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margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 14pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed1"> <title>About This Book</title> <h3>About This Book</h3> </div> <a name="wp944030"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> This manual, the Guest Operating System Installation Guide<em class="cEmphasis">, </em>provides users of ESX Server, GSX Server, VMware Server, VMware ACE, and Workstation with information about choosing and installing guest operating systems for VMware virtual machines. </div> <a name="wp943786"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 14pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed2"> <title>About This Book</title> <h4>Document History</h4> </div> <a name="wp943787"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> Guest Operating System Installation Guide, Revision 20060810, Item No. GSTOS-ENG-Q306-198 </div> <a name="wp944968"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> This manual is revised with each release of the product or when necessary. A revised version can contain minor or major changes. </div><div align="left"> <table border="1" id="wp944977table944969"> <caption></caption> <tr align="center"> <th><a name="wp944977"> </a><div style="color: #000000; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none"> Revision </div> </th> <th><a name="wp944979"> </a><div style="color: #000000; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none"> Date </div> </th> <th><a name="wp944981"> </a><div style="color: #000000; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none"> Description </div> </th> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td><a name="wp944983"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="ptableText"> 20060502<br />includes information for ESX Server 2.5.3 </div> </td> <td><a name="wp944985"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="ptableText"> May 5, 2006 </div> </td> <td><a name="wp944987"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="ptableText"> PDF, HTML on Web </div> </td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td><a name="wp944989"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="ptableText"> 20060614<br />includes information for ESX Server 3.0 and VirtualCenter 2.0 </div> </td> <td><a name="wp944991"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="ptableText"> June 14, 2006 </div> </td> <td><a name="wp944993"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="ptableText"> PDF, HTML on web </div> </td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td><a name="wp944995"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="ptableText"> 20060619-20060622<br />minor changes </div> </td> <td><a name="wp944997"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="ptableText"> June 19-22, 2006 </div> </td> <td><a name="wp944999"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="ptableText"> PDF, HTML on web </div> </td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td><a name="wp945001"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="ptableText"> 20060711<br />includes information for VMware Server 1.0 </div> </td> <td><a name="wp945003"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="ptableText"> July 11, 2006 </div> </td> <td><a name="wp945005"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="ptableText"> PDF, HTML on web </div> </td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td><a name="wp945367"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="ptableText"> 20060810<br />includes information for Workstation 5.5.2 </div> </td> <td><a name="wp945369"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="ptableText"> August 10, 2006 </div> </td> <td><a name="wp945371"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="ptableText"> PDF, HTML on web </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> </div> <a name="wp945354"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 14pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed2"> <title>About This Book</title> <h4>Document Feedback </h4> </div> <a name="wp945348"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> If you have comments about this documentation, submit your feedback to: <br /> <span class="cWebJump"><a href="mailto:docfeedback@vmware.com" target="_window">docfeedback@vmware.com</a></span> </div> <a name="wp943621"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 14pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed2"> <title>About This Book</title> <h4>Conventions</h4> </div> <a name="wp944201"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> The following conventions are used in this manual. </div><div align="left"> <table border="1" id="wp944186table944184"> <caption></caption> <tr align="center"> <th><a name="wp944186"> </a><div style="color: #000000; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none"> Style </div> </th> <th><a name="wp944188"> </a><div style="color: #000000; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none"> Purpose </div> </th> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td><a name="wp944521"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="ptableText"> <a href="#" target="_window"><span class="cWebJump">blue (online only)</span></a> </div> </td> <td><a name="wp944523"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="ptableText"> Used for cross references, links </div> </td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td><a name="wp944464"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="ptableText"> <span class="ccommand"><tt>Monospace</tt></span> </div> </td> <td><a name="wp944466"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="ptableText"> Used for <span class="ccommand"><tt>commands</tt></span>, <span class="ccommand"><tt>filenames</tt></span>, <span class="ccommand"><tt>directories</tt></span>, <span class="ccommand"><tt>paths</tt></span>. </div> </td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td><a name="wp944468"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="ptableText"> Monospace bold </div> </td> <td><a name="wp944470"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="ptableText"> Used to indicate user input. </div> </td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td><a name="wp944479"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="ptableText"> <em class="cEmphasis">Italic</em> </div> </td> <td><a name="wp944481"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="ptableText"> Used for book titles. </div> </td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td><a name="wp944483"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="ptableText"> &lt; name &gt; 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