On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 15:08 +0000, Sharpe, Sam J wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rhelv5-list-bounces@(protected)
> > [mailto:rhelv5-list-bounces@(protected)
> > G. (Doc) Savage
> > Sent: 14 January 2008 06:46
> > To: RHELv5-list@(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

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