Running EXOS on VMware

[jeronimo]

I went here https://github.com/extremenetworks/Virtual_EXOS and downloaded the ISO

I booted from the ISO and it tells me it can't find install.xos

The doc referenced on Github (https://github.com/extremenetworks/Virtual_EXOS/blob/master/Install_Guide_EXOS-VM-ESXi-5.docx?raw=tr...) says nothing about that.

In fact it fails at "Starting External Memory Card device" with "mounting /dev/hdc on /mnt/a failed: No such device or address"

[Ed_McGuigan1 · Accepted solution]

I had this issue. When you switch the hard disk to be IDE rather than SCSI, it places it as IDE0:0 ( Master on IDE Controller 0 ) and then places the CD Drive as IDE0:1 ( Slave on IDE 0 ). You have to move the CD Drive to be master on IDE1 ( IDE1:1 ).

[TylerMarcotte]

Ahh yes, I forgot about that part since I removed the CD ROM drive after the install. Glad you got it working!

[Drew_C]

You can use the .xos file to upgrade an existing EXOS VM in the future so you don't have to contend with VMware next time.

[jeronimo]

This makes sense since the error contained "/dev/hdc ...", meaning the boot loader tries to mount itself. Which also makes sense. In the beginning I thought I needed a separate ".xos" files which is not true.