![]() ![]() You'll want to install the Parallels tools to make using the OS easier. Make a note of where the download resides and use the Parallels virtual machine creation wizard to create a VM from the. CentOS is downloaded to your computer as a disk image (.iso). In my case I was led to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) but because there are $$ involved for RHEL I chose its free cousin CentOS (32 bit, ver 5.4 Final) Choose a distribution that has been tested by Oracle AND one where there are no apparent problems with the Parallels Tools install.I didn't want the Windows bloat so opted for Linux. I already own Parallels (Build ) so virtualization software was an easy choice. I wanted to keep the Oracle environment isolated from Mac OSX to avoid side effects and to have the option of easily pruning the whole environment should I wish to. My goal was to create a virtual machine on my MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard (10.6.2) that could be used for testing and development.
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