vmware image issues+fixes

Discussion in 'HOWTO-Related Questions' started by ctql, Jan 18, 2012.

  1. ctql

    ctql New Member HowtoForge Supporter

    Hi,
    I'm trying to use the vmware images included with the paid account but have run into problems. I think these things should be covered on http://www.howtoforge.com/import_vmware_images

    Specifically, this is for:
    The Perfect Server - CentOS 6.2 x86_64 With Apache2 [ISPConfig 3] (x86_64)
    http://www.howtoforge.com/download.php?id=6626_0

    1. The keyboard layout is set to German. This is great if you're Falko but for the rest of us reading a site that's in English I think we all expect an English keyboard layout. I tried to do "yum install system-config-keyboard" but that brings me to #2.

    2. Why not set the images to use DHCP? Using vim to edit the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file with the wrong keyboard layout is a guessing game. Here's the key for anyone else that runs into these problems:

    y=z
    z=y
    /=-
    shift 7=/
    shift .=:

    Additional notes:
    When using VMWare Fusion select I moved this image NOT copied. If you select copied the NIC doesn't show up.
     

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