Chris,
Check that you are including a network device driver that will work in a
virtual machine. I build the alix image and to get it to work in VMware I
have to make sure that the PCNET32 device driver is included... see below.
This one change produces a single astlinux image that works on either alix
h/w or in a VMware environment.
Index: target/device/alix/linux.config
===================================================================
--- target/device/alix/linux.config (revision 4018)
+++ target/device/alix/linux.config (working copy)
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@
# CONFIG_IBM_NEW_EMAC_TAH is not set
# CONFIG_IBM_NEW_EMAC_EMAC4 is not set
CONFIG_NET_PCI=y
-# CONFIG_PCNET32 is not set
+CONFIG_PCNET32=m
# CONFIG_AMD8111_ETH is not set
# CONFIG_ADAPTEC_STARFIRE is not set
# CONFIG_B44 is not set
Index: target/device/alix/target_skeleton/etc/rc.modules
===================================================================
--- target/device/alix/target_skeleton/etc/rc.modules (revision 4018)
+++ target/device/alix/target_skeleton/etc/rc.modules (working copy)
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
#forcedeth
#8139cp
#8139too
-#pcnet32
+pcnet32
#acenic
#e1000
#ns83820
Also, it is possible to use serial output in virtual machines. You can
create "virtual" serial ports in two virtual machines and connect them. So
the astlinux vm would pipe data out, you would connect that on the host to
another vm that has linux in it. Google "socat vmware" for pointers.
David
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Chris Abnett <[email protected]>wrote:
> Ok so im here banging my head against the wall trying to get astlinux to
> run under VMWare.. I know there used ot be images created for it so I know
> it can be done…
>
>
>
> Here is what I want..
>
>
>
> I want to be able to work on my Astrlinux development while im say on an
> airplane with no internet access.. (be able to write dialplan and test with
> my softphone)….. I have VMware server on my very capable dual core laptop
> so no issues there….
>
>
>
> So I have my custom builds of astlinux.. one is for a net5501 and one is
> for a standard i586 generic (I run astlinux on both)…
>
>
>
> So I took a custom build, and did makerunnix.sh on it to create an image….
> I can take that image and ddrescue it to a flash drive and it boots fine and
> works…
>
>
>
> So I found a program called qemu-img and ran that on the image makerunnix
> created.. this turned it into a vmdk..
>
>
>
> Created a virtual machine.. copied the vmdk over to the directory.. powered
> on the virtual machine…
>
>
>
> I get the following:
>
>
>
> Boot:
>
> Loading Runnix…………………………………………………………….
>
> Loading Runnix.img……………………
>
> Ready.
>
> Uncompressing Linux… Ok, booting the kernel.
>
>
>
> Decompressing Linux… Parsing ELF… done.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> And then no more output to the console afterwords… this is using the PC
> version (not the net5501)
>
>
>
> I figure im missing something dumb and that…
>
>
>
> Ok so I got past that error.. turns out I had it set up for a serial
> console… bad…
>
>
>
> ****
>
>
>
> So now I get all the way to where it says
>
>
>
> Copying AstLinux files to RAM…
>
> Unmounting /cdrom
>
> Pivoting…
>
> INIT: version 2.86 booting
>
> INIT: /etc/inittab[7]: id field too long (max 4 characters)
>
> INIT: /etc/inittab[8]: id field too long (max 4 characters)
>
> INIT: /etc/inittab[14]: missing id field
>
> INIT: /etc/inittab[15]: missing id field
>
> Enter runlevel:
>
>
>
> And that’s where it bombs… I don’t want to use an ISO because I want to
> make changes.. I really just want to run my astlinux just like I do on my
> PC in my VMware…
>
>
>
> Anything special I need to do?
>
> -Christopher
>
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