Fedora Core 15 installation on VmWare 2.0.2

1. login using Administrator account
2. Virtual Machine --> Create Virtual Machine
3. Name and Location --> "FC14-minimal"
4. Guest Operating System --> "Linux 2.6"
5. Memory and Processors --> "768MB"
6. Hard Disk --> "Create New Virtual Disk"
7. Hard Disk Properties --> "40GB"
8. Network Adapter --> "NAT"
9. CD Drive --> "Use a Physical Drive"
10. Floppy Drive --> "Don't Add a Floppy Drive"
11. USB Controller --> "Don't Add a USB Controller"
12. Ready to Complete --> "Finished"

13. Summary --> "CD/DVD Drice" --> "[] c:\Fedora-15-i386-DVD.iso"

1. Skip media test
2. Select "Basic Storage Devices"
   ("Yes, discard any data")
3. Select "Create Custom Layout"
>> "Free" -> "Create" -> "Standard Partition" -> 1536MB swap
>> "Free" -> "Create" -> "Standard Partition"
   Mount point --> "/boot"
   File system --> "EXT4"
   Size --> 500MB
>> "Free" -> "Create" -> "Standard Partition"
   Mount point --> "/"
   File system --> "EXT4"
   Fill to maximum allowed size
>> "format" and "write changes to disk"
4. Select "minimal" installation
5. A total of 188 packages will get installed.

vi /etc/syscofig/network-scripts/ifcfg-p3p1
>> DEVICE="p3p1"
>> ONBOOT="yes"
>> BOOTPROTO="dhcp"

mkdir /mnt/cdrom
vi /etc/fstab
>> /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 defaults 0 0
mount -a

cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
vi fedora.repo >> enabled=0
vi fedora-updates.repo
>> baseurl=file:///mnt/cdrom
>> #baseurl
>> #mirrorlist
>> enabled=1
>> gpgcheck=0

yum install ftp make vim gcc gcc-c++ ctags ncur*
yum install man-db man-pages kernel-devel mlocate bind-utils
yum install ntsysv gpm strace plymouth-theme* openssh-clients...

yum install Xorg xorg-x11-drv-*
yum groupinstall 'GNOME Desktop Environment'

vi ~/.bashrc
>> alias vi=vim

vi ~/.vimrc
>> set is
>> set hls
>> set sw=4
>> set ts=4

>> set cindent shiftwidth=2
>> set fo+=or
>> syntax enable

>> set expandtab
>> set tabstop=4

vi /boot/grub/grub.conf
>> timeout=10
>> #hiddenmenu
>> kernel .... rdshell rdinitdebug
>> kernel .... #rhgb quiet

ntsysv --> only select "network", "sshd"

Reference:
Fedora Core 14 installation on VmWare 2.0.2
How To: Setup SSH/SCP without a password
linux 2.6.39 installation on Fedora Core 15