CentOS 6.5 Installation specific steps under VMware 12

First step : Select "File"--"new virtual machine"

Open the New Virtual Machine Wizard-Select Typical (no other advanced options are used for general learning purposes)

Configure the virtual machine platform first, so select "Install the operating system later"

Choose the corresponding version based on the Linux version and the number of bits you downloaded, and if it's arch and Kali select "Linux, others"

Edit "virtual machine name" can be arbitrarily modified easy to manage the name, "location" is the location of your virtual machine put

Select the disk capacity, note that the "disk capacity" here is not the amount of space used by the virtual machine, but the maximum space for the virtual machine, the virtual machine space is as you use the change, such as the system occupies 7GB, the file is 2GB, the virtual machine occupies the physical host space is probably 10GB, When this occupancy capacity reaches 20GB, it will be limited.

Select "Save disk as a single file"

Set up virtual machine "Custom Hardware"

"Memory" If your computer has more than 8GB of RAM, you can choose 2GB or more. "Processor" set of 1

Click "New CD/DVD"--"Use ISO image file"--"Browse" ——— Select the Centos6.5iso file you have downloaded

Click "Network Adapter"--Select "Nat mode" to have the virtual machine and host public ip--"off"--"next"

The virtual machine platform configuration is complete.

The second step : Select the virtual machine just generated, click "Power On";

Select the first "Install or upgrade an existing system"

Here is to check the installation environment, just equipped with the environment generally no problem, point "skip" does not waste time;

Select Install Font "Chinese"--"next"--keyboard installation "American English"--"next"

Click "Basic storage Device"--"next"

Select "Yes"--Next

"Host name" according to your preferences--"Configure the Network" (convenient computer automatic networking)

"Time zone" select "Asia Shanghai" ——— Next

"Root password" is the password of the root (highest privilege) account, which is used for learning, setting simple and easy to remember six-bit letters, numbers, underscores, I write "123456"-the hint is too simple-ignore, click "Use Anyway"-"next"

"Click to use All space"--next--"Modify write Disk"

system of the default "Desktop" interface--Next

Wait for the installation, time according to different computer performance differences, recommended files placed under the SSD SSD installed, very fast.

Installation Complete--click "reboot" to restart the virtual machine

Step three : initialization of the system

"Create user"--set "user name" "Password"--"forward"

Time synchronization can keep the default settings

Keep the default

Click "Done"--restart

Fifth Step

After restarting, select the user and enter the password.

In this step, the installation of the CentOS virtual machine has been completed.

CentOS 6.5 Installation specific steps under VMware 12