[Info-vax] VMWare ESXi emulator

[Brian Schenkenberger]

On 2025-02-06 00:51:52 +0000, Chris Townley said:

> On 06/02/2025 00:43, MG wrote:
>> Op 6-feb-2025 om 00:53 schreef Brian Schenkenberger:
>>> WHERE IN THE WORLD DO I GET THIS STUFF?
>>> 
>>> Google leads me around and around. I've created VMSware accounts, 
>>> Broadcom accounts, gawd only knows where account, etc. I still don't 
>>> have this software to download and run this VMS X86.
>>> 
>>> - VAXman
>> 
>> Before the Broadcom acquisition the VMware website wasn't great
>> either, in my experience, but at least I could find some things
>> (also the case for the Spring developer certification courses)...
>> 
>> On that note, it would be good if eventually VSI also provides
>> support for other (Linux) virtualization hypervisors/solutions
>> (like e.g. KVM).
> 
> KVM is supported, as is Virtualbox

Installed Virtualbox.

In the "Virtual machine Name and Operating System" window I entered:

Name: OpenVMS
Folder: /home/vaxman/Virtualbox VMs
ISO Image: /home/vaxman/OpenVMS/X860923OE.ISO
Type: Other
Version: Other/Unknown

I get:

OS type cannnot be determined from the selected ISO, the guest OS will 
need to be installed manually.


Now, if only I could find manual installation instructions... :(

— VAXman