Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] VMware boot issues

[Kari M. <kar...@tr...>]

Marc wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I recently posted a message regarding running devil-linux under VMware 
> ESX. The problem I had was that my hard disk was not recognised. After 
> loading the BusLogic module, devil-linux did recognize the hard disk. So 
> that is good!
> 
> Now, I am faced with the following, how do I get devil-linux to 
> recognize the hard disk on boot time and therefore load the etc.tar.bz2 
> file off it? I updated the /etc/sysconfig/config file to include the 
> BusLogic driver in the INITRD_MODULES variable and subsequently created 
> a new .iso image with the "custom-cd" command.
> 
> When I boot from my custom cd, I am still prompted if I want to continue 
> to load DL without any configuration media. I notice that after I press 
> "y" and <enter> only at that stage the BusLogic module gets loaded. So 
> it makes sense that the etc.tar.bz2 file could not (yet) be found.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?

You are trying to put the config on virtual HD.
It is by far the easiest solution to create empty virtual floppy image 
file, and copy etc.tar.bz2 there. The config file is as safe in virtual 
HD as it is in virtual floppy.

Only if your etc.tar.bz2 is larger than 1.44 MB, you have an issue.

I have some ESX info at <http://trivore.com/vmware/>. I haven't had the 
time to upgrade to VI3, but 2.5 stuff works perfect here.

> Regards, /|/|arc.

//Kari