• Slack on ESXi

    From Phil Kimble@1:128/2 to All on Sun May 13 21:43:16 2018
    Hey Guys,

    I finally have the latest version of Slackware 14.4 installed. It quicjkly returned to me all of the work involved in getting Slack running, but it is much easier these days.

    I am still bmping heads with getting vmware-tools installed though. Has anyone had any luck installing Slackware 14.4 on ESXi 6.5 & getting the vmware tools going?

    I noticed there is a vmware open source that is available. Is theat better or worse?

    And based on expereince, should I roll a custom Slack kernel for ESXi compared to running huge.s??

    Thx,
    Phil

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Phil Kimble on Tue May 15 15:57:00 2018
    Hello Phil,

    13 May 18 21:43 at you wrote to All:

    I finally have the latest version of Slackware 14.4 installed. It
    quicjkly returned to me all of the work involved in getting Slack
    running, but it is much easier these days.

    I had more issues getting Ubuntu running than I ever did Slackware, TBH.

    And based on expereince, should I roll a custom Slack kernel for ESXi compared to running huge.s??

    I don't have the answers but I highly recommend going to the official Slackware forum on linuxquestions.org and asking there. Patrick hangs out there. You'd probably get a quicker and more firm answer to your questions there.

    I've used ESXi but only for Windows Server installs.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Phil Kimble@1:128/2 to Sean Dennis on Tue Jun 5 06:01:42 2018
    Hi Sean,

    Hello Phil,
    13 May 18 21:43 at you wrote to All:
    I finally have the latest version of Slackware 14.4 installed. It
    quicjkly returned to me all of the work involved in getting Slack
    running, but it is much easier these days.

    I had more issues getting Ubuntu running than I ever did Slackware,
    TBH.
    I wouldnt really call it a "work effort" in the fact that one must know what they are doing during the install process. I have to admit, this is the first ever that I actually selected the "Install Everything" option. It has a "Microsoft Windows" feel to it - you dont really know what you will end up with. In this case, it work!!

    I've used ESXi but only for Windows Server installs.
    The only thing I have had trouble running in ESXi is OS2 Warp. It runs fine in VirtualBox & Mac OSX Fusion. Move it to ESXi & forget it!!

    Later,
    Sean
    L8tr!!
    Phil

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