Configuration

1. Start the VMware Player you downloaded and installed earlier. Navigate to the fedora folder created during extraction of the VMware appliance and select the file "fedora-core6-i386.vmx".
   
   
    
2. If prompted, select the option to create a new identifier:
   
   
    
3. These are some of the screens you will see during boot-up:
      
   
    
4. Some basic configuration steps are necessary the first time you boot:
   
   
    
5. Accept the license agreement:
   
   
    
6. Place check marks next to both the SSH and Samba services. Select Yes to override the existing firewall configuration:
   
   
    
7. Disable the SELinux security settings. You can turn it on later, if necessary, using the system-config-security command.
   
   
    
8. Verify the date and time are correct.
   
   
    
9. Create your own user account:
   
   
    
10. Sound is not needed for our purposes. Click Finish and allow the system to reboot: