

In the Processor Configuration window, specify a value for your virtual machine according to the processor power of your PC and click Next. Type a name for your virtual machine and then choose where you want to store it and continue with Next. If you have an old computer and are using a mechanical disk, you can gain further performance gain by storing the VM’s location on an external SSD disk in this window. You can choose the location where you want to install your virtual computer from this window. First, select the Linux option and select Debian 10.x 64-bit from the options listed in the Version section, then click Next. You can configure the type and version of the operating system you will install on the virtual computer from this window.

Select I will install the operating system later in the Guest Operating System Installation wizard, then click Next.

If you upgrade the Workstation program to a newer version after installing the VM, do not forget to change the hardware compatibility. Select the Custom (advanced) option in the Virtual Machine Wizard, and then click the Next button.Ĭonfigure the hardware compatibility setting of the virtual machine to 17.x. How to Create a New Virtual Machine for Debianīefore you can properly install and run an operating system in VMware virtualization software, you must configure the virtual machine settings correctly.Īfter running the VMware virtualization software, after clicking Create a New Virtual Machine, a Wizard will open as below. You will see two titles, CD and DVD, if you click on the amd64 option in the DVD title, you will be directed to the DVD image download web page, which contains many tools for environments where an Internet connection is not available or very slow.Īfter downloading the website a little bit, you can download the 3.6 GB ISO file named “debian-11.5.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso” to your computer.

Then click the “Download CD/DVD images using HTTP” link, and then click amd64 in the subheading “Official CD/DVD images of the stable release”. Then, click on the “complete installation image” link under the Download an installation image option. To download Debian Linux as an ISO to your computer, you must first visit the website.Īfter viewing the website, click Getting Debian from the options in the top menu to download the ISO file.
