hassos - Installing Home Assistant OS on VMWare Workstation Player 17 on windows 10 （.VMDK image）

Then, locate the homeassistant VMware virtual machine configuration file (.vmx). Right-click > Open With > notepad.

Under the .encoding line, add the following code and save the file.

firmware="efi"

Start the Virtual Machine
Select your VMThen, click Play Virtual machine or click the green triangle at the top of the window.

If everything is successful up until this point, you should see the Home Assistant login screen with some IP addresses.

I actually just did this 3 days ago in VMware Workstation player 17.5. here’s how:

Windows Explorer:
1. Make a new directory where you want the VM to live. (eg. “C:\VMware\HassOS”)
2. Extract .vdmk into the directory (e.g. “C:\VMware\HassOS\hassos_ova-11.1.vmdk”)
VMware Workstation:
3. File > New Virtual Machine
4. Welcome to the New Virtual Machine Wizard
    a. Custom (advanced)
    b. Next >
5. Choose the Virtual Machine Hardware Compatibility
    a. Workstation 15.x
    b. Next >
6. Guest Operating System Installation
    a. I will install the operating system later.
    b. Next >
7. Select a Guest Operating System
    a. Linux
    b. Other Linux 6.x 64-bit
    c. Next >
8. Name the Virtual Machine
    a. Provide a name and the location from earlier (eg. HassOS, “C:\VMware\HassOS”)
        i. Ignore the warning about the specified location already containing a virtual machine. This is because it sees the .vdmk file in the chosen directory but it can be safely ignored.
    b. Continue
    c. Next >
9. Processor Configuration
    a. I typically mirror the host CPU. (eg. 2 Processor, 8 Cores)
    b. Next >
10. Memory for the Virtual Machine
    a. HA + some addons = Lots of RAM (eg. 2048 or higher)
    b. Next >
11. Network Type
    a. Use bridged networking
    b. Next >
12. Select I/O Controller Types
    a. LSI Logic (Recommended)
    b. Next >
13. Select a Disk Type
    a. SATA
    b. Next >
14. Select a Disk
    a. Choose an existing virtual disk
    b. Next >
15. Select an Existing Disk
    a. Browse to the .vdmk you extracted at the beginning (e.g. “C:\VMware\HassOS\hassos_ova-11.1.vmdk”)
    b. Next >
    c. Convert
16. Ready to Create Virtual Machine
    a. Finish
17. Click “Edit virtual machine settings”
18. Remove the following devices:
    a. CD/DVD (IDE)
    b. Printer
20. Select "Hard Disk (SATA)"
    a. Expand...
    b. Set the size of the disk (eg. 64)
    c. Expand
21. Select the Options tab
    a. Advanced
        i. Firmware type
            1. UEFI
    b. OK

vmdk是给VMware使用的，qcow2是给pve虚拟机使用的