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ThischapterdescribeshowtocreateavirtualmachinebyusingtheNewVirtual
Machinewizard.Italsoprovidesgeneralinformationaboutinst allingguestoperating
systems.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“MethodsofCreatingVirtualMachines”onpage 79
“ConfigurationOptionsfortheNewVirtualMachineWizard”onpage 80
“UsetheNewVirtualMachineWizard”onpage 89
“InstallingaGuestOperatingSystem”onpage 89
“UpgradeaGuestOperatingSystem”onpage 94
“ChangetheVersionofaVirtualMachine”onpage 94
“UsinganOlder‐VersionVirtualMachineWithoutUpgrading”onpage 96
“FilesThatMakeUpaVirtualMachine”onpage 97
Methods of Creating Virtual Machines
Workstationgivesyouseveraloptionsforcreatingvirtualmachines:
Createavirtualmachine.
Ifyoudonothaveanyvirtualmachinesorsystemimages,youmustusethis
method.UsetheNewVirtualMachinewizardtocreateavirtualmachine.Next,
youmustinstallanoperatingsystem.Theprocessisthesameasinstallingitona
physicalcomputer.
Therestofthischapterdes
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besthismethodofcreatingavirtualmachine.
Creating and Upgrading a
Virtual Machine
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