Installing a guest operating system in a virtual machine is essentially the same as installing it on a physical
computer.
computer.
Before installing a guest operating system, create a virtual machine and ensure that its devices are setup correctly. For example, install networking software when you install the guest operating system, and configure and enable the Ethernet adapter for the virtual machine.
The tool or interface you used to configure the virtual machine depends on the VMware product you are
running.
A new virtual machine is like a physical computer with a blank hard disk. Before you can use it, you must partition and format the virtual disk and install an operating system. The operating system installation program might handle the partitioning and formatting steps for you.
NOTE You should disable screen savers that might be running on the host system before you install the guest operating system.