[Info-vax] VMWare ESXi emulator

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 2/6/2025 2:35 PM, Brian Schenkenberger wrote:
> 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.
>>>
>>> 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... :(

Have you read VSI OpenVMS x86-64 V9.2-3 Installation Guide
section 2.3?

Have you found:
   https://raymii.org/s/blog/OpenVMS_9.2_for_x86_Getting_Started.html
?

Arne