VMWare & CentOS 6.4 Windows X installation

Install X Window

1. Update the installed system
   

   yum -y update

2. Install Desktop and X Window package groups
   

   yum groupinstall "Desctop" "X Window System"

3. Install default/boxes fonts
   

   yum install xorg-x11-fonts-Type1

4. Change default runlevel to 5 (X11 runlevel)
   

   vi /etc/inittab [click insert] id:3:initdefault: -> id:5::initdefault: [click Esc] :wq [click Enter]

Install VMWare drivers

1. Create folder /mnt/cdrom
   

   mkdir /mnt/cdrom

2. Mount cdrom
   

   mount /dev/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom

3. Get archives with tools and drivers into tmp folder.
   

   cd /mnt/cdrom cp VMwareTools[click tab] /tmp

4. Unpuck and run it
   

   cd /tmp tar -xzvf VMwareTools[tab] cd vmware-tools-distrib/ ./vmware-install.pl [click enter] n-time

Add new user

1. Add new user
   

   useradd bigdata passwd bigdata [set password]

2. Reboot computer
   

   reboot