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--- userdoc:tt_vmware [2013/05/20 13:55] – abelbeck
+++ userdoc:tt_vmware [2016/02/05 15:04] (current) – droemel
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 ====== 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.
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   - Download an AstLinux 'geni586' .img.gz 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:
-  gunzip astlinux-1.1.1-asterisk-1.8.21.0.img.gz
+  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 [[https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#idp46854861724896|VBoxManage convertfromraw]] command.
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+===== Import the image in VMWare =====
-  VBoxManage convertfromraw -format VMDK astlinux-1.1.1-asterisk-1.8.21.0.img astlinux-1.1.1.vmdk
+Now we are ready to create a new VM in VMware ((This was tested in 2012 with VMWare vSphere 5)):
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+  * VMware -> New...
-Now we are ready to create a new VM in VMware, use the "astlinux-1.1.1.vmdk", Linux, "Other Linux 2.6.x kernel"
+  * Create a custom virtual machine
+  * Choose Operating System... "Linux -> Other Linux 3.x kernel"
+  * Choose a Virtual Disk... "Use an existing virtual disk" -> Choose virtual disk... "astlinux-1.2.3.vmdk"
+  * Finish, Customize Settings...
-Then make some Settings changes...
+Then make custom Settings changes...
-    Network: Connect directly to the physical network (Bridged)
+    Network Adapter: Bridged 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 (optional), then click Apply.
+    Hard Disk: Disk size: 2.00 GB (enter), Advanced -> Bus Type: SCSI, check Pre-allocate disk space, then click Apply.
-    Advanced: Startup Device: "SCSI Disk"  (using "lsilogic" SCSI virtualDev)
+    Startup Disk: "Hard Disk (SCSI)"  (using "lsilogic" SCSI virtualDev)
 The rest of the defaults should be OK.