VMware Player Installation

1. Download and install the VMware Player for Windows from
   http://www.vmware.com/download/player/download.html.
   
    
2. During installation disable the CD-ROM autorun feature.
   
   
    
3. After installation finishes a new VMware virtual adapter can be found in the Network Connections panel.
   
   
    
4. Obtain the Fedora Linux Core 6 virtual appliance which runs inside the VMware Player.
   This can be obtained from here: http://www.thoughtpolice.co.uk/vmware/#fc6
   
   It is recommended that you use bittorrent to download this. It can be downloaded via http but this can take 4-5 hours. If you need a bittorrent client, you might try Azureus. For more information visit the bittorrent entry on Wikipedia.
    
5. Verify that you have at least 6 gigabytes of free disk space. Extract the contents of the file "fedora-fc6-i386.zip" into your vmware installation directory. A new 2.6 Gb directory named "fedora-fc6-i386" will be created. 

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