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installing Tiny Core Linux 7.2 on Vmware ESXi virtual machine

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nmm4829:
Hello
I am completely new to TCL
I need to install it as a virtual machine in VMware workstation and ESXi.
I have obtained the Tiny Core Linux 7.2 .iso file.
at new virtual machine creation wizard in ESXi, we must select type of OS. what should I select here? there are lots of Linux distributions there except Tiny Core Linux.

if there is .ova file of current version (TCL 7.2) that would be great.
many thanks in advanced

curaga:
Usually you can select something like "Generic Linux", "Linux 3.0" or "Linux 2.6".

andyj:
I use TC in VMware Workstation and ESXi extensively, and I'm the current maintainer of the open-vm-tools extension that you will need for your VM's. Just pick a generic Linux kernel. The OS's in the list are there so VMware can tweak some settings for the respective distributions' tweaks. Don't bother trying to install VM tools from the menus; it won't work. Just use the open-vm-tools extension, it's faster and easier. If you're not using X there is an open-vm-tools-esxi extension that's lighter. Use IDE for the disk type, TC doesn't recognize VMware's SAS and SATA hardware.

curaga:

--- Quote from: andyj on September 07, 2016, 06:51:22 AM ---TC doesn't recognize VMware's SAS and SATA hardware.

--- End quote ---

It certainly should, the PVSCSI module is included for that reason. Does it need some other module?

andyj:
I just tested TC 7.2 32-bit in VMplayer 12. IDE and SATA drives are detected. SCSI drives are not. SATA didn't work for me in previous versions, so I didn't know it might work now. I assume that SCSI would need either the LSI or Bus Logic adapter modules. I believe that in VM workstation 12 I get to choose the adapter for the SCSI devices whereas in player I don't. I'll have to check that out on a different computer. The paravirtual scsi drive is detected in ESXi, but the mouse doesn't work in the desktop when using the web GUI console. I can't check if it would install because there doesn't seem to be a way to advance past the first screen in tc_install using the keyboard. Hitting enter when the next arrow key is selected goes back to the previous check box. I didn't try the CLI version of tc_install, and I didn't try to configure an LSI SCSI drive in ESXi. I think I would have to use the Windows vSphere client to do an install using the GUI, as I recall that's how I did it last time. There isn't an X log file in /var/log to diagnose the mouse problem.

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