Re: VMware Fusion for M1 Macs

[Chris Ridd]

On 18/03/2022 10:28, Alan B wrote:
> A new preview version (build 19431034) has just been released. I’ll attempt
> to build a Linux virtual machine later. The first version of the preview
> wasn’t too bad but I couldn’t get 3-D graphics working. But at least it’s
> free :) Parallels Desktop for ARM Macs works better currently but it ain’t
> free. I haven’t used UTM recently but that may also have been updated.

Thanks, updating now. The previous version ran an ARM build of Ubuntu
pretty well, though with no GUI.

--
Chris

[Chris]

Is that because the Arm build of ubuntu is usually a server image? You need
to install a WM before it'll work.

[Chris Ridd]

Possibly. But it is a better way to learn a Linux distro without relying
on the crutch of whatever whacky UI was flavour of the day.

--
Chris

[Chris]

Alan B <alanrich...@nospam.gmail.com.here> wrote:

> I've updated VMware now and tried to build VMs with both Ubuntu ARM servers
> 20.04 LTS and 21.10 but both fail after installation with this EFI stub error,
> i.e.
>
> EFI stub: Exiting boot services and installing virtual address map...
>
> This has been discussed on the VMware forum but I'm getting nowhere :(
>
> <https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Fusion-for-Apple-Silicon-Tech/New-VMware-Fusion-Public-Tech-Preview-for-Apple-Silicon-released/m-p/2898038#M1024>
>
> Next I downloaded the ARM iso for Fedora 35. The installer booted up but then
> froze :( However I was able to create a working VM under Parallels 17.1.1.
>
> Not a great start :(

I'd recommend sticking with UTM. It works great. The only weakness I've
found is that you can't change the disk size once linux has been installed,
but that's it.

[Theo]

Chris <ithi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd recommend sticking with UTM. It works great. The only weakness I've
> found is that you can't change the disk size once linux has been installed,
> but that's it.

You should be able to. UTM is just qemu under the hood, so:

qemu-img resize my-disk-image.qcow2 999G

will resize the virtual disc to 999 gigabytes (I forget where UTM puts it,
somewhere in ~/Library I think). Then it's a case of resizing the
partitions etc in Linux, just like on physical hardware.
(exact mechanism depends on what filesystems are being used, typically
gparted is the easiest although it doesn't cover all cases)

Theo

[Chris]

I tried it after my VM filled up and it didn't work.

[Chris]

On 18/03/2022 10:28, Alan B wrote:
> A new preview version (build 19431034) has just been released. I’ll attempt
> to build a Linux virtual machine later. The first version of the preview
> wasn’t too bad but I couldn’t get 3-D graphics working. But at least it’s
> free :) Parallels Desktop for ARM Macs works better currently but it ain’t
> free. I haven’t used UTM recently but that may also have been updated.
>

Is the preview only available to paid users of VMWare?

[Chris]

Alan B <alanrich...@nospam.gmail.com.here> wrote:

> I thought you only needed toi setup an account? I haven't paid for VMware for
> some time now!

I just wanted to check as it asked me to login when I hit download. Ok I'll
try again.

[Chris]

On 25/03/2022 12:48, Alan B wrote:
> On 2022-03-19, Chris <ithi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> [snip]

>
>> I'd recommend sticking with UTM. It works great. The only weakness I've
>> found is that you can't change the disk size once linux has been installed,
>> but that's it.
>

> I've just got an ARM Windows 11 VM working with UTM and, as far as speed is
> concerned, it compares pretty favourably with my equivalent VM running
> in Parallels. I haven't tried changing disk size as 64GB is plenty big
> enough for my needs at the moment.

Nice!