Install CentOS 6.2 Minimal on VMware Player 4.0.2

I needed to create a virtual machine running CentOS 6.2 Minimal on VMware Player (4.0.2). The version I wanted to install was only using 512 MB of RAM so it used the text installer. However I kept getting the error "./run_upgrader.sh: line 21: file: command not found" when the machine rebooted.

After much googling and hair pulling I discovered the following entry in the release notes for CentOS 6.2 Minimal () under the section 5. Known Issues.

So I created the virtual machine without specifying the ISO I wanted to install. I just specified the disk space, RAM, etc.

Then once the machine was created, before restarting it again, I wen to the machine settings and modified the CD/DVD (IDE) settings. Here I specified the ISO of CentOS 6.2 Minimal.

After this I started the machine and ran through the install wizard. After the installation the virtual machine reboots without any problems.