VMware virtual machine problem.

user · June 23, 2008, 1:39pm

I tried install OpenSuse 11 in a VMware virtual machine. During instalation an error occurred: the hard disk didn’t found. Someone knows how to solve this problem?

1error · June 23, 2008, 2:46pm

which type of vmware did you use?
i met this problem with old 1.0.1 vmware server. updating to 1.0.6 solved this problem.

user · June 23, 2008, 3:22pm

I use VMware Workstation 5.

Chrysantine · June 23, 2008, 3:39pm

Which SCSI controller did you choose during the configuration of the virtual machine?

You might need to switch them around.

makker_nl · November 7, 2008, 9:14am

If you choose SCSI choose the LsiAdapter not the Busadapter. You’d probably need to rebuild your VM (throw the other away) after having defined a HD, once you choose the type of adapter.
Regards,
Martien

cjcox · November 7, 2008, 6:02pm

On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 08:16 +0000, makker nl wrote:
> If you choose SCSI choose the LsiAdapter not the Busadapter. You’d
> probably need to rebuild your VM (throw the other away) after having
> defined a HD, once you choose the type of adapter.

Not sure of the context of the thread… but you can change
adapter types without much issue… no need to rebuild it all.

makker_nl · November 7, 2008, 7:25pm

Oh, could you eleborate on where? I couldn’t find it.
If you open the vmdk files you can change it but that is not enough.

Regards,
Martien

malcolmlewis · November 7, 2008, 7:35pm

Hi
If you open the <vmware_machine>.vmdk and change the line shown below
to either lsilogic or buslogic.


ddb.adapterType = "buslogic"

I’ve found I need to use buslogic for openSUSE 11 vm’s

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