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   Message 262,363 of 264,096   
   Brian Schenkenberger to Chris Townley   
   Re: VMWare ESXi emulator   
   06 Feb 25 14:35:47   
   
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   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... :(   
      
   â€” VAXman   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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