Re: [Astlinux-users] installing AstLinux as a VM on ESXi

[Shamus R. <sh...@sr...>]

Michael,

Apologies… I never thought to look at the AstLinux documentation.

However, and this is for the archives, here are my particulates:
- VM Fusion v7.1.3
- ESXi v5.5

Following your instructions, I was unable to import the .vmdk file into ESXi. After several frustrating attempts, I instead did the following:

1. Followed your instructions to create a .vdi file with VirtualBox
2. Exported the VM as a .ovf
3. Modified the .ovf file as per the following site: http://www.itsecurenet.com/virtualbox-ova-to-vsphere-ovf/
4. Imported into ESXi

This seems convoluted, and I’m sure I’m making a mess of it, however everything is now working.

Thank you again for an excellent project!
   Shamus

> > I’ve done some searching, but have not found anyone who has done this. I’ve just received a second-hand Dell server and have installed ESXi on it. I’d like to be able to install AstLinux as a VM instance on it, but cannot figure out how to make this happen. I’ve tried creating a bootable-USB, but no luck.
> > 
> > Has anyone else tried this? Can you share any insights?
> > 
> > cheers,
> >  Shamus
> 
> We have a great Wiki:
> 
> http://doc.astlinux.org/userdoc:tt_vmware <http://doc.astlinux.org/userdoc:tt_vmware>
> 
> Michael
> 
> http://www.mksolutions.info <http://www.mksolutions.info/>
>