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Creating Typical Virtual Machine

A typical virtual machine includes the following devices:

OS/2 typical configuration includes a serial port.

Amount of memory and hard disk size vary for different guest OSes. Look in the following table for memory amount and hard disk size provided for different guest operating systems. The virtual hard disk for typical virtual machines is always created in expanding format.

 

RAM, MB

HDD size, MB

Windows Vista

512

16000

Windows 2003

384

8000

Windows XP

256

8000

Windows NT/2000

128

6000

Windows 95

128

2000

Windows 3.11

64

2000

Linux

256

8000

FreeBSD

256

8000

OS/2 Warp 3;4

128

2000

OS/2 Warp 4,5
eComStation

256

6000

OS/2 other

128

6000

Solaris

256

12000

MS-DOS

32

2000

Other guest OSes

256

8000

To create a typical virtual machine:

  1. Open Parallels Workstation. Click the New VM Button button or select New VM in File menu. The New Virtual Machine Wizard welcomes you. Click the Next button.

    New VM Wizard Welcome

  2. In this step the first option, Create a typical VM, is selected. If you are going to create a typical virtual machine, nothing needs to be changed on this screen. Click the Next button to continue to the next step.

    New VM Wizard Operating System

  3. Here you should specify the type and the version of the guest operating system you want to install on the new virtual machine. When the guest operating system is specified, click Next button.

    New VM Wizard Guest OS

  4. In this last step you should define a name for the virtual machine and indicate in which folder on the hard disk the virtual machine configuration file should be stored. By default the wizard will put it into standard place with a standard name. (The default folder for Parallels virtual machines is specified in the Preferences->Common window.)

    Enter a descriptive name for the virtual machine in the Virtual machine name field. The name should be no longer than 50 characters.

    In the Configuration file field the default path and name for the configuration file is shown. If you do not like the default name or path you may browse your file system to locate an appropriate folder and name. You may also make changes directly in the field.

    Click Finish to begin the process of creating your new virtual machine, or click Back to examine settings on the previous steps.

    After you click Finish, the new configuration is generated and opened in the Parallels Workstation window. The property page is displayed. You may continue with installing the guest operating system on the new virtual machine.

    New VM Wizard Configuration Name