Installing the Guest OS

Installing the guest OS is done like any other installation. Once the system has been started and the VNC console has been opened, the installation process is indistinguishable from a bare metal OS install, with the exception of the devices that are shown during the installation. There are no special considerations. The virtual installation media (CD-ROM) has to be changed within the virtual machine environment, but to the installation process within the virtual machine, it appears that the CD-ROM has been changed manually.

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