You are missing reading http://wiki.openwrt.org/RunningKamikazeOnVMwareHowTo - especially the part that tells you to use qemu-img to convert the bootable image into VMware format. The OpenWrt build system can't build VMware images by itself.

No, I didn't miss that. You first have to compile the image. When I run make menuconfig a target profile for vmware isn't listed.

From the wiki:
After applying the patches run 'make menuconfig' and select:
Target System (x86 [2.6])
Target Profile (VMware image)

I'm using the Kamikaze trunk for the svn and only "Generic & Soecris" are listed as target profiles.

Rob

I don't know what "the patches" are, but I'd guess somebody made some patches to the build system so that a vmware target profile would be provided. The wiki is clearly not up to date, it mentions 7.06 for example.

If I were you, I'd just build the Generic target - or just download a ready-made binary for 7.09 - and use qemu-img yourself to convert it.

Thanks for the help candlerb,

I'll give the generic target a shot. With VMWare being such a sweet system it would be great if the openwrt developers could add it as a build target.

Rob

I built a generic x86 image and followed the directions on the wiki, but when booting in the vmware player I get these error messages:

Warning: unable to open an initial console
Failed to execute /etc/preinit
Kernal panic: No init found

Any suggestions for a fix.

Rob

Hello everyone,

I followed instructions on http://wiki.openwrt.org/RunningKamikazeOnVMwareHowTo and was able to boot OpenWrt in VMware. But I cannot find any network interfaces ("ifconfig -a" only shows "lo0").

Does anyone have any hints on how to configure network interfaces for OpenWrt in VMware?

Thanks,
Ron

Do you have the kmod-e1000 package included in your image?

Ah, thanks for the hint. That helped!

Ron

Many thanks!!!
At me it has not turned out building opemwrt for vmware :-(
Describe in detail process building, please
(forgive for bad english)

hi georglk,

Have you tried to build your own image with generic x-86 platform ?

Don't forget to add network support for e1000 (it is required for vmware).

I personally was successful in creating an openwrt for vmware.

Here are the steps I followed :

1- install a development environment to compile kamikaze:
              http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=8410 explains how to do it for whiterussian but you can adapt it to kamikaze.

2- compile a generic x-86 image with e1000 network support.

3- follow http://wiki.openwrt.org/RunningKamikazeOnVMwareHowTo
              - to create the vmdk file
              - to create the vmx file

4- copy the two files to your VMware environment and open them as an existing Virtual-Machine

That did it.

(Last edited by slash on 3 Jan 2008, 15:26)

Is there a ready build Kamikaze 7.09 for VMWare out there?

I can`t get the image on WIKI get run http://wiki.openwrt.org/RunningKamikazeOnVMwareHowTo

Maybe someone can build a new working one?
Would need a *.vmdk and a *.vmx

It would be great if it would be a fully working build with WebInterface 2 and all other tools like vpn, torrent,...

Greet`s Erich

This would be nice.

The wiki says:

I don't have VMware image Target Profile. What are the patches I have to apply ?

Thanks.

(Last edited by Tex-Twil on 28 Jan 2008, 22:18)

I've tested the "ESX Method" and recognized the following:

You also have to add (in target/linux/x86-2.6/config/default)
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
And for support of the LSI controller:
CONFIG_FUSION=y
CONFIG_FUSION_SPI=y

The "missing" VMWare Target Profile is not needed, Generic works fine.

I have no glue what you are talking about?

Just wanna get an VMWare Image I can add to my VMWare and press play to let it run
All the other stuff is too eXtreme for me!

Greet`s erich

PLEASE CAN ANYBODY POST HIS RUNNING VMWARE IMAGE with newest Kamikaze Version

up!

I realy would love to test OpenWRT first in VMWare before flashing

Greet`s Erich

Hello,
I will compile a vmware version of openwrt and give you the vm machine.
Tex

1000 Thanx man
hope you can do this before the weekend ;P

Greet`s erich

The very best thing would be if you document your steps - then I would be able to do this too ^^

Ok,
I have a vmware image with kamikaze and webif² on it. I actually followed the steps described on the wiki : http://wiki.openwrt.org/RunningKamikazeOnVMwareHowTo to build it. I used the provided VM config file.

Anyway, you can download it from here http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0AFC10MA
If it works fine, maybe someone could host it on a server instead of using the megaupload.

Btw, the password for root is toor

Tex

(Last edited by Tex-Twil on 29 Feb 2008, 14:23)

Tex-Twil many ThanX

I changed the IP-Adress of the Router in the VMWare 192.168.1.1 isn`t a good idea

Webinterface works fine - B U T
I can not TELNET the OpenWRT Router in the VMWare

How did u manage to access it with command shell?

GreeT`s Erich

SSH
If you are on Windows, you can use putty as a ssh client.  http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgta … nload.html

(Last edited by Tex-Twil on 29 Feb 2008, 19:09)

You are damn good my friend

Maybe you also can help me with my NFS-Server Problem

http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=14713

BusyBox v1.4.2 (2008-02-29 13:21:38 CET) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

  _______                     ________        __
|       |.-----.-----.-----.|  |  |  |.----.|  |_
|   -   ||  _  |  -__|     ||  |  |  ||   _||   _|
|_______||   __|_____|__|__||________||__|  |____|
          |__| W I R E L E S S   F R E E D O M
KAMIKAZE (7.06) -----------------------------------
  * 10 oz Vodka       Shake well with ice and strain
  * 10 oz Triple sec  mixture into 10 shot glasses.
  * 10 oz lime juice  Salute!
---------------------------------------------------
root@OpenWrt:~# ls
TZ                log               resolv.conf.auto  usr
dhcp.leases       preinit.log       run
lock              resolv.conf       spool
root@OpenWrt:~#

hi all
is it possible to secure console with something more the just pressing enter to login?

type
passwd root

then you enter 2 times the new password

GreeT`s Erich

You would have to install a getty.

When you compile Kamikaze, during the "make menuconfig" step, go to "Base system", highlight busybox and press Enter.  Go to "Configuration", then "Login/Password Management Utilities" and select "getty" and "login".

NB!:
1.) I have not tried this.
2.) There is already a /bin/login included with OpenWrt.  This is a shell script that prints the message to tell you to set the passwd when you telnet in for the first time after flashing.  I haven't checked where this comes from and I don't know if replacing it with the busybox /bin/login will cause trouble.

What do you mean exactly ? I don't really understand. Don't forget that if you run openwrt on a ream hardware, there is no "screen". The only way to log in to it is ssh, telnet .. where you have a password.

Tex