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Instructions for installing Ubuntu as a guest operating system in WmWare.

1. Download the iso from http://www.ubuntulinux.org/download/ this demo used ubuntu-5.10-install-i386.iso

2. Create a new Virtual Machine.

   • Virtual Machine Configuration: Typical

   • Guest Operating System: Linux

   • Version: Other Linux 2.6.x kernel

   • Virtual Machine Name & Location: Pick as you will. (for the record I chose Ubuntu and O:\VPC\)

   • Network Connection: Use bridged networking

   • Disk capacity: Again the choice is yours, I chose 4GB and turned on Allocate all disk space now and Split disk into 2 GB files

3. Change the settings of the new virtual machine:
   • Memory - Increase the memory given to the guest OS from 256 (the default) to 512. Although not neccessary since I've got the RAM, why not.

   • CD-ROM - Use ISO Image: set to the location of the downloaded is, mine was O:\BitTorrent\ubuntu-5.10-install-i386.iso

4. Start the virtual machine.
5. At the boot menu, press enter.
6. Go through the configuration

   • Language & Location: Doesn't matter

   • Keyboard: I stuck with the default, American English

   • Hostname: Doesn't matter, I went with Ubuntu

   • Disk Patition: Erase entire disk: SCSI (...

   • Write Changes to Disk: Yes

   • ...wait...
   • Timezone: Doesn't matter

   • Full name for the new user: I chose Louis Zelus

   • Username for your account: I chose zelus

   • Password and Verify: pick one, no restrictions

   • Reboot: Continue, I didn't bother "removing" the ISO.

   • Once you see Restarting system. unbuntu has shutdown, ctrl-alt to get your cursor back and VM->Power->Reset

   • ...wait...

   • Select video modes...: Don't add anything more than the defaults 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480

Installing the virtual tools yet to come.