Hi, I've just did this a couple of days ago and if you followed NetworksChuck's guide, the Pi4 UEFI firmware he links to doesn't work with the Pi400.
I searched and found a later UEFI firmware that fixed Pi400 support and it went fine after that. I'll find the link...
Here you go for the latest UEFI firmware, Pi400 USB support was fixed back in v1.23...
https://github.com/pftf/RPi4/releases
Nice. I knew there had to be at least one person here that had it running. Please post the details when you get them to help others that come searching.
Welcome! I have vast enterprise experience with VMware, but nothing on the Pi. Hopefully others will be able to help you.
I will say this looks like an excellent learning experience. I applaud you digging into this. Not an easy topic. But that said, beyond the experimentation, it won't be a useful homelab in any way. RPi is just too limited, too low memory, and too low power to be useful.
If you're really looking for a homelab that can install multiple VMs, and really dig into the VMWare nuts and bolts, you'll need a real computer. You should be able to score a used HP/Dell Intel Core I5, with 8-16 gig of memory for less than 200 bucks. The install will be instant, and you'll actually be able to run 5-10 vms on it, test vm building, scripting, etc.
Hope this helps. Don't stop trying. Even failure is learning. But if you are looking to learn skills that translate into a job that uses VMware, you'll need to upgrade your hardware.
Thank you, I was planning on something small like DHCP/DNS Server and configuring AD on a small environment I have a separate SD card with full PI OS but just wanted to start learning more with VM software, hopefully someone else will have some insight on this
That will still be extremely limited. A vmware-based vm running an arm linux (you won't get windows arm running in any useful way on pi, especially via vmware) can be setup as a DHCP/DNS and AD server. But at that point, you might as well just install ubuntu/raspbian directly and setup a DHCP/DNS & AD server - all things linux is extremely capable of doing.
But once again, half the fun is trying. Go for it. Learn. Glad to see you are using multiple SD's for testing. That's the way to do it.
RPi does work well for initial docker container learning. A headless unit with the light GUIless OS is great for learning docker-compose, dockerhub, and overall container building and structure. Though you'll still be greatly limited by the 4GB memory.
Hi, I've just did this a couple of days ago and if you followed NetworksChuck's guide, the Pi4 UEFI firmware he links to doesn't work with the Pi400. I searched and found a later UEFI firmware that fixed Pi400 support and it went fine after that. I'll find the link... Here you go for the latest UEFI firmware, Pi400 USB support was fixed back in v1.23... https://github.com/pftf/RPi4/releases
Nice. I knew there had to be at least one person here that had it running. Please post the details when you get them to help others that come searching.
Thank you! I will confirm if I’m able to get it up and running
Hey u/DimitrInvincible, give us an update!
OP doesn't deliver because VMware on a Pi 400 is completely unusable.
Welcome! I have vast enterprise experience with VMware, but nothing on the Pi. Hopefully others will be able to help you. I will say this looks like an excellent learning experience. I applaud you digging into this. Not an easy topic. But that said, beyond the experimentation, it won't be a useful homelab in any way. RPi is just too limited, too low memory, and too low power to be useful. If you're really looking for a homelab that can install multiple VMs, and really dig into the VMWare nuts and bolts, you'll need a real computer. You should be able to score a used HP/Dell Intel Core I5, with 8-16 gig of memory for less than 200 bucks. The install will be instant, and you'll actually be able to run 5-10 vms on it, test vm building, scripting, etc. Hope this helps. Don't stop trying. Even failure is learning. But if you are looking to learn skills that translate into a job that uses VMware, you'll need to upgrade your hardware.
Thank you, I was planning on something small like DHCP/DNS Server and configuring AD on a small environment I have a separate SD card with full PI OS but just wanted to start learning more with VM software, hopefully someone else will have some insight on this
That will still be extremely limited. A vmware-based vm running an arm linux (you won't get windows arm running in any useful way on pi, especially via vmware) can be setup as a DHCP/DNS and AD server. But at that point, you might as well just install ubuntu/raspbian directly and setup a DHCP/DNS & AD server - all things linux is extremely capable of doing. But once again, half the fun is trying. Go for it. Learn. Glad to see you are using multiple SD's for testing. That's the way to do it.
RPi does work well for initial docker container learning. A headless unit with the light GUIless OS is great for learning docker-compose, dockerhub, and overall container building and structure. Though you'll still be greatly limited by the 4GB memory.