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04-20-2014, 09:56 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2014
Posts: 6
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Slackware on VMware Workstation
Hello, I'm new here. I'm trying to install Slackware on VMware 10, but it doesn't boot. I downloaded the .iso version Slack 14.1 DVD full iso.
So when I set it to start on VMware, it doesn't boot. It can't find the system to install. So what am I doing wrong?
The BIOS is set to start booting on CD.
This could be related becasue of the new version of WMware? In addition the VMware doesn't recognize which Linux distro the iso is.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks,
Andres
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04-20-2014, 10:35 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2009
Location: McKinney, Texas
Distribution: Slackware64 15.0
Posts: 3,860
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Tell VMWare that it's a linux distribution on a 3.x kernel.
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04-20-2014, 10:55 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2014
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Not working, same issue. Thanks!
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04-20-2014, 11:30 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Jogja, Indonesia
Distribution: Slackware-Current
Posts: 4,849
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Did you download the DVD Installation or DVD Source ISO?
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04-21-2014, 07:42 AM
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#5
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2014
Posts: 6
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I downloaded this: "slackware-14.1-install-dvd.iso"
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04-21-2014, 08:02 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2009
Location: McKinney, Texas
Distribution: Slackware64 15.0
Posts: 3,860
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Quote:
Originally Posted by andres88_
Not working, same issue. Thanks!
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What, exactly, are you doing?
If I remember correctly, you cannot boot from the installation wizard to the slackware iso image. You configure your vm as I had mentioned above and choose the option that you'll install the OS on your own. |
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04-21-2014, 08:29 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2014
Posts: 6
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So slackware will not boot from the iso? I should create an empty Linux 3.x kernel and then install the OS on my own? There is a guide for it? or how I do it?
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04-21-2014, 09:10 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2009
Location: McKinney, Texas
Distribution: Slackware64 15.0
Posts: 3,860
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VMWare won't boot it from the install wizard. A virtual machine will boot from the iso image just fine.
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04-21-2014, 09:19 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2014
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Cranium
VMWare won't boot it from the install wizard. A virtual machine will boot from the iso image just fine.
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well, that's is not working. See the error that I mentioned in the first topic. The virtual machine is not working with the iso image |
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04-21-2014, 02:48 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Jogja, Indonesia
Distribution: Slackware-Current
Posts: 4,849
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Vmware works fine with Slackware ISOs. I'm using VMware workstation 10 to boot many Slackware VMs here and it's working fine
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04-21-2014, 03:06 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2014
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So, where is my problem? I can't boot it.
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04-21-2014, 03:14 PM
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Member
Registered: Oct 2009
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 534
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Could you please copy/paste the error message or tell us the last line you see? Just to be on the safe side...
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04-21-2014, 03:44 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Jogja, Indonesia
Distribution: Slackware-Current
Posts: 4,849
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Have you checked the checksum for the ISO and make sure it's not corrupted?
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04-23-2014, 09:13 AM
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Member
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Virginia, US
Distribution: Slackware 14.1 multilib
Posts: 149
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Don't have a machine with VMware 10 available right now, but I am sure that 9 is close enough...
1. Click Create a New Virtual Machine
2. Select 'I will install the operating system later'
3. Select Linux
4. As mentioned above select 'Other Linux 3.X.X kernel' if you have the 64 bit ISO make sure to select the 64-bit here
5. Name you VM and tell it where to put it
6. Set the size of the virtual drive
7. Select Customize Hardware
8. Select the CD/DVD and tell it to use the ISO that you downloaded
9. Click close
10. Finish
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