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Yosemite on ESXI 5.5 U2


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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...

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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.

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  • 2 weeks later...

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.

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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!

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