CentOS - Oct 2012 - Issue installing Centos server on Vmware Fusion/Server

Hi All,

I've had issues over the last few days trying to create a Centos server
image . I've tried with Vmware fusion and Vmware server and it skips
directly to the default desktop install and doesn't give me the option to
run the linux server. I am not sure if you've seen this earlier. I've
tried
with Centos 5.8 and 6.0 but the installer seems to work in that manner .

Thoughts around how to fix this ?

Thanks

Mamu

On 10/28/2012 03:36 PM, Madhurranjan Mohaan wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I've had issues over the last few days trying to create a Centos server
> image . I've tried with Vmware fusion and Vmware server and it skips
> directly to the default desktop install and doesn't give me the option
to
> run the linux server. I am not sure if you've seen this earlier.
I've tried
> with Centos 5.8 and 6.0 but the installer seems to work in that manner .
haveto say that is pretty wierd. it looks as if there is either a
kickstart of a preset updates image in place there.

what media are you installing from ?

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On 28 October 2012 15:36, Madhurranjan Mohaan <mohanma at
thoughtworks.com> wrote:
> I've had issues over the last few days trying to create a Centos server
> image . I've tried with Vmware fusion and Vmware server and it skips
> directly to the default desktop install and doesn't give me the option
to
> run the linux server. I am not sure if you've seen this earlier.
I've tried
> with Centos 5.8 and 6.0 but the installer seems to work in that manner .
When creating the VM, do not mark it as RHEL/CentOS, just create a
standard VM and then install it via the ISO. VMWare Player and
now-no-longer-supported Server etc. have some "user-friendly" features
which assumes things which you don't need.

Once the OS is installed, install the VMware tools separately.

Hi,

Thanks for the responses. I was trying with Vmware server and Vmware fusion.

Hakan - you're right . Choosing the "other" vm along with
"Linux 2.6.x
kernel " allows me to install the server bit. This is with Vmware fusion.
With Vmware Workstation, that option doesn't quite appear.  With the above
"other" and "linux 2.6 kernel" option, it provides it with
384MB of Ram and
8GB hard disk.  In this case you can't change the Ram which is weird again .

Surprisingly, every time you choose a different option,  you'll get
different settings of Ram and Hard disk .  If you choose "Centos" and
64bit
it allocates it 1gb ram and 20gb hard disk by default . You can change the
hard disk value though.

Booting with 384MB ram , the gui installer complains saying it doesn't have
enough memory to run but the command line Centos setup comes up correctly
but there is no network interface! Seems to be a crazy exercise . I guess I
need to play with a few more options here.

Mamu