Pardus 25

---

Pardus 25 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.

Pardus 25 documentation includes the following topics:

• Installation Instructions
• VMware Tools in a Pardus 25 Guest
• Knowledge Base Articles for Pardus 25
• Broadcom Compatibility Guide

Installation Instructions

The easiest method of installing Pardus 25 in a virtual machine is to use the standard Pardus 25 distribution CD.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, verify that the following tasks are complete:

• Read General Installation Instructions for All VMware Products.
• WWith many Linux guest operating systems, problems were observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter was used with VMware virtual machines. Use the default virtual SCSI with this guest operating system.

Installation Steps

1. Insert the Pardus 25 installation media in the CD-ROM drive.
2. Power on the virtual machine.
3. From the Boot options, select Install for text mode installation or Install with Graphical User Interface for graphic user interface installation.
4. Follow the prompts to complete the installation.
5. Install either Open VM Tools or VMware Tools. VMware recommends using the Open VM Tools included with Pardus 25.

VMware Tools in a Pardus 25 Guest

Use Open VM Tools provided by the guest OS.

Open VM Tools

Open VM Tools is the open-source implementation of VMware Tools and consists of a suite of virtualization utilities that improve the functionality, administration, and management of virtual machines on VMware hypervisors. Use the Open VM Tools redistributed by the operating system vendors.

For additional information, see:

• VMware support of open-vm-tools, KB 313456.
• VMware support for Linux inbox VMware drivers, KB 306577.

Install Open VM Tools

Run the commands:

1. $ sudo apt-get update
2. $ sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools

VMware Tools

For information on VMware Tools, see Knowledge base article General VMware Tools installation instructions, KB 1014294.

Knowledge Base Articles for Pardus 25

For more information about the list of known issues that are related to the guest operating system, see the Broadcom Support Portal.

Broadcom Compatibility Guide

The Broadcom Compatibility Guide Web site lists supported guest and host operating systems and provides related support information.