Step-By-Step Procedure To Install SUSE Linux On VMWare Workstation
SUSE is one of the most powerful commercial Linux distributions available for physical, cloud, and virtual platforms. Those who have been around in Linux platform, they definitely would have worked in SUSE at some point in their time since SUSE can be seen on several applications and appliances, specially developed in Germany and Europe. It sounds incomplete if you don’t put your hands on this distribution. Let’s see how to install SUSE Linux on VMWare Workstation. Well, you can install the SUSE Linux directly on your local machine. However, it is good to try it on the virtual machine. Because incomplete installation may lose the data on your hard drive.
Table of Contents
∘ What Is SUSE Linux?
· Prerequisites To Install SUSE Linux On VMWare Workstation:
· How To Install SUSE Linux On VMWare Workstation?
What Is SUSE Linux?
SUSE stands for “Software und System-Entwicklung” meaning “software and systems development” in German. It is one of the most powerful Linux distributions originated in German. It is developed on the same free and open-source Linux kernel used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and inhered the same RPM packages into its repositories. It comes in both commercial and free versions, SUSE released its commercial product as SUSE Enterprise Linux. And, it has released openSUSE as a open-source product. Please visit their official website for more details.
Prerequisites To Install SUSE Linux On VMWare Workstation:
To install SUSE Linux on VMWare Workstation you just need a physical machine, VMWare Workstation Pro or Player, and a Red Hat Enterprise ISO image.
- A host system with minimum:
- 8 GB of memory
- A quad core CPU
- 500 GB of Hard Drive
2. VMWare Workstation Pro or Player application:0
3. SUSE Linux ISO image is to install on VMWare Workstation.
- Download SUSE Linux
How To Install SUSE Linux On VMWare Workstation?
Time needed: 30 minutes.
How to Install SUSE Linux on VMWare Workstation?
- Fire up VMWare Workstation
2. Select Custom Configuration Wizard
3. Select Virtual Machine Hardware Compatibility
4. Select the Operating System Media
5. Select Guest Operating System
6. Name the Virtual Machine Name and location
7. Allocate the Processors
8. Allocate the Memory for Virtual Machine
9. Choose the Network Configuration
10.Select the I/O Controller Type
11. Select Disk Type
12. Select Virtual Disk
13. Select Disk Capacity
14. Browse the Virtual Disk File
15. Click Finish
16. Supply SUSE ISO Image to Virtual Machine
17. Power On the Virtual Machine
18. Start Up The Quest Operating System
19. Press F3
20. Select — INSTALLATION
21. Wait
22. Add-On Product Installation — Click Next
23. Loading Basic Drivers — Wait
24. Initializing Network Configuration — Waite
25.Language , Keyboard and Product Selection (English (US) — Tick SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 — Click Next
26. Tick — I Agree to the Licese Terms — Click Next
27. Network Settings — Click Next
28. System Probing — Waite
29. Registration — Tick Skip Registration — Click Next
30. Extension ad Module Selection Screen — Select All — Click Next
31. Adding a New Repository — Waite
32. Initializing Screen — Waite
33. Suggested Partitioning — Click Next
34. Clock and Time Zone — Region (USA), Time Zone (Eastern New York) — Click Next
35. Local User — User Full Name, User Name, Password , Confirm Password — Tick (Use this password for system administrator , Automatic Login) — Click Next
36. Installation Settings Screen
37. Installation Settings — Click Install
38. Confirm Installation — Click Install
39. Installation in progress… Please wait for some time.
40. Booting in progress, please wait for some time.
41. SUSE desktop is getting prepared….
42. First login screen of SUSE Enterprise Linux
43. Activate the SUSE Enterprise Linux in this activities screen
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