Pardus guest operating system option is not available during VM creation

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi
• VMware vSphere ESX 7.x
• VMware vSphere ESX 8.x

Issue/Introduction

Virtual hardware version 22 introduced new selections for Pardus. However, creating a VM with a virtual hardware version below this level will not have Pardus as a valid Operating System selection.

Environment

VMware ESXi 7.0.x
VMware ESXi 8.0.x
VMware ESXi 9.0.x

Resolution

If creating or editing a VM under hardware version 22, select "Other N.x Linux (64-bit)" as the guest operating system, where N is best match for the major Linux kernel version included in the Pardus release.

For VMs using hardware version 22 or above, select "Pardus" as the guest operating system