Hur man installerar PCLinuxOS 2007 användande VMWare fusion i OSX - en färdig walkthrough

vid Ross McKillop Maj 24, 2007

Linux Mac

Denna tutorial ska take dig varje singel kliva av installerande den långt igenom PCLinuxOSen 2007 användande VMWare fusion för OS X. Med andra ord även bör dina föräldrar följer along.

  1. Vem denna tutorial är för
  2. Bakgrund
  3. Inställning - upp VMWare fusion för PCLinuxOS 2007
  4. Installation av PCLinuxOS 2007
  5. Avslutning upp (installera VMWare bearbetar, det ökande minnet Etc.),

1. Vem denna tutorial är för

Denna tutorial är för någon med en Intel baserad Mac som är nyfiken om Linux - specifikt PCLinuxOS 2007, och har omkring en timme som ska dödas (inte däribland tiden som det tar till nedladdningen PCLinuxOS).

Kliver, och screenshots som används för denna tutorial, är specifika till VMWare fusion spring för version 1.0b3 (43733) på en MacBook som är pro med OS X (10.4.9). Med sagt det, ska de är för den nästan identisk, om du har en Pro Mac, macen kortkortet, MacBook eller någon annan Intel den baserade Apple Mac.

2. Bakgrund

PCLinuxOS 2007, är ett fritt, enkelt att använda Linux-baserat fungerande system för hemmet. Någon som är förtrogen med den ska MS Windows miljön, använder PCLinuxOS 2007 med inget problem.

VMWare fusion är en virtualizer, eller, som de sätter den, ”det bäst långt som kör Windows på din Intel-baserade Mac”. Det är för närvarande i beta och fritt, men det ska ändring på något pekar nästan bestämt i framtiden. Underteckna upp för den beta och nedladdningVMWare fusionen här.

3. Inställning - upp VMWare fusion för PCLinuxOS 2007

  1. BarkassVMWare fusion och valda klickar Nytt…, knäppas.

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  3. Granska inledningen avskärmer och klickar Fortsätta.

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  5. Valt Linux som Fungerande system: och Annan Linux 2.6.x kernel som Version:.

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  7. I Räddning som: område skriver in ett känt. Det betyder inte vad du appellen det, men något som är beskriva är en bra idé. Om du önskar, kan du ändra standardräddningläget (Var:) utan det är inte nödvändigt.

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  9. Välj en storleksanpassa för ditt Disken storleksanpassar:. Stilla förmiddag som I inte är säker, vad minimien storleksanpassar dig kan specificera och har ett arbeteOS är, men det måste vara större än 2GB. Klicka, när du har gjort ett beslut, Fortsätta.

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  11. Se till att Den faktiska starten bearbetar med maskin och installerar fungerande systemet nu återstår utvalt. If you’re installing/booting PCLinuxOS from a CD, leave the default Use operating system installation disc checked. If you’re using an .iso file (as I do in this example), select Use operating system installation disc image file: and then choose Other… from the drop-down menu.

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  13. Navigate to your PCLinuxOS iso file, select it, and then click the Select button.

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  15. Click Finish.

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4. Installing PCLinuxOS 2007

  1. As PCLinuxOS boots for the first time, VMWare will let you know that debugging mode is enabled, and how to disable it - which you can do later. Click OK for now.

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  3. A very pretty boot screen will appear..

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  5. and then you’ll be presented with a list of options. Click inside the VMWare window so that your cursor and keyboard ‘take’ focus from OS X to VMWare, select LiveCD (which is the default) and hit enter on your keyboard.

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  7. Watch as PCLinuxOS starts..

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  9. and then select your keyboard type. Click Next to continue.

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  11. Choose your location from the list, and click Next.

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  13. Select the appropriate Date, Click & Time Zone settings (default is fine) and once again, click Next.

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  15. Make sure Ethernet is selected - even if your Mac is connected via Airport (or dialup, but really.. dialup?). Click Next.

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  17. Click - you guessed it - Next.

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  19. Leave Automatic IP selected, and click Next.

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  21. Are you sensing a pattern yet? Leave the defaults selected, and click Next.

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  23. If more than one person is going to use your PCLinuxOS installation, you may want to allow them to change the connection settings. If you do, place a check in Allow users to manage the connection. Regardless, you do want to leave Start the connection at boot
  24. checked. Click Next to continue.


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  25. Yes, you do want to start the connection now. Click Next - but for the last time!

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  27. This time, click Finish.

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  29. Normally you don’t want to do this, but this ONE time, login as root. The default password for the root user is also root.

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  31. Again watch as PCLinuxOS starts up.

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  33. And here you are - the PCLinuxOS desktop. If you’d like, take some time to explore. Keep in mind that you’ve just booted from a LiveCD, so if you decide to keep the OS, don’t bother to start bookmarking sites in Firefox or doing too much - it will all be erased once you install PCLinuxOS to your virtual hard drive. If you like what you see, and you want to install it, double-click the Install PCLinuxOS icon on your desktop.

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  35. The Wizard will launch to guide you through the installation. Click Next.

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  37. Leave Normal Hard drive checked, and click Next.

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  39. Leave Use free space checked, and again, click Next. Remember - this is being installed to a virtual hard drive - so you’re not deleting anything in OS X. This is perfectly safe.

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  41. That safe comment I just mentioned - it was to prepare you for this screen. Do not worry - you’re not going to format your actual Mac’s hard drive - just the virtual one that VMWare created. Click Next.

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  43. Again, Next.

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  45. Go get yourself a cup of coffee or tea. This takes somewhere between 15 and 30 minutes to install, depending on how fast your Mac is. If you’re installing from a CD rather than an .iso file, it might take longer.

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  47. After PCLinuxOS installs most of its software, you’ll see the “creating mount points and preparing bootloader” message, if you haven’t fallen asleep.

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  49. Unless you really know what you’re doing, leave the defaults and click Next.

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  51. That’s it - click Finish!

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  53. OK that’s not really it. There are a few more steps to go, but not too many. Set a root password by entering it in the spaces provided.

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  55. Enter the required info in each of the spaces. You can change the default icon by clicking it (each click will move forward to the next icon). There are a lot to choose from. Of course this is something you can change later, so don’t worry about it too much.

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  57. If you want to add another user to PCLinuxOX, you can do so now. Again, this is something you can do later, but it never hurts to get it out of the way with. If you don’t want/need to add other users, click Done.

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  59. Now that you’ve finished, it’s time to shut down. Select the PC button (bottom left corner of the screen) and choose Log Out…

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  61. Click the Turn Off Computer button - not Restart Computer.

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  63. PCLinuxOS will now power off.

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  65. You’ll probably be presented with a “you don’t have VMWare Tools installed” message. Don’t worry, in the section below I’ll guide you through installing it, so for now, just click OK.

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5. Finishing up (installing VMWare Tools, increasing memory etc.)

  1. First things first, lets change some of the settings. To do so, click the Settings button from the top VMWare Fusion toolbar.

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  3. Select the Memory entry from the menu on the left side. Though the recommended value is 256MB, I’ve found that PCLinuxOS runs quite a bit faster if you boost it up to 512MB. With that said, if you have 1GB or less memory on your Mac, you’ll probably want to leave it at 256MB. If you do make a change, click the Apply button to make sure it takes effect.

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  5. Now select the CD-ROM entry from the left menu. If you used an .iso file to boot/install PCLinuxOS, change it back to Automatically detect physical CD-ROM and then click Apply. Close the settings window when you’re done.

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  7. To start PCLinuxOS, either click the huge ‘play’ button, or the Start Up button in the top toolbar.

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  9. Choose Linux, which should be the default, and hit enter on your keyboard. Or just wait 10 seconds and it’ll start on its own.

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  11. Login to PCLinuxOS using the user name you created during the setup. Again, only under the rarest of rare circumstances do you want to login as root. If you sign in as root, the chances of you accidentally destroying PCLinuxOS go up by a factor of 100.

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  13. Here you are - the fully installed PCLinuxOS 2007 desktop. If you don’t want to install VMWare Tools, you’re done, and this tutorial has served its purpose. Have fun! If you do want to install VMWare Tools, which will allow you to easily change the mouse and keyboard focus between PCLinuxOS and OS X (as well as copy text, files and folders between them), keep reading.

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  15. Use the apple-key + ctrl (control) combo to ‘escape’ from PCLinuxOS, and select Virtual Machine from the apple menu, then Install VMWare Tools from the drop-down list.
  16. Review the pop-up window and then click Install.

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  18. Click back inside the PCLinuxOS window to regain keyboard and mouse focus, and select Open in a New Window and then click the OK button.

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  20. You should be presented with a window that contains two files. Close that window.

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  22. Open a terminal window by selecting the PC button -> System -> Terminals and then Konsole.

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  24. Enter the following commands one at a time. Anything below in italics is not text that you should copy/paste and enter, rather a hint/explanation.

    su
    (enter your root password)
    cd /media/VMware\ Tools/
    rpm -i VMwareTools-e.x.p-43733.i386.rpm (unless the .rpm file has been upgraded since this tutorial was created - in which case enter the name of your rpm file)
    (wait a minute or two - you’ll know it’s done when the prompt returns)
    vmware-config-tools.pl
    (watch as text flys by the screen)
    yes
    (hit enter to accept the default location)
    yes
    (enter the number you want as your default screen resolution)
    exit
    exit


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  26. If all went well, you can know move your mouse from PCLinuxOS to OS X and back without having to use the keyboard combo. In addition, you can drag and drop files from linux to OS X and vice-versa. You’re officially done. Congrats.
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    How to install Ubuntu in OS X using Parallels - a complete walkthrough - Simplehelp
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    1 Kevin 08.25.08 at 7:39 am

    I followed your steps exactly but after i installed vmwaretools it said the kernel needed something, a c-something and it doesnt seem to be fully installed, how do i reinstall vmwaretools?

    2 Rick Maddren 10.06.08 at 3:05 am

    Just to let you know Vmware Fusion is no longer free. There is a free 30 day demo but it now costs US$79.99 if you want to keep it.

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