Fawzib Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Ok, installed ESXI 5.5 U2, ran the unlocker on it (said success). Created the VM (version 8). Tried to boot it and it did (saw the gray VMware screen so I guess the unlocker worked). Now I added a USB Flash drive with the Yosemite ISO which worked in Workstation 10 (tested creating both hardware versions 8 and 10). The apple logo on black screen shows up, the progressbar moves up to about 50% and it just stays there with the spinning cursor. Tried to use converter to move the VM from workstation to ESXI, the same (stops at 50%). Tried moving it with VM Workstation also the same. Tried to create the machine in ESXI, copy the disk and import it with vmkfstools nothing. I'm running out of ideas to try so I thought I would ask here. I'm sure I'm missing something simple. Anyone running yosemite on ESXI, that can give me some pointers? EDIT: Nevermind, got it working. Now the only problem is the video resolution. Max at 1024x768 even though the VMWare Tools are installed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcs2tx Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Fawzib - What did you do to get it working? I am having the same problem - I used converter to move the VM from Fusion, and the VM on ESXi U2 gets stuck at about 50% on boot. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawzib Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 Fawzib - What did you do to get it working? I am having the same problem - I used converter to move the VM from Fusion, and the VM on ESXi U2 gets stuck at about 50% on boot. Thanks. Well my problem was a moron behind the keyboard. When I ran the unlocker on esxi, did the chmod +x on install.sh and uninstall.sh but not on local.sh Anyway I just rebooted started the yosemite install from usb and waited. It was slower than on Workstation 10 though, but eventually it finished. Now it boots fast. Still working on the resolution stuck at 1024x768. PS: None of the exports/converts I tried (Converter/Workstation) worked. Installing from scratch did work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawzib Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 Ok, finally have it working. Fixed the resolution problem too thanks to this site (step 3). Now is there a way to stop vmware from automatic resizing the screen I want it always at the same resolution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcs2tx Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Thanks for the help. I was also a moron - forgot to chmod all of the files. Now, it appears to be running like a charm - both for the converted VM from Fusion and new installs. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niel07 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I successfully installed Yosemite 10.10 on ESXi 5.1. but i'm unable to passthrough GPU. It is gradeout and says host doesnot support pass through configurtion. I enabled the Virtualization and VT for Direct I/0 in BIOS but still in ESXi passthrough is gradeout. I'm attaching files for reference. Pls help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawzib Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 Does the motherboard actually says it supports VT-d (the direct IO part). What's the motherboard/cpu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donk Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 I successfully installed Yosemite 10.10 on ESXi 5.1. i'm trying to passthrough GPU. I'm having Radeon HD 7770. In ESXi under configuration and advance setting.. It is showing gradeout and says host doesnot support pass through configurtion. I enabled the Virtualization and VT for Direct I/0 in PC BIOS but still in ESXi passthrough is gradeout. Pls someone put light on the issue. http://techiezone.ro...ks-on-esxi-5-1/ My PC configuration - CPU: Intel i5-3570 Quad-Core 3.4 Ghz LGA1155 - Motherboard #: Intel Q77 Express - Video: Radeon HD 7770 GHZ Edition 1GB GDDR5 FLEX - OS X Yosemite 10.10 - MY dell bios ver A19 You must stop cross posting as it is against the forum rules! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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