Hello,
I run Suse Linux 11.0 on a VMware Workstation, and I would like to upgrade to 11.1. Is it possible to boot an old virtual machine (with 11.0 on it) from the ISO image of the 11.1 DVD (without burning the DVD)?
Regards,
bostjanv
Yes, change the cdrom entry in the <machine>.vmx file to point to the iso you want to boot from. Then when you boot, you may have to hit F2 (I think) to select the boot device. Either way, vmware should prompt you when it first starts.
Hello,
Thanks for replying. However, your suggestion does not work. I did connect the ISO image to the CD-ROM; but the keys in the boot menu have different meanings: F2 selects the language and F1 selects Help. Perhaps I should rephrase the question: How does one set the boot sequence in the virtual machine? I’m not sure whether this belongs to the vmware forum or the suse forum; but perhaps someone here has encountered the same problem.
Regards,
bostjanv
I think this is an emulator issue. I don’t know about vmware, but in Virtualbox there are two ways to choose booting from CD (real device or ISO image). The first is to make sure that the CD is ahead of the hard disk in the booting order, and that an ISO image is mounted on the “CD drive”. The second is to hit F12 and change the boot device when the Virtualbox instance starts up. Again there should be an ISO image mounted, if using that. So I think there should be something similar in vmware?
Hi
When the vmware machine starts you need to make sure it has focus
(click in the vmware machine window) and then use the F2 key to
enter the vmware bios to change the boot order.
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Hi,
I must have tried it a dozen times, but could not make it work. The virtual machine simply proceeds to the usual boot menu.
Regards,
bostjanv
I think the obvious question here is ; why?
Why not boot into 11.0 normally, insert the virtual ISO drive into the machine, mount it and point the repository to the drive then run zypper dup.
When You highlight Your vmware machine (turned off) where view and edit lies there should be an option to boot into bios. When You are in the bios setup cd rom as the first boot device (Shift and +) I THINK.
Hello,
Thanks for the comments. Perhaps I’m missing something but I don’t see any such options in my View or Edit menu items. Actually, I got some helpful advice in the following discussion:
VMware Communities: Boot sequence in virtual machine …
In effect, I learned how to delay the boot by a sufficient time in order to enter bios via F2.
Regards,
bostjanv
PS The zypper suggestion seemed somewhat daunting since I’ve never used zypper before.
In short, not unlike real machines, where you have to be fast enough before the BIOS proceeds to boot. 