Install Centos Linux 5

This article presents how to install Centos 5.

I assume you have already downloaded Centos Linux 5 64 bit(about 3.5 G) and you know how to use VirtualBox 64 bit(100M) which is available on OTN. Create virtual machine with default settings for Centos Linux 64 bit. 1GB ram and 32G for disk is enough to run Centos 5 64-bit. Rest of options you can keep default – however I usually increase memory for graphic card to 128M, enable 3D acceleration and set processor to 2.

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Install Fedora 18

This article presents how to install Fedora 18.

I assume you have already downloaded Fedora 18 64 bit(about 4 G)  and you know how to use VirtualBox 64 bit(100M). Create virtual machine with default settings for Linux Fedora 64 bit. 1GB ram and 32G for disk is enough plus increase video memory to 128M and turn on acceleration 3D. Rest of options you can keep default.

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Install Fedora 17

This article presents how to install Fedora 17.

I assume you have already downloaded Fedora 17 64 bit(about 3.5 G)  and you know how to use VirtualBox 64 bit(100M). Create virtual machine with default settings for Linux Fedora 64 bit. 1GB ram and 64G for disk is enough plus increase video memory to 128M and turn on accelaration 3D. Rest of options you can keep default.

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Install Oracle Linux 5 (OEL5)

This article presents how to install Oracle Linux 5.

I assume you have already downloaded Oracle Linux 5 64 bit(about 3.5 G) from OTN and you know how to use VirtualBox 64 bit(100M) which is also available on OTN. Create virtual machine with default settings for Oracle Linux 64 bit. 1GB ram and 64G for disk is enough to run OEL5 64-bit. Rest of options you can keep default.

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Install Oracle Linux 6 (OEL6)

This article presents how to install Oracle Linux 6.

I assume you have already downloaded Oracle Linux 6 64 bit(about 3.5 G) from OTN and you know how to use VirtualBox 64 bit(100M) which is also available on OTN. Create virtual machine with default settings for Oracle Linux 64 bit. 1GB ram and 64G for disk is enough to run OEL6 64-bit. Rest of options you can keep default.

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Install Solaris 11

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This article presents how to install Solaris 11 on Oracle virtual box.

Software used. It’s available on OTN:

  • Oracle Solaris 11 64 bit(about 966MB) – sol-11_1-live-x86.iso
  • Oracle virtual box – just install latest release

Create virtual machine with default settings for Solaris 64 bit. 2GB ram and 64G for disk is enough to run Solaris 11 64-bit. Rest of options you can keep default.

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