Select Linux and “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5” as your operating system.įrom VMware Window, select VM and click on “Green Arrow” to power it on.Īt “boot:” prompt hit Enter to start Linux Installation and then follow normal server build procedures. Select the boot.iso location and click on “Next”. Start VMware Player and build Virtual Machine.Īfter starting VMware Player, select “Player” -> “FILE” -> “New Virtual Machine”. The VM will use the default and private IP, made available by local DHCP on VM, to communicate with outside via NAT through eth0. For instance, I can install the OS on my desktop on LAVC network if I make ks-vmw.cfg avaiable on mccfs0

One can install the OS on any public network, as long as it knows how to access ks-vmw.cfg. Step # 3) Re-IP your Laptop for accessing RedHat Repository.Ĭonfigure your laptop’s IP Address for getting connected to SLAC’s DMZ network.Ĭonnect your laptop’s Ethernet connection to DMZ network.Ĭheck that you can ping any other DMZ host. Note: make sure 5u7 in the path for boot.iso matches with the entry in ks-vmw.cfg: This step is SLAC specific step for kickstarting VM under VMware Player.įor RHEL-5 machine, you can get boot.iso from following location $ ls -la /afs//package/RedHat/RHEL5/5u7/i386/DVD/images/boot.iso Though generic kickstart mechanism applies for any other site/location.Ĭopy boot.iso on your laptop. Step # 2) Copy boot.iso on your laptop which will be used for installing Virtual Machine. Read the agreement carefully before installing it. Step # 1) Install VMware Player on Windows machine.ĭownload and Install Free version of VMware Player from following website. Laptop (With 8 GB memory, 50GB free disk space, Wireless and Ethernet Connectivity).Īdministrative Access on the Laptop using Local AccountĪvailability and access to RHEL kickstart repository over Ethernet. This document describes how to create a VM running RHEL via Kickstart on a Windows machine.

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