First of all, I used this VMware Howto to get started, and it works most of the time.
But, for some reason, sometimes my Ubuntu server installs with what seems like the same options
act differently. So this is a brief summary of the problems I’ve run into, and the solutions I’ve found.

First of all, the Ubuntu server install supports full software RAID. Software or hardware RAID
should always be run for redundancy on anything you’re going to call a server.

Now, this howto is simple and straight forward, the only place I found an infrequent problem is where
it says to say no and exit the installer without configuring, sometimes that doesn’t work. Finishing
the install until it crashes out saying it can’t install, I’ve found, and *then* running the any-any patch
seems to always work, so I recommend that.

http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu_feisty_fawn_vmware_server_howto