Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Administration Unleashed

536APPENDIX BCreating Virtual MachinesFIGURE B.7Installation Media for Full Virtualization. Disk image location: Provide the location of the disk image to use as the filesystemfor the virtual machine as shown in Figure B.8. It can be either a disk partition orfile on the host filesystem. If using a disk partition, it must already exist. If a file isspecified and does not exist, a disk image file will be created using the size selected.Remember that the disk image size must be large enough to install the OS and storeany files you might need on the local virtual filesystem for the VM. If you needmore storage, the guest OS on the VM can access network storage using the sameprotocols as a normal Linux system such as NFS and Samba.FIGURE B.8Disk Image Location