fc5, VmWare, install via telnet

[Ricky Enger]

Hi Hank,

You can, and you can get away with giving the Linux vm 128 MB and 
letting the host OS have the rest.  Of course, it's far less laggy 
for both the linux machine and the host OS if you have more memory, 
but again it's doable with 512 Mb.

Ricky

At 02:19 PM 3/29/2006, you wrote:

>can you do this on 512 megs ram?
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>Subject: Re: fc5, VmWare, install via telnet
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> > Hi Juan,
> > Yes, you can install FC5 via telnet on a virtual machine.  Here's what I
> > do.
> > Create a virtual machine and for operating system type, choose "other
> > Linux" or "other linux, 2.6 kernel".  Choose IDE rather than SCSI,
> > and allow VmWare to allocate the full amount of disk space you intend
> > to use rather than allowing it to grow as needed.  Once the vm is
> > created, edit the properties for your CDRom to point to the DVD iso
> > of FC5, or the first disk in the group of CD isos for FC5.
> > Once you've powered on the vm, it takes a little guesswork to
> > determine exactly when to begin typing, but I usually wait about
> > three seconds after I hear the VM look at the floppy drive.  You can
> > type the following to initiate a telnet install with DHCP.
> > Linux text telnet dhcp
> >
> > Alternatively, you can assign an IP address by typing, for example,
> > linux text telnet
> > ip=192.168.0.1,netmask=255.255.255.0,gateway=192.168.1.1,ksdevice=/dev/eth0
> >
> > Once the install is complete, don't forget to change the properties
> > of the CDRom so that it no longer points to the iso.  Otherwise,
> > you'll get confused as to why you can't SSH in to the machine,
> > neglecting to realize that the vm is still booting from the
> > installation media.  Not that I speak from personal experience or
> > anything, grin.
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Ricky
> >
> > At 08:01 PM 3/28/2006, you wrote:
> >
> >>Hello everyone,
> >>I just wanted to know if it is possible to do a telnet install for like
> >>fc5,
> >>with
> >>in a virtual machine, like vmware.
> >>I'd like to setup fc5 in a virtual machine, but I can't do it bec there is
> >>no speakup
> >>enabled stuff for it yet, So I thought of doing it via telnet.
> >>Any ideas?  Thanks
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