Syracuse University
Lab Environment Setup
Lab Tasks
The goal of is lab is to install, setup, and get familiar with the lab environment, which includes VMware, Minix, and Linux. This environment is used for all the projects in this course, and getting familiar with them is critical.- Install VMware workstation 6. You can get a serial number from the TA. This serial number is provided by VMware via its academic program. You can install the software on your personal computers (Windows or Linux only), but you need to comply with the license agreement described in http://www.vmware.com/academic.
- Install Linux Fedora (any recent version is ok) as a guest operating system on VMware virtual machine. You can download this OS from the Internet.
Helpful Documents
Although some of the following documents are for Minix 2 and older version of VMware (4.5) the difference between versions is not very significant.-
Frequently Asked Questions
(a must-read before installation)
- Install VMware on WinXP (148 Kb)
- Install Fedora over VMware 5.5 (2.0 MB)
- Install Fedora from disk image files (.iso) (1.1Mb)
- Setup network for Linux over VMware (NAT option) (480 Kb)
- Setup the file sharing between host machine and guest operating system (594 Kb)
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