Thus, to increase that click on the “ Customize Hardware” button. Well, by default the memory assigned to VM would be around 700MB which is less for a full-fledged GUI Linux operating system. Here for standard use of full DVD-based Rocky Linux, we are assigning 40GB.Ĩ. Give some name to the VM, it could be anything you want, here we are using “Rocky Linux” as our VM’s identification name.Īs per your requirement, you can increase or decrease the Maximum disk space allocation. Select Linux and then “ Other Linux 4.x kernel 64-bit“. Now, let the VMware player know what kind of virtual machine operating system you are planning to install.

Select Guest operating system type and version On the next interface of the VMware, click on the Browse button and select the downloaded Rocky Linux ISO file. Now, run the Vmware player, click on the “ Create a New Virtual Machine” option. Create Virtual Machine on Vmware for Rocky Linux 8 The Linux users can follow- Install VMware Workstation Player on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, pop OS or Debian, or Run VMware Player on Fedora, CentOS, or Redhat.ģ. Although if you are following this tutorial you already have it on your system, however, if not then first install the same. Vmware Player is free for personal usage and available for both Windows and Linux operating systems.

The first thing we require to experience this Linux operating system is its ISO image (DVD for full fledge OS with GUI and Minimal for CLI interface OS). Install Open Vmware Tools on Rocky Linux VM Rocky Linux Installation on Vmware Workstation Player 1.

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