Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] VMware ESX Server

[drew e. <dre...@gm...>]

OK,  I found the vmxnet module.  That works much better.


On 5/25/07, drew einhorn <dre...@gm...> wrote:
> Got past that problem.  Had to get into the BIOS which was easier
> said than done and change the boot order.
>
> Now I've got to get my virtual nics configured.
>
> VMware is emulating a couple of AMD 79c970.
>
> It complains that:
>
> lance.c: Module autoprobing not allowed.  Append "io=0xNNN" value(s).
>
> How do I figure out what NNN is?
>
>
>
>
>
> On 5/19/07, Heiko Zuerker <he...@zu...> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, May 19, 2007 14:51, drew einhorn wrote:
> > > Trying to install Devil Linux on a VMware ESX to provide a firewall
> > > among other things for the other virtual machines inside this server.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately it will not boot.  Instead of seeing the boot messages
> > > on the console, I just see the console briefly change shape like the video
> > > mode is changing,  Then a black screen with a single underscore or hyphen
> > > near the upper left corner of the screen.
> > >
> > > Think I've seen something like this when VMware was unhappy with a video
> > > mode, but don't remember what I did about it.
> >
> > I'm using DL a lot under the GSX Server and it works just fine.
> > Are you trying to boot in Standard VGA? Did you wait like a minute or two
> > to see what happens?
> >
> > --
> >
> > Regards
> >   Heiko Zuerker
> >   http://www.devil-linux.org
> >
> >
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> Drew Einhorn
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Drew Einhorn