If you wish to use an advanced boot manager program or install a new boot manager from within a virtual machine, then the Disk Partition Hiding option should be turned off. If a path name is entered, Workstation stores all redo logs in that directory. If you have a virtual disk on a remote file system, you may see disk performance improvements by storing the redo logs on a local file system. Your virtual machine is now ready for you to install your choice of operating systems from among those we currently support. To install them within a virtual machine, please refer to the installation notes for each operating system.
All steps are the same as when installing the operating system on real hardware.
Place your boot disk in the CD-ROM or floppy drive. Consult the special installation instructions for installing your guest operating system . Click Power On. If the connection type of the Ethernet adapter in the virtual machine is Bridged, the virtual machine will appear as an additional computer on the local Ethernet. You may install applications and work in your new environment.