Step 1. Creating a User Account on the Local FTP Server

You need to create a user account on your local FTP server. The user account must be set up using the account information in the following procedure:

To create a user account on the local FTP server:

1. Log in to the FTP server as the root user using Telnet or SSH.
2. Create a user account with the following account information:

   ftp_server = download.pro.parallels.com

   ftp_user = ftp

   ftp_pass = ftp@swsoft.com

You must use the specified account information otherwise the setup will fail.

The next step is to download and set up the yum repository containing the operating system RPMs and the required RPM updates as described in the following section. The operating systems supported are—FC 6 (Fedora™ Core 6), FC 4, CentOS 4.4 (Community Enterprise Operating System 4.4), RHEL 5 (Red Hat^® Enterprise Linux ES Release 5), and RHEL 4.

Note: FC 4 operating system is supported only with 32-bit architecture, and all other operating systems are supported with both 32-bit and 64-bit architecture.