vmware guest machines for CentOS-5 and CentOS-4 i386/x86_64 (update 2008/06/30) New setup since 2008/02/05 you are being ask for the root password on the 1st boot and which services should be started. pre-built: 1) minimale configuration 2) LAMP configuration 3) desktop (gnome) configuration Minimal and LAMP version are text mode, gnome version is graphical by default. ref: http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=1722 http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2189