Use VMPlayer 4.0.1 to Create a CentOS 5.6 VM from ISO

* Download VMPlayer 4.0.1., e.g. VMware-player-4.0.1-528992.exe, from VMWare download site.
* Double click the downloaded file, i.e. VMware-player-4.0.1-528992.exe, to install.
* Require restart to finish install.

* Download CentOS 5.6, server install from ThoughtPolice VMWare Images download site, e.g. 64-bit: centos-5.6-x86_64-server.zip, 456M.
* Unzip into a local directory, e.g. into c:\vm
* Open it with VMPlayer
* Start the downloaded CentOS VM
* Click Yes when prompted to download VMware Tools

* See this post

# Update
yum list
yum update

yum grouplist
yum groupinstall "X Window System" "GNOME Desktop Environment"
 
# Start desktop manually
startx
 
# Start desktop automatically: setup default run level to 5
vi /etc/inittab
id:5:initdefault:

* Extract CD content from Desktop:

* Or extract manually from command line
– If in desktop mode, press ctr-alt-backspace to exit.

# Mount cdrom
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
 
# Create a temp directory
cd
mkdir vmtools
 
# Untar
cd vmtools
tar zxf /mnt/VMwareTools-8.8.1-528969.tar.gz
 
# Unmount
umount /mnt

* Install:

# Install
cd vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl
 
# accept all defaults
# Enter screen resolution when prompted, e.g. 1440x900

* Adjust Display by selecting System > Administration > Display
* Select Hardware tab:
– Monitor type: LCD Panel 1920×1080
– Video Card: VMware SVGA II Adapter
* Select Settings tab:
– Resolution: 1440×900
– Color Depth: Millions of Colors

* VMWare images from ThoughtPolice
* http://www.vmware.com/support/ws4/doc/new_guest_tools_ws.html
* Overview of VMtools