more work to do it with 6 iso's. -- Lamar Owen Chief Information Officer Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute 1 PARI Drive Rosman, NC 28772 (828)862-5554 www.pari.edu