How to install Centos 7 on the virtual machine of Windows
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Be ready
(1) First, you need to download the VMware workstation. First, you need to download the VMware workstation.
link: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1l6NOzX4eoDimzxtfNC6IsQ, just enter ‘z8vp’ as password’;(2) After installing VMware workstation, you should find and download the CentOS7 iso file on the internet and install it using VMware workstation;
link: https://www.centos.org/download/ (UCL network will restrices access to this site, so you need to use another WiFi)
And the installation process is like this:
2. Install
When opening your virtual machine you will see:
You should select your language here
Then you need to go to the software selection and network settings
The button in the red circle should be turned on
Choose GNOME Desktop here
Set your root password and create your user(s). Root user can do everything to the system so most cases people can only use normal account, ( just like we have our own username and password to login in the computers of Pearson 110, but when you wanna see files like /etc/passwd, it will tell you permission denied, only root can see such kind of file)
When the installation is complete, click reboot and accept the license agreement.After this you can log on to your own linux!
(ps. You can log on to the account you created(mine is called Kirito), or if you want to use root, click ‘Not Listed’ and enter ‘root’ as usr name and your root password.
After logging, the system would require you to set the language and keyboard. When you’re done, Your CentOS is ready to use!