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

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Quoting Bruce Smith <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!   :-)

Yes it does, but I use VNC instead of RDP (VNC is build into VMware).
You can enable SSH for ESXi, then worst case you just start it via the  
command line. ;-)

>>>> 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.  :-)

Basically ;-)

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

No I do not, but this website is very helpful: http://www.vm-help.com/

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

You'll need to use either a IDE Raid Controller (software raid won't  
work!) or get lucky and the build-in controller is supported for  
booting (you probably won't get lucky there).

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Regards
   Heiko Zuerker
   http://www.devil-linux.org


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