Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 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.
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 documentation includes the following topics:
- Installation Instructions
- VMware Tools in a Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 Guest
- Knowledge Base Articles for Oracle Enterprise Linux 4
- VMware Compatibility Guide
Installation Instructions
To install Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 in a virtual machine you can use the standard Oracle Enterprise Linux distribution CD or the boot floppy/network method. The following installation instructions are for standard distribution CD.
Prerequisites
Before you begin, verify that the following tasks are complete:
- Read General Installation Instructions for All VMware Products.
- For ESX 4.0 and earlier, depending on the guest operating system you are installing, select Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 32-bit or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit. Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 is not listed as an option.
- When creating the virtual machine, be sure to select the LSI Logic SCSI adapter. Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 does not include a driver for the BusLogic SCSI adapter.
- Configure the virtual machine with at least 512MB of memory. If the virtual machine has less than 512MB of memory, Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 presents an error message as it loads certain VMware drivers.
Installation Steps
- Insert the Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.
- Power on the virtual machine.
- Follow the prompts to complete the installation. Be sure to make the choices outlined in the following steps.
- Do not select Virtualization Option during the installation.
- In the Automatic Partitioning screen, allow automatic partitioning.
You might see a warning that begins "The partition table on device <devicename> was unreadable. To create new partitions it must be initialized, causing the loss of ALL DATA on the drive." This does not mean that anything is wrong with the hard drive on your physical computer. It simply means that the virtual hard drive in your virtual machine needs to be partitioned and formatted. - Click Yes to partition the drive.
- Install VMware Tools.
VMware Tools in an Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 Guest
Do not start the X server in the guest operating system until you install VMware Tools.
For 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 Oracle Enterprise Linux 4
The following links refers to knowledge base articles on operating system specific issues.
- See knowledge base article 9134325 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/9134325 for more information on selecting Virtualization Option during installation.
- 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.