Ygor, Stefan, thanks so much for tracking this down. I will add these instructions to the Learning Puppet front page.
On Friday, May 25, 2012 11:32:18 AM UTC-7, Stefan Lasiewski wrote: > > Thank you Ygor, this works! > > Now that you mention it, I remember that the Parallels virtual SCSI and > SATA devices do not always play well with RedHat or FreeBSD. > > -= Stefan > > On Friday, May 25, 2012 6:52:11 AM UTC-7, Ygor wrote: >> >> I fought with this about three months ago and got the answer out of >> Parallels Tech Support: >> >> 1. Convert your VmWare virtual Machine but do not run it. >> 2. Go to Virtual Machine drop-down menu -> Configure -> Hardware -> Hard >> Disk 1 and change its location from SATA to IDE (e.g. IDE 0:1). >> 3. Run your Virtual Machine. >> >> It works for me. Please let me know if it works for you. >> >> On May 24, 2012, at 8:33 PM, Stefan Lasiewski wrote: >> >> I am attempting to use the Learning Puppet VM [1] with Parallels Desktop >> 7 on a Mac (Snow Leopard). >> >> Unfortunately, Parallels does not support OVF images, so I must try the >> VMX image. Parallels has the ability to convert VMware images, although I >> don't know if this works well. >> >> If I attempt to import the VMX image using Parallels, I run into two >> problems. I will include the screenshots on Google+ (See link [2]) >> >> 1. Parallels fails to detect the operating system in the VMX image. >> Please see the screenshot at [2]. Regardless, I went ahead with the >> import >> of this image and Parallels says the import was successful. >> 2. After importing the image, I boot the Virtual Machine. However, >> the OS is unable to find any of the LVM volume groups, and the the kernel >> panics. >> >> I am unsure if this is a problem with the VMX image, or if Parallels is >> doing something wrong. The main problem seems to be that LVM cannot create >> the volume group. >> >> I know this is a long shot, but I am hoping there are other Mac or >> Parallels users out there who have tried the Learning Puppet VM. >> >> Thank you for your help, >> >> -= Stefan >> >> [1] http://info.puppetlabs.com/download-learning-puppet-VM.html >> [2] >> https://plus.google.com/photos/103621378732713508804/albums/5746257600756103185 >> >> Hopefully link [2] works. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Puppet Users" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/3HCfJppQ5IoJ. >> To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/XSPcs5wQ4ZQJ. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
