Anyone who gave thumbs down possibly doesn't quite realize the implications of Windows 10 running in a virtual machine with x86 support on an ARM64 single board computer (perfectly or otherwise). This is mind-blowing! Well done, Don.

@microlinux

3 жыл бұрын

we can do it, on linux. and better for most parts. it's cool to have it. but for real tinkering, linux arm all the way.

After some fiddling, it was indeed possible to get the Network Adapter working. You will need to install the Windows Kernel Debugger Network Driver, and some manual commands. I had some issues, but resolved after disabling Local Area Connection* and just use that Debugger Adaptor. Works also after reboots, so thats pretty awesome.

Just an FYI, the reason that you can run 32bit and not 64bit on this is because when an intel porcessor processor is switched into long mode or native 64bit mode, its not backward compatable with 32bit protected mode. So windows has to emulate 32bit mode (WoW64 Winodows on Windows 64bit) to run 32bit apps. Compiling the OS to support ARM uses the same source tree and has brought that emulation layer over. Bascially an emulator in a VM. It's not that difficult to port the OS over to other processors, (if you look back in history we had support for, DEC ALPHA, IBM Power PC, MIPS and Itanium), it was desgined that way. The difficult part is mainly driver support as thats in the realm of the hardware vendors to produce binaries for the kernel for specific arch's. Great Vid!! Very cool.

Now time to run Arch Linux on ARM on Esxi on ARM on Windows on Arch on WSL2 ;)

it’s not about why it’s about why not

@NovaspiritTech

3 жыл бұрын

if i had a penny every time i had to say this!!!

Good that esxi is now able to run windows on arm

@yabadabadoo5928

3 жыл бұрын

Hi flying cow it's homer from discord

@vedforeal7835

3 жыл бұрын

Hello there

@yabadabadoo5928

3 жыл бұрын

@@vedforeal7835 hi ved

@vedforeal7835

3 жыл бұрын

@@yabadabadoo5928 sup

@yabadabadoo5928

3 жыл бұрын

@@vedforeal7835 ji

Great video👍🏻 Probably gonna try it myself 😁

Brilliant work, great video, very impressive. In the automotive sector there is currently a silicon shortage, partly due to the pandemic, but also poor design, silicon duplication is everywhere, average of 800 dollars spent per unit, using very dated tech, almost every tech operation is very simple, some one needs to show the automotive sector how it is done, one or two raspberry pi device's could do every task on a regular car, I would love to see a car completely run from a raspberry pi, this could be potentially be reducing the carbon footprint of car production and manufacturing cost and maybe increase efficiency of vehicles using this relatively modern low power tech.

Has anyone managed the ethernet workaround? would love to try but wired internet is a must

@jonnatyify

3 жыл бұрын

www.reddit.com/r/vmware/comments/ntljzo/esxi_arm_fling_raspberry_pi4_e1000_e1000e_vmxnet3/ Seems like the Kernel Debugging Driver somehow works, maybe you can follow this steps

Impressive and mind blowing.

I tried this with KVM, which worked fine for Linux ARM ISOs, but I couldn't find a bootable Win 10 ARM iso.

@edgecrush3r

2 жыл бұрын

the only way i could get Windows 10 bootable was using the Other/OtherOS template. i tried all combos, but this was the only one working for me with the latest Arm Fling anf UEFI package.

I guess now one can host an instance of Mikrotik's Netinstall and Dude server, x86 build without a PC or a Routerboard. Winbox and Dude already works using like wine for example, but if I remember correctly the latter can only run in client mode that way. On the other hand if audio and usb sharing really works, retro gaming enthusiasts can buy the Sound Canvas VA and make a nice softsynth out of it without a PC or a Mac. Maybe some properitary x86 built motorvehicle diagnostic software through RDP and wifi on the go. Checking all the garbage or bronze rated software in the winehq database could come handy. I've came too far from the Windows world so no real useful ideas here, just thinking out loud. :)

Hi, nice video! And really cool. But could you do a video about the installation, please? Because I get a blackscreen after the succeded setup thing. :(

@TXPhoenix79

3 жыл бұрын

Mine just crashes after power on.

Cool Video! But where do I get the ISO from? Is it the windows insider thing?

@pav8369

3 жыл бұрын

Answer: either just use Windows on Raspberry (worproject.ml I think) or get the OG Windows on ARM ISO from the Microsoft Insider Programm.

Nice video :)

Why does this run better on exsi than running on bare metal

cool, i will try to setup ESXI ARM iSCSI LUN to Synology NAS, maby it will be faster :)

Where i can get the Windows Server 2019 iso for ARM ?

noice noice

amazing video thx only one question if possible : how did installed network drivers in windows on arm ? i can t find the way to show network to virtual machine , can u link how :) thx

It is like a PoC, but with the missing drivers it is not nearly useable. But its funny to see what a pi can do.

Holy Cow!

Please, can you share the esxi 7.0 cd image on Google Drive, since the new version has a bug and the console does not work when you install a virtual machine. Thank you.

Amazing tutorial, but I have a problem with Windows VM's not recognize network adapter, do you have this problem? How to fix it?

hi can you please make a tutorial to get a RB pi4 cluster and install vmware on it

can we install windows server 2019 in esxi arm fling, i tried to download from uupdump but still yet , i'm not able to download that, error : 'no languages are available there'

@juhertfelder663

3 жыл бұрын

Same here

yes

How do you manage to get a network? Did you install vmware tools for windows arm64?

Science isn't about why - it's about why not - Cave Johnson

Hey Don, how about a challenge: Using Raspberry 0 w as your main PC for a day or three? I'm sugesting this because in 2012, Chris from Explaining Computers used Rpi2 as his PC for a week. Now in 2021, covid made more jobs change to the online model, and here in Brazil the prices of computers got very high. As i'm using my Rpi4 for main computer for a whole year, ive had a really good experience on manjaro with sway etc. Many wonder what can be used or not in Rpi0w, so this test could be great. Some details to make the sugestion working: -SYSTEM: raspberry OS. Maybe you get a better experience with arch, dietPi or even Gentoo idk. -DESKTOP ENVIROMENT: change the LXDE to sway or i3 (novaspirit has a great tutorial on this). Maybe 540p resolution would be better -PROGRAMS: abiword instead of libreoffice, gimp?, firefox with lightweight extensions or some terminal browser (i can sugest more tips on this topic) -HARDWARE RECOMENDATIONS: SSD or HD with external powering instead of the microSD memory, a good microSD or even leepspvideo's PiSafe's eMMC to boot, keyboard with dongle, cable management, and of course a great usb hub or the GPIO shild with more USBs, overclock and a little heatsink -CHALLENGES: try typing some text, light image and audio editing, youtube playback with h264ify or pasting the link in vlc, gaming (even light PS1 games works), benchmarks, light versions of sites like gmail and facebook, video or audio conferences, multitasking in general with htop, wine, DRM, ssh, cmatrix of course, etc

I have a Samsung 840 SSD (256gb) that just won't get picked up by esxi. Is there a special driver that needs to be added or some special configuration required? Could you make a video on that if that is so?

Is this wor or is it actually Windows

@NovaspiritTech

3 жыл бұрын

this is windows, not wor

@anthonylester6734

3 жыл бұрын

@@NovaspiritTech any reason not to try wor??? Im guessing the drivers wont talk to esxi

thanks much for the video... why do i get start ipx over ipv4 while following the procedure? i am trying with this iso: Windows10_InsiderPreview_Client_x64_en-us__19044.iso

Supports x86 emulation?

This is quite amazing, but wanted to know is it possible to run Android on esxi Arm?

Hi, it's cool, but is it passable to install winxp or server by same way using vmware on rspi??

@kevinbogren626

2 жыл бұрын

No since they are not arm64

which linux OS were u running

@NovaspiritTech

3 жыл бұрын

Ubuntu 20.04 on my desktop you saw in the video

Please test MT5 to see if it'll be able to run it

Interesting - there are no .iso for ARM available and that part was completely skipped in this video.

@512mb4

3 жыл бұрын

uup(dot)rg-adguard(dot)net

@studioxxswe

3 жыл бұрын

@@512mb4 Yea, I have already build ISOs :) It seems my problem (perhaps) was related to the fact I built the ISO in a Windows 2016 VM. The ISO would boot but go directly to recovery mode. Now I managed to build an ISO in a Windows 10 VM - but this one boots forever. But I call that progress so perhaps I would be able to install Win 10 today let's see :)

@studioxxswe

3 жыл бұрын

Or not really. Curios how did you use WoR to write to a ISO ?

@512mb4

3 жыл бұрын

@@studioxxswe I use wor only to write iso to disk, test on pi3 also I'm not using vm. . Here's what I do to get iso- Iso downloaded from uup rg-adguard, - 1.choose insider version, 2. w10 insider priview 10.0.21364(ARM64) 3.english 4.all edition 5.download iso compiler (1st option). 6. Download .cmd on top right of webpage 7. Launch it on my w10 pc, wait for iso compiling and done. Well, that is not the latest version anymore , but it work.

@studioxxswe

3 жыл бұрын

@@512mb4 SO you are able to run that ISO in ESXi on your Pi without issues? You do not have to inject any drivers at all? in ESX when you create a VM do you just create a standard windows 10 VM?

Ah, linux subsystem for windows

where is the link to download the iso?

How did you get the network to work?

@syahrialagniprasetya9775

2 жыл бұрын

Same here, did you manage to make it work?

When O tried to run esxi on raspberry, It was a education only version and has an exoiration date. Can I run esxi permanently in raspberry?

hey, I see a message of "You are currently using ESXi in evaluation mode. This license will expire in 180 days." Anywhere you can find a license? I haven't found any 😔

@diogosn

3 жыл бұрын

Have you tried using the common ESXi license? just go to the website VMware and the download part of the traditional ESXi (not ARM) and get your free license.

@gravetender

3 жыл бұрын

@@diogosn thank u, if anyone in the future needs it, I found it in the Hypervisor 7 free license

can i get the link of working arm windows 10 20H2 ISO

@mohitpannu27

3 жыл бұрын

Finally i have install the windows arm (19041.330.200610-0921.VB_RELEASE_SVC_IM_CLIENTPRO_OEMRET_A64FRE_EN-US) in esxi but after setup whole windows there is not network adaptor showing, what i do?

@NovaspiritTech

3 жыл бұрын

Check my Twitter, someone mentioned to try kdnet e1000e drivers. I havnt gotten it to work yet so I use a USB Ethernet with passthrough

@mohitpannu27

3 жыл бұрын

yes, i'm also using usb ethernet tenda adaptor

@haydn-db8z

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Mohit. In the video, NST mentions "20H2" a couple times, but you can see that the ISO he has on his VMware datastore is 19041. This version is actually "2004," the same one you said that you got working. I've been unable to get any of the newer versions working as a guest, so I'm falling back to 2004 next.

@andreirachita

Жыл бұрын

@@mohitpannu27 What Tenda model? Does it have ARM64 drivers or is it recognized automatically by Windows 10 ARM64?

How about running Windows Server on it ;-)

@NovaspiritTech

3 жыл бұрын

Does windows server 2000 count?

@matserrien6271

3 жыл бұрын

@@NovaspiritTech No, starting at Windows Server 2008 at least.

I googled UUP and got "Ulster Unionist Party" not exactly pleasant!

@512mb4

3 жыл бұрын

uup(dot)rg-adguard(dot)net