Re: Building LFS in VMware Workstation

On 30/01/2026 19:28, Pocket ([email protected] via lfs-support 
Mailing List) wrote:
>
>
> On 1/30/26 11:12 AM, Steve Thomas ([email protected] via lfs-support 
> Mailing List) wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I'm just curious if anyone has experience of building LFS in a VMware 
>> Workstation VM. My host for this is a 12th gen intel system (i5 
>> 12600) with lots of ram.
>>
>> VMware is the ideal way for me, but I do find the kernel config 
>> challenging.
>>
>> I can get it booting on its own which is good start, and dmesg is 
>> mostly clean but I've always had this feeling that the kernel config 
>> is still less than optimal.
>>
>> I also don't see open-vm-tools anywhere in the LFS subprojects, which 
>> VMware supports; this would be a good tool for VMware users I think.
>>
>> If anyone has knowledge or experience of this that they are willing 
>> to share, or any kernel config tips, I would appreciate it a lot.
>>
>> My current host is:
>>
>> Z790 Chipset (Asrock Z790M ITX)
>> i5 12600 CPU (6c/12t)
>> 64Gb Ram
>> Nvidia 4600Ti GPU
>> 2 x nvme SSD's (Seagate FireCuda)
>>
>> I usually set my VM's to have 4 or 6 cores, 16Gb ram and sata 
>> emulated HDD's with UEFI boot; nothing exotic here. VMware emulates 
>> the 440BX/ PIIX4E chipset.
>>
>> Apologies in advance if this is posted in the wrong place. I will 
>> happily post to a different list if requested.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> I built lfs using overlay filesystem and later in a systemd-nspawn 
> container.  Both work.
>

Thankyou to everyone who replied both on and off list regarding this.  
Its given me a few more points and ideas to consider.

Steve

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