[Info-vax] VMware

[clair.grant@vmssoftware.com]

On Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 12:47:47 PM UTC-5, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
> On 12/8/2019 9:31 AM, clair.grant at vmssoftware.com wrote:
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> > First, a little background. The VSI business people have had a couple very positive meetings with people at VMware.  Even without anything definitive, we believe it is now time to get started on the technical side.
> > 
> > I have Fusion (VMware for MacOS) on my MacBook. After a slow start with some configuration issues and establishing the serial port, I can now network boot a base-level memory disk from our development cluster, issue commands to the BOOTMGR, and start the VMS boot process. This is absolutely no different than with VBox. As it is with every new platform we try, we are running into some form of configuration issue before we completely move beyond the Boot Manager and SYSBOOT. But, for just three days work, this is a great start. I'll have more once we get up into VMS itself.
> > 
> > VMware is not a V9.0 EAK deliverable. But, the sooner we get up and running, the better.
> > 
> 
> Are you saying you got OpenVMS x86 to run (in a fashion) inside VMWare Fusion on a Mac?  That would be very interesting...  I switched from Fusion to VirtualBox on my Mac a few years ago but if this worked it might be a good reason to switch back.
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> John H. Reinhardt

Yes, I am booting VMS as a Fusion guest. We don't get very far yet but we will eventually get VMS up and running.