ASA 8.42 in VMware Workstation

Here are all related ASA(v) posts in this blog:

• ASA 8.02 in Vmware Workstation
• ASA 8.42 in VMware Workstation
• ASA 9.21 in Vmware Workstation 10
• Cisco ASAv 9.4.1 and ASDM 7.4.1 in Workstation / ESXi (1)
• Cisco ASAv 9.4.1 and ASDM 7.4.1 in Workstation / ESXi (2)
• Cisco ASAv 9.5.1 200 and ASDM 7.5.1 in Workstation / ESXi 

1. Download following files:

• a. asa842-initrd.gz from http://7200emu.hacki.at/viewtopic.php?p=33838
• b. asa842-vmlinuz from http://7200emu.hacki.at/viewtopic.php?p=33838
• c. get isolinux.cfg,isolinux.bin from dsl_asa.iso
• d. xxx.vmdk file from asa802 in vmware (from my previous post "ASA 8.02 in VM")

2. Change and replace files

a. change isolinu.cfg

DEFAULT asa842-vmlinuz

APPEND root=/dev/hda1 rw initrd= asa842-initrd.gz console=ttyS0,9600n8 auto nousb bigphysarea=16384 hda=980,16,32 ide_generic.probe_mask=0x01

TIMEOUT 1

b. Use genisoimage to create ISOLInux LiveCD

create a work folder in linux, such as /rrot/asa. create a subfolder isolinux

put all files (asa842-initrd.gz,asa842-vmlinuz.isolinux.cfg,isolinux.bin) into isolinux folder

in /boot/asa folder to run this command:

genisoimage -o dsl_asa.iso -J -r -v -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -V "Gentoo linux x86" .

generate a dsl_asa.iso file and then replace dsl_asa.iso in 802 vm files.

3. CPU is a little bit high than asa802 version after tested . 

One core is used alomost 100%. Booting period is longer than asa802 too. I will still stick on asa802 for now. Wait the perfect simulating solution out to resolve cpu issue.

note: CPU issue can be resolved with a windows software BES  and you can download from here.