On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 15:08 +0000, Sharpe, Sam J wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert > > G. (Doc) Savage > > Sent: 14 January 2008 06:46 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [rhelv5-list] F8/x86_64 fails to install under VMware Server > > > > Host: RHEL5.1/x86_64 running VMware Server v1.0.4-56528 > > Guest: Fedora 8/x86_64 > > > > Installation consistently fails following format of the virtual hard > > drive. The error msg says it can't find /dev/sdaa, /dev/sdab, etc. Has > > anyone else seen this behavior? > > Yes. Possibly. It's been a while though... > > I believe it's related to the disk controller VMWare is trying to > emulate. Try editing your .vmx file to say: > > scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic" > > Then retry the install.
Sam, Good call. It put up a minor fuss about the virtual drive being formatted for BusLogic vice LSILogic, but after that the installation proceeded nominally. Thanks a bunch. --Doc _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
