How to install a Linux system in VM software

1. Through the software recommended installation method, to achieve the rapid installation of Linux system.

Open the VMware Workstation Pro software, go to the homepage, click the new virtual Machine button,

After entering the wizard page, select a typical installation and click the Next button

Select the Linux system version image you want to install and click the Next button

Fill in your Linux host name and your user account and password. Click the Next button

Name your virtual machine and select its installation location, click the Next button

Specify the disk capacity for your virtual machine, the Linux system defaults to 20G, it is recommended to tick the ' Save virtual disk as a single file ' option, click the Next button

After confirming the virtual machine information, click Finish and the virtual machine creation is finished.

Opens the created virtual machine, automatically enters the installation interface, waits for the installation to finish, the Linux operating system installs completes.

2. Define your own Linux hosts with a custom installation

Select Custom installation in the Setup Wizard and click the Next button

Select your virtual machine hardware compatibility, leave the default, and click the Next button

In the interface for installing the operating system, choose to install the operating system later, create a blank hard disk for the virtual machine, and click the Next button

Select the operating system and version for your virtual machine and click the Next button

Name your virtual machine, select the installation location, click the Next button

Configure the processor for your virtual machine, configure the processor for your virtual machine according to your real-computer configuration, and click the Next button

Set the memory of the virtual machine, leave the default on the line, click the Next button

Add the network type of the virtual machine, leave the default on the line, click the Next button

Select the I/O controller type, leave the default, click the Next button

Select the disk type, leave the default, and click the Next button

Select the disk for the virtual machine, click New Virtual Disk, and click the Next button

Specify the disk capacity of the virtual machine, choose to save the virtual machine as a single file, click the Next button

Select the location where the disk files are saved and click the Next button

Confirm the virtual machine settings, click Finish, complete the creation

Open the virtual machine settings, put the Linux image file in the CD-ROM, open the virtual machine

Select the system version and type of installation

Enter the disc detection interface, you can choose skip Skip

After the disc detection is complete or after a direct jump, go to the Setup Wizard

Select the language and click the Next button

Select the keyboard type and click the Next button

Select the storage device and click the Next button

To name the virtual machine, click the Next button

Select the time zone of the virtual machine and click the Next button

Create the root user's password and click the Next button

Installation type selection, choose Create custom Layout, click Next button

Enter the hard disk initialization interface, according to the actual situation, choose whether to keep the data on the hard disk, into the hard disk partition interface

Partition the hard disk, create a partition with the/boot file as a mount point, 200MB

Create a partition with the/opt file as a mount point, which you can set as needed

Create a swap partition, preferably twice times the size of memory

Create a partition with a mount point as the root directory

Partition Creation Complete

formatting and writing modifications to the disk

Select the installation location for the bootstrapper and click the Next button

Select the installation component of the system and click the Next button

Installation start

Once the installation is complete, click Reboot or restart the console to enter the system

How to install a Linux system in VM software