It's difficult to use all of the features of CentOS with the default resolution that you get when it boots up in a VMWare console:
As you can see from the above image, the manual partition screen has features which are not displayed and no scroll bars are available either; some of the critical buttons are out of reach.
Here is a simple solution:
When you get to the following screen, make sure you select "Install CentOS 7", but instead of hitting the <enter> key, hit <tab> instead to edit the startup options:
Simply add the VGA code for the resolution you want to use to the end of the line. I find that vga=773 works very well. For various vga codes, see http://impactcore.blogspot.ca/2011/03/linux-screen-resolution-set-at-boot.html
That should increase your console's video size to 1024x768 at 8bit.
As you can see from the above image, the manual partition screen has features which are not displayed and no scroll bars are available either; some of the critical buttons are out of reach.
Here is a simple solution:
When you get to the following screen, make sure you select "Install CentOS 7", but instead of hitting the <enter> key, hit <
Simply add the VGA code for the resolution you want to use to the end of the line. I find that vga=773 works very well. For various vga codes, see http://impactcore.blogspot.ca/2011/03/linux-screen-resolution-set-at-boot.html
That should increase your console's video size to 1024x768 at 8bit.
