That is option 8 ( Root Password) in the install screen.įor the timezone, select option 2 ( Timezone settings), set this to the appropriate value based on where you are located.

Also, it is easier to go with the default Partition Scheme which is 3 LVM. Since this is a virtual machine, you can opt to use the entire disk image. On the main install screen, choose option 5 (Installation Destination). Installation Destination and Partitioning. Then, press enter and to boot to the installation configuration screen. To do this, press tab on the boot screen and append linux text at the end of the boot command. Next, once the virtual machine is ready, boot the installation in text mode. This allows you to control everything performed during installation. Tip: When Creating the Parallels Desktop Virtual Machine, it would be better to disable the Express Install option. As for me, I just made sure it fits with the minimum requirements for a RHEL install.

All configuration options for the virtual machine is up to you. Installation Preparing the Virtual Machineįirst thing to do is to prepare a Parallels Desktop virtual machine. The items below may be well suited for new RHEL developers like myself. My simple goal is to have a local, ready-to-use RHEL box that I can use to try stuff out.

I've recently gotten hold of a developer subscription of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). The following are the steps I took to have a minimal RHEL installation as a Parallels Desktop virtual machine guest.

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