Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Running VMware Server on Devil-Linux

[Bruce S. <bw...@re...>]

>>> The main problem with ESXi
>>
>> The other main problem with ESXi is a Windows-only client is required
>> to administer it.  Which for us Mac & Linux only households, it means
>> I still need a copy of the old VMware-server (free) on Linux, or
>> VMware-Fusion (not free) on Mac to run Windows to admin VMware-ESXi.
>> :-(
>
> I have a Windows VM running with the client installed. ;-)

Hopefully the VM is auto boot, and it has RDP enabled!   :-)

>>> is the limited hardware support, I ended up
>>> replacing a few components of my server to be able to use ESXi.
>>
>> I'd love to be able to run ESXi at home on an old PC, but I haven't
>> attempted it yet.  (and I don't want to spend thousands of dollars on
>> "supported" server hardware)
>>
>> What problems did you run into?  What hardware did you replace to
>> make it run?
>
> It was a step-by-step process, but I basically I ended up replacing my
> 3ware sata raid controller with a LSI1068E one (supermicro has a cheap
> one), replaced the NIC with a Intel based Gig desktop card and also
> ended up replacing my board/cpu/ram since I wanted the hw
> virtualization support.

So basically, you ended up building a whole new machine.  :-)

Do you have a shopping list for anyone who wants to build one cheap?

I've got a bunch of old IDE drives.  Is there any way to make them
work, or do I have to go SATA?

 - BS