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# Create a folder called: '''Virtual Machines''' on your SSD device.
# On your Seneca computer lab workstation, click the '''Windows Menu''' button and type '''VMware'''.
# There are two VMware products: '''VMware Workstation12 Pro''' and ''VMware Player''.Only run the '''VMware Workstation12 Pro''' application (i.e. '''<u>not</u>''' VMPlayer).# <span style="background-color:yellow;">In your VMware Workstation application window, click the '''Edit''' menu, then select '''Preferences'''. Under the '''Default Location For Virtual Machines''', enter the pathname for the newly created folder in your SSD device and click '''OK'''</span>.
# 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>
# Select the '''Custom (advanced)''' for the Virtual Machine Configuration setting and click '''Next'''.
# In the following screen, change the Memory from ''1GB'' to '''2GB''' (i.e. '''2048 MB''') and click '''Next'''.
# Click '''Next''' to accept the default (i.e. NAT) for the network type.
# Click '''Next''' to accept the default (i.e. LDI LSI Logic) for teh the SCSI Controller type.
# Click '''Next''' to accept the default (i.e. SCSI for the virtual disk type.
# Click '''Next''' to accept ''Create New Virtual Disk''.# Change the Maximum Disk Size from ''20GB'' to '''240GB238GB''' and click '''Next'''.# Accept the default Disk File name (i.e. c7host.vmdk) and click '''Next'''.# Quickly review your VM settings in the final setup wizard dialog box and click '''Finish'''. Click the '''Edit virtual # Double-click on your c7host machine settings''' VM under My Computer. You should see a detailed screen for that VM on the right-hand side.# In the context menuright window pane, select click the '''SettingsEdit virtual machine settings'''. Your c7host Settings dialog box should appear.# <span style="background-color:yellow">Click In this setup dialog box, click the '''options''' tab and then click the '''Advanced''' option at the bottom of the list. On the right-hand side, '''click'''the checkbox to enable the option to '''Boot with EFI instead of BIOS'''. Then click on the '''Hardware''' tab, and then select the '''CD/DV (IDE)''' device and select in the right-side select the radio button for the '''use ISO I<u>m</u>age file'''. Click the '''Browse''' button and specify the path of your downloaded Centos7 Full install DVD (most likely file is contained in your Downloads folder). Click '''Processors''', and click the check-box to <u>enable</u> '''Virtual Intel VT-X/EPT'''. When finished, click on the '''OK''' button</span>.# You will return to your c7host VM. Click the play button '''Power on this virtual machine''' icon near the top to boot your c7host VM for the first timeto start your c7host VM, and proceed to Part 2.
# Configure the following installation settings from the ''Install Summary Screen'':<br><br>
::<b>DATE & TIME:</b><ul><li>Click on the Map to select Toronto area (you may also select from the drop-down menu section)</li><li>Click the <b>DONE</b> button at the top-left corner to finish and return to the Installation Summary screen.</li></ul><br>
::<b>SOFTWARE SELECTION:</b><ul><li>Select the software packages labelled: <b>Gnome Desktop</b></li><li>Click the <b>DONE</b> button at the top-left corner to finish and return to the Installation Summary screen.<br><br></li></ul>
::<b>NETWORK & HOSTNAME (you may need to scroll downwards):</b><ul><li>Select the default Ethernet connection and click the button on the top right-hand side to change the setting from <b>OFF</b> to <b>ON</b>.</li><li>At the bottom left-hand corner type the hostname: <b>c7host</b> (all lowercase letters)</li><li>Review your settings, then click the <b>DONE</b> button at the top-left corner to finish and return to the Installation Summary screen.</li></ul><br>
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