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Convert AstLinux install files to VMware

Obsolete info with AstLinux 1.2.5 and later. Use the ISO Installer Image.


Prepare the image

You can convert an astlinux-XX.img file to a VMware .vmdk file and have a bootable system with a few simple steps.

  1. Download an AstLinux 'geni586' .img.gz file
  2. Decompress the image using gunzip, yielding a .img file
  3. Use the VBoxManage (CLI) utility (VirtualBox) to convert the image to a virtual disk

Example:

gunzip astlinux-1.2.3-asterisk-11.18.0.img.gz
VBoxManage convertfromraw -format VMDK astlinux-1.2.3-asterisk-11.18.0.img astlinux-1.2.3.vmdk

Here is the complete manual of the VBoxManage convertfromraw command.


Import the image in VMWare

Now we are ready to create a new VM in VMware 1):

Then make custom Settings changes…

  Network Adapter: Bridged Networking (connect directly to the physical network)
  Processors & Memory: 2 processor cores (for fun) and 512 MB Memory
  Hard Disk: Disk size: 2.00 GB (enter), Advanced -> Bus Type: SCSI, check Pre-allocate disk space, then click Apply.
  Startup Disk: "Hard Disk (SCSI)"  (using "lsilogic" SCSI virtualDev)

The rest of the defaults should be OK.

Start the AstLinux Virtual Machine…

Finally, configure using the normal setup.


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This was tested in 2012 with VMWare vSphere 5