CS 241 Assignment #6
Most students completed this guided exercise in class
on March 15, 2007 (class #6)
this assignment must be done in class!
1. make sure VMware player has been installed as a program on your
station.
2. make sure your have this file on your station
e:\cs241-xxx\empty-vm\other.vmx
where xxx is your 3 char login
note: ABC.vmx is the vmware config file
for the virtual machine (vm) in this dir.
3. edit other.vmx (using note pad or word pad)
set the CDROM for the vm
to access fedora core 6 CD #1 from the instructor dir:
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.fileName = "u:\Moritsugu_Steven\fc6-1.iso"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"
...
ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"
4. start VMware player
use this vm e:\cs241-xxx\empty-vm\other.vmx
If the fedora does not start to install,
click
player
troubleshooting
reset
5. skip the checking the media
6. language english
keyboard us english
create custom layout
disk layout
new
/boot
type ext3
100 MB
size fixed
new
type swap
400 MB (since that is how much virtual memory
our vm's have. Note it is better to make swap 2*RAM
if possible.)
size fixed
new
mount pt /home
type ext3
100 mb
fixed
new
mount pt /
type ext3
fill to max allowable size (i.e. rest of the disk)
Grub boot options: leave the defaults
IP address:
set the ip and mask per the station info
that I gave out in class
click edit
turn off: dhcp and ipv6
the the gateway per the station info
use these 2 DNS server addresses
10.195.1.4
10.195.1.5
Have the instructor dbl check your ip settings
and grade this project.
WARNING: it is important to set the correct IP
when connecting to an existing network!!!
Click the X in the upper right
to save the vm and exit.