[Gluster-users] Live CD or alternative format to Live USB stick

[Harshavardhana]

Nice to know James,

Keep us posted of any problems.

Regards
--
Harshavardhana
Gluster - http://www.gluster.com


On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 10:12 AM, James Devine <fxmulder at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was able to use the vmdk in a vsphere 4 esx environment.  I just
> copied and gunziped the file on the esx server, created a new VM and
> attached the existing disk.  It recognized it as an IDE device and let
> me boot from it, the install seemed to work fine from there.
>
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Nicholas Ferguson
> <nferguson at nephilacapital.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for getting back with me, I really appreciate it.
> >
> >
> >
> > The VMDK provided is designed to work with VMWare workstation.   It has
> > an IDE type backing which is basically unsupported for ESX based VMs.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have gotten around this by going through the initial install routine
> > in VM Workstation and installing to a SCSI disk, then exporting this VM
> > to ESX.  This works just fine.  The VM boots and lands on the Graphical
> > Login prompt.  However, things go pear shaped from here, as the default
> > password fails.
> >
> >
> >
> > A quick cntr + alt + D brings up the desktop and I went into Network
> > Device Control.  All networks appear offline, I corrected this and was
> > then able to browse to internet sites so I know networking is
> > functional.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have not changed the password since converting the VM from a
> > Workstation format to an ESX format.  The default password continues to
> > work on the Workstation source.   I jumped down to a console prompt,
> > changed to the GLUSTER directory and reviewed the files.  The password
> > listed in the config and config.xml file is the one I am trying.  I am
> > not sure where to go from here.
> >
> >
> >
> > Any assistance, advice, or subtle hints, would be very much appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > Nicholas
> >
> > From: harshavardhanacool at gmail.com [mailto:harshavardhanacool at gmail.com]
> > On Behalf Of Harshavardhana
> > Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 3:06 PM
> > To: Nicholas Ferguson
> > Cc: gluster-users at gluster.org
> > Subject: Re: [Gluster-users] Live CD or alternative format to Live USB
> > stick
> >
> >
> >
> > Nicholas,
> >
> >    Thanks a lot for the words.  We have vmdk image presetn at this
> > location
> >
> >
> > http://ftp.gluster.com/pub/gluster/gluster-platform/3.0/testing/Gluster-
> > 3.0.vmdk.gz
> >
> >    We will release iso also in subsequent time as we are fixing few
> > issues there.
> >
> > Regards
> > --
> > Harshavardhana
> > Gluster - http://www.gluster.com
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Nicholas Ferguson
> > <nferguson at nephilacapital.com> wrote:
> >
> > Good Morning,
> >
> >
> >
> > First, let me congratulate the developers and community support on a
> > great product and an impressive release milestone.
> >
> >
> >
> > I am very eager to try Gluster Storage Platform on some ESX based
> > virtual machines.  I have no method of using the bootable USB to
> > accomplish this.
> >
> >
> >
> > Are there any plan on creating a bootable Live CD for installation and
> > or releasing and ESX based VMDK?
> >
> >
> >
> > Again, congratulations, great work!
> >
> >
> >
> > Nicholas
> >
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