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 ====== Convert AstLinux install files to VMware ====== ====== Convert AstLinux install files to VMware ======
  
 +!!Obsolete info with AstLinux 1.2.5 and later.!!  Use the ISO Installer Image.
 +
 +\\ 
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 +===== 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. You can convert an astlinux-XX.img file to a VMware .vmdk file and have a bootable system with a few simple steps.
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   - Download an AstLinux 'geni586' .img.gz file   - Download an AstLinux 'geni586' .img.gz file
   - Decompress the image using gunzip, yielding a .img file   - Decompress the image using gunzip, yielding a .img file
-  - Use the VBoxManage utility ([[https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads|VirtualBox]]) to convert the image to a virtual disk+  - Use the VBoxManage (CLI) utility ([[https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads|VirtualBox]]) to convert the image to a virtual disk
  
 Example: Example:
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   VBoxManage convertfromraw -format VMDK astlinux-1.2.3-asterisk-11.18.0.img astlinux-1.2.3.vmdk   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 [[https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#idp46854861724896|VBoxManage convertfromraw]] command. 
-Now we are ready to create a new VM in VMware:+ 
 +\\  
 +===== Import the image in VMWare ===== 
 + 
 +Now we are ready to create a new VM in VMware ((This was tested in 2012 with VMWare vSphere 5)):
  
   * VMware -> New...   * VMware -> New...
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 Then make custom Settings changes... Then make custom Settings changes...
  
-    Network: Connect directly to the physical network (Bridged)+    Network AdapterBridged Networking (connect directly to the physical network)
  
-    Processors & RAM: 2 processor cores (for fun) and 512MB RAM+    Processors & Memory: 2 processor cores (for fun) and 512 MB Memory
  
-    Hard Disk: Disk size: increase to 2.00 GB and check Pre-allocate disk space, then click Apply.+    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)     Startup Disk: "Hard Disk (SCSI)"  (using "lsilogic" SCSI virtualDev)
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