[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Unable to use Lenny_1614.ovf and VMWare Player

[Joseph Lewis]

Rush,

I can get the whole system running fine with about 512Mb of RAM alloted.
Just close out of the VM, hit settings, then under System change the base
memory (1.5 gigs seems a little high for LXDE).

Another useful thing is installing Guest Editions (if it isn't already) as
this allows you to do seamless mode with your normal desktop, and shared
copy/paste.

Joe

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On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Rush Austin
<rush.austin at buncombecounty.org>wrote:

> Thanks, Dan.
>
> I have VBox up and running, but I'm bumping into resource (RAM) issues.
>  Was hoping that VMWare might run a little lighter.
>
> Guess I'll have to see about getting my hands on a beefier machine to test
> with.
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: open-ils-dev-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:
> open-ils-dev-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Dan Scott
> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 10:59 AM
> To: Evergreen Development Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] Unable to use Lenny_1614.ovf and VMWare Player
>
> On 4 April 2011 10:35, Rush Austin <rush.austin at buncombecounty.org> wrote:
> > Attempt to open Lenny_1614.ovf in VMWare Player Version 3.1.4
> build-385536
> >
> > Error Message:
> >
> > “Failed to open virtual machine: Failed to query source for information.”
> >
> > Are there known version compatibility issues?  Is the “Player” not the
> > correct app to load the image into?
>
> Hi Rush:
>
> I have no recent experience with VMWare products but have heard that
> importing standard OVF files, even with the additional OVF import
> tools, is a pain.
>
> I recommend using VirtualBox (available from http://virtualbox.org) as
> that's what the images have been created with.
>
> Dan
>
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