Comments on: Running JunOS under VMWare (updated – again!)

By: @bobmccouch

@bobmccouch — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:52:33 +0000

These instructions worked great for me too. I discovered after some frustration that Parallels VMs don't seem to work with Junos, it never gets through the second install stage. But within Fusion, it worked right away using a Junos 10.1R1.8 Olive installer that I'd come across. Thanks!

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:18:41 +0000

hey tony. i got 11.2R2.4 to run in both esx and vmware fusion. send me a DM on twitter for the completed tgz.

By: j@y

j@y — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:48:57 +0000

Works like a charm – Junos 9.6 on FreeBSD 7.4 (Virtual Box). I am preparing for my JNCIA-JUNOS. This is my entry into Networking and I am thankful for this post that explains everything/

By: Arun

Arun — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 05:40:58 +0000

This forum helped me a lot…at last after getting some tips here to disable scsi, I was able to get olive working :)
Thanks a lot

By: unkmonk

unkmonk — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:17:06 +0000

Excellent guide. Thanks.
I found that you can let Junos boot for the first time and hang at "waiting for scsi devices to settle". Make the change to the vmx file, and save. Then reset the VM.

By: josele

josele — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:59:07 +0000

same happened to me, piece of cake: that error is after the ftp/tftp transfer because you didnt use the 'binary' format so if you are using tftp:
1/ tftp server_IP
2/ binary
3/ get file_name

that's it!

By: wmassgolfer

wmassgolfer — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:54:56 +0000

After trying to install Olive with a few different solutions this one worked like a charm the first time…and it was easy!

Thanks.

By: Ricky

Ricky — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:22:59 +0000

I use the exactly JunOS version as you, but freezes at "BTX Loader 1.0, BTX Version is 1.02" and have no clue about it, could you please provide a bit more details about your success story? Thx.

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:33:50 +0000

Hey Nicolas,

I hate to say it, but I'm not sure how to set that up exactly.. A good guy to talk to would be either nemith on #cisco.. (irc.freenode.net) he wrote the Olive page on the inetpro.org wiki.. I honestly haven't had too much of a chance to work on my olive lab.

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:29:09 +0000

pkgtools.tgz is inside of the jinstall-9.4R1.8-export.tgz — We need to open each of these archives to replace the checkpic binary.. If you follow the directions all will work out.