[ale] CentOS virtual appliance in Fusion

[Asher Vilensky]

Got [most of] my questions answered from the VMWare community.  No need to
reply.

-- Asher


On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Asher Vilensky <ashervilensky at gmail.com>wrote:

> Of course, this is more of a Fusion question than Linux, so half-OT.
> Sorry.
>
> -- Asher
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Asher Vilensky <ashervilensky at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> I'm a Mac user with Fusion. I downloaded the CentOS 5.2 (Desktop, not
>> server) virtual appliance. I expanded the 7z file. Now I have a directory
>> that contains
>>
>> CentOS5-f001.vmdk CentOS5-f005.vmdk CentOS5.vmx
>> CentOS5-f002.vmdk CentOS5.nvram CentOS5.vmxf
>> CentOS5-f003.vmdk CentOS5.vmdk users.txt
>> CentOS5-f004.vmdk CentOS5.vmsd users.txt~
>>
>>  What's the next step? I tried "Import", but all files are grayed out. I
>> tried "new VM" and then pointing to the vmdk file. That continued
>> "successfully', but the system panic'd when booting, complaining that
>> VolGroup00 doesn't exist. What's the secret?
>>
>>
>> I installed many flavors of Linux in VM's in the past, but it was always
>> from scratch - either from DVD/CD, the network, or an iso image.  Never done
>> the appliance thingy.  Any idea anybody?
>>
>>
>>  Thanks.
>>
>> -- Asher
>>
>
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