Fedora 18 Desktop Edition documentation covers information on how to install the operating system in a virtual machine. For additional information about the operating system, refer to the instructions included in the installation media.
Fedora 18 Desktop Edition documentation includes the following topics:
- Installation Instructions
- VMware Tools in a Fedora 18 Desktop Edition Guest
- Knowledge Base Articles for Fedora 18 Desktop Edition
- VMware Compatibility Guide
Installation Instructions
The easiest method of installing Fedora 18 Desktop Edition in a virtual
machine is to use the standard Fedora 18 distribution DVD.
Note: Easy Install of Fedora 18 Desktop Edition is
not supported on VMware Workstation 9.0.x.
Prerequisites
Before you begin, verify that the following task is complete:
Read General Installation Instructions for All VMware Products.
Installation Steps for Easy Install
- Power on the virtual machine to start installing the guest operating system.
- From the menu, click Create a New Virtual Machine and select Typical.
- On the Guest Operating System Installation page, select to install using from an installer disk or an ISO image and click Next.
- On the Easy Install Information page, type your username and password.
- Follow the prompts in the wizard to initate the installation process.
The virtual machine powers on to initiate and complete installation.
Installation Steps for Manual Install
- Power on the virtual machine to start installing the guest operating system.
- From the menu, click Create a New Virtual Machine and select Typical.
- On the Guest Operating System Installation page, select I will install the operating system later.
- On the Select a Guest Operating System page, select Linux as the operating system.
- From drop-down menu, select either the Fedora or Fedora 64-bit operating system type.
- On the Ready to Create Virtual Machine page, click Customize Hardware.
- Select Hardware > New CD/DVD (IDE).
- Set the Device status to Connect at power on and select the installation method.
- Insert the Fedora Desktop Edition 18 DVD disc in the CD-ROM, set the Connection to Use physical drive, and click Close.
- Set the Connection to Use ISO image file, click Browse to navigate to the Fedora 18 Desktop Edition ISO image, and close the dialog box.
- Power on the virtual machine to start installing Fedora 18 Desktop Edition.
- Follow the prompts in the wizard to complete the installation.
- Restart the virtual machine after the installation completes.
- From the Fedora 18 Desktop Edition installer disk or ISO image, install kernel-devel, kernel-headers, and GCC.
- Restart the virtual machine.
- Install VMware Tools.
VMware Tools in a Fedora 18 Desktop Edition Guest
You can install VMware Tools in the Fedora 18 guest using the tar installer.
- Open a terminal window.
- Log in as a root user.
- Click Install/Upgrade VMware Tools to mount the VMware Tools virtual disc on the guest operating system.
- Run the VMware Tools installer.
vmware-install.pl - Follow the prompts to complete the installation.
For additional information on VMware Tools, see Knowledge base article 1014294, General VMware Tools installation instructions, at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1014294.
Knowledge Base Articles for Fedora 18 Desktop Edition
The following link refers to knowledge base articles on operating system specific issues.
- See knowledge base article 2044682 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2044682 for more information on log in screen issues.
- The following link refers to knowledge base articles on operating system specific issues. See VMware Knowledge Base for a list of known issues about the operating system.
VMware Compatibility Guide
The VMware Compatibility Guide Web site lists supported guest and host operating systems and provides related support information.