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3. Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine. Be sure to
make the choices outlined in the following steps.
4. In Video Card Selection choose Generic VGA compatible, then click OK.
5. Near the end of the installation, after files have been copied, you reach the
Monitor Setup screen. Choose Generic Standard VGA, 640x480 @ 60 Hz, then
click OK.
6. At the Video Memory screen, choose 256KB, then click OK.
7. At the Clockchip Configuration screen, choose No Clockchip Setting
(recommended), which is the default, then click OK.
8. At the Probe for Clocks screen, click Skip.
9. At the Select Video Modes screen, don't choose anything. Just click OK.
10. At the Starting X screen, click Skip.
11. This completes basic installation of the Red Hat Linux 7.1 or 7.2 guest operating
system. Be sure to install VMware Tools in your virtual machine. For details, see
Installing VMware Tools and the Network Driver in the Guest Operating System
on page 73.
Note: With a Red Hat Linux 7.1 or 7.2 guest, you should install VMware Tools
from the Linux console. Do not start X until you have installed VMware Tools.
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