Installing Fedora14 through VMWare 2.0.6

I won't go too much into detail but I will describe the process I went through to get this installed.
I first tried the LiveDVD version which failed and then I tried the normal installation DVD.

LiveDVD Fedora-14-i686-Live-Desktop.iso

• I created a new VM from the ISO (I might have chosen Linux 2.6.x kernel {whatever version F14 is} - I can't recall)
• I double-clicked on the "Install to Hard Drive" link on my desktop
• It tells me:

You do not have enough RAM to use the graphical installer. Try the text mode installer by running:
      '/usr/bin/liveinst -T'
from a root terminal.

• The problem is that I probably created the VM with low memory or that I don't have installed the VMware Tools ("Virtual Machine > Install VMware Tools menu) installed.
• I run "/usr/bin/liveinst -T" from the command line
• I get this beautiful text mode installer which works very well with the offered defaults
• The problem is that somehow it froze on the last screen (I think) and I didn't manage to get it to functional state. I decide to start from 0 but from the normal installation DVD.

Installing now from Fedora-14-i386-DVD.iso

• Create new VM from ISO (this time I select more RAM - 728MB)
• After the VM is created and it boots up it seems that the DVD iso is not detected

"The Fedora disc was not found" yara yara

• I do a right click on the CD icon on the VMware window and I select "Connect CD/DVD"
• I right click again and select "Choose disk image..."
• I choose Fedora-14-i386-DVD.iso 
• The installation continues and I reach this menu:

• I choose the defaults except when I have to choose the environment I want to use
• I chose "Sofware Development" installation type instead of default option
• Additional repos can be added in here
• I added "Fedora 14 - i386"; it required configuring the network devices which worked :D
• 30-40 minutes I am asked to reboot
• I update to the latest updates and I happily have a working Fedora 14 :D

Next:
Try to use Seneca's student's RPM repo for Firefox.


PS = Excuse me if I am using VMware Fusion rather than an open source alternative (which I have used before). I can't recall when or why I continued with VMware. Probably because I had work license.

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