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# Refer to this listing of installation screenshots if you need a reference:<br>[ [http://matrix.senecac.on.ca/~murray.saul/ops235/install-vm/ installation screen-shots] ]<br>
# Power up the computer in your Seneca lab in '''Windows''' and download the following link for the Centos7 Full Install DVD image: http://belmont.senecacollege.ca/pub/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1511.iso
# On your Seneca computer lab workstation, click the '''Windows Menu ''' button and type '''VMware'''.
# There are two VMware products: ''VMware Workstation'' and ''VMware Player''. Run the '''VMware Workstation''' application.
# Click on the item labelled '''Create a New Virtual Machine'''.<br><br>NOTE: We will just be creating a "shell" for the VM the contain our Centos7 Linux operating system. This will allow us to configure the VM properly so it will boot-up properly in our Seneca labs.<br><br># Accept Select the '''TypicalCustom (advanced)''' (default) for the Virtual Machine Configuration setting and click '''Next'''.# Click Next at the next screen to proceed.# Select the '''I will in<u>s</u>tall the operating system later''' option and click '''Next'''.# In the next screen, select '''Linux''' as the '''Guest Operating System''', and '''CentOS 64-bit''' for the OS ''version'' and click '''Next'''.# Enter '''centos1''' for the ''<u>V</u>irtual machine name'' and note the location where the image will be stored on your Windows machine and click '''Next'''.# Click '''Next''' to accept the default number of processors.# In the next screen, change the Memory from ''1GB'' to '''2GB''' (i.e. '''2018 MB''') and click '''Next'''.# Click Next to accept the default (i.e. NAT) for the network type.#
# Select your '''CD/DVD player''' (''/dev/cdrom'') as the default '''physical device drive''' and click '''Next'''.
# Make certain that the Guest Operating System is set to '''Linux''' and then click '''Next'''.
