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Import OVF VM Into VMware Workstation 8

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VMware Workstation can import virtual machines packaged in the OVF format, the process takes little time and is surprising easy to follow.

From VMware Workstation go to File > Open…

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You are now presented with a window, on the lower right corner select Open Virtual Machine Format Images (*.ovf, *.ova) from the drop down menu.

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Browse to the location where the virtual machine resides and select it, click on Open.

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Now you can either choose to rename the virtual machine and modify path, the defaults work for me. Click on Import to start the process.

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Look at that progress bar, be patient.

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The newly imported virtual machine should now be usable in VMware Workstation.

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If you have any questions leave a comment below.

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VMware: Taking Ownership of this Virtual Machine Failed

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Could not open virtual machine: [vm name]

Taking ownership of the virtual machine is failed

This is an error that occurs mostly as the result of an unclean shutdown either because the host or guest didn’t have the time to properly stop operations. Fortunately this error can be solved with a few easy to follow steps.

VM Path

This is the type of error you will be presented with every time you try to start the virtual machine. Take note of the virtual machine path, you will need to navigate to where the virtual machine is located. Click on OK to dismiss.

VM Locked

In my case all virtual machines are stored in E:\Virtualization\(yours will be different). The VM I am looking for is Ubuntu 12.04 Server 64-bit.

VM Locked

Solution

With the VM directory open now search for all files with the extension .lck this are the files are responsible for the error. You have two options in order to solve the problem:

  1. You can move all files with the extension .lck to another directory that isn’t the same as the current one.
  2. Or you can do what I do and erase all .lck files. Only erase those ending with .lck.

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Results

Now go back and try to start the virtual machine. This time the VM should start like usual.

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Create A Bootable Deft Linux USB Drive In Windows

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The Deft Linux team has made available two Deft Linux images for those of you who want to create USB bootable Deft installations. If you try to create a bootable installation using the provided ISO the result will be an unbootable installation

For this tutorial I will be using a 8GB flash drive, the installation will overwrite the contents of the target drive. You can choose the 2GB or 4GB image Deft Linux image, the 2GB image is considered deprecated but should still do the job. I recommend you download the 4GB image, it has everything you will need.

Required:
DeftPen_v710-usb_4gb.dd.gz – Gzip compressed Deft Linux image.
7-Zip – This application will decompressed the image.
Win32DiskImager.exe – This application will write the image in the USB drive.

Image Download And Preparation

While you can choose to download Deft Linux from any mirror, I opted to download mine from http://na.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/deft/usb/DeftPen_v710-usb_4gb.dd.gz

DeftPen_v710-usb_4gb.dd.gz is a compressed image, you will need a utility like 7-Zip to decompress the image.

Write The Image

For Windows I recommend a utility called Win32 Disk Imager available at no cost from https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/+download. Download win32diskimager-binary.zip pick the stable version.

After decompressing win32diskimager-binary.zip open and click on Win32DiskImager.exe to start the application.

Only keep connected the USB drive you wish to write the image to (avoid accidental overwrite), in this Windows recognized my 8GB USB drive and assigned the label F:\. Click on the Folder icon and browse to the location where DeftPen_v710-usb_4gb.dd resides.

Note : By default Win32 Disk Imager will only display files ending with the extension .img and .IMG, change the extension type to *.* and all other file extensions will be displayed such as .dd, .bin, etc. Select DeftPen_v710-usb_4gb.dd and click on Save.

With the source image selected you can click on Write to start the operation.

Confirm you wish to overwrite the removable drive by clicking on the Yes button.

Process is displayed.

If the write was successful you should be presented with a window informing you of the fact.

Reboot, but don’t forget to set the BIOS to boot from removable media. Depending on the system BIOS the options might appear different.

Links

Deft Linux http://www.deftlinux.net/

New Virtual Machines: BSD Router Project (BSDRP)

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BSD Router Project (BSDRP) is an embedded free and open source router distribution based on FreeBSD with Quagga and Bird. This is a 17MB download, you will need 7-Zip to decompress the contents. Due to the small image size I will update the image accordingly as updates are released.

  • CPU: 1
  • Memory: 128MB
  • Disk Space: 8GB
  • Networking: 3 Interfaces | NAT | Sound card: Enabled
  • Compressed using 7-Zip

BSD Router Project 1.1 32-Bit 17MB
.MD5
.SHA1

BSD Router Project 1.1 64-Bit 17MB
.MD5
.SHA1