Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Running VMware Server on Devil-Linux

[John J. <jo...@jo...>]

yes... the install guide(s) recommends unplugging all SAN cables to avoid any post-install issues before installing ESX...

Nice touch with the IDE btw.


JJ

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From: Dominic Raferd [dl...@ed...]
Sent: 22 October 2009 16:25
To: dev...@li...
Subject: Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Running VMware Server on Devil-Linux

Bruce Smith wrote:
> I've got a bunch of old IDE drives.  Is there any way to make them work, or do I have to go SATA?
>
I did a dry-run setting up VMware ESXi 4.0 on my Foxconn Winfast
6150M2MA m/board (AMD X2 4600+ CPU, 2GB, Nvidia GeForce 6150 chipset).
It installed fine, I could connect to it remotely with vSphere Client,
and it presented all local disks (SATA *and IDE*, there was no SCSI on
this machine) in the list of LUNs as candidates for data storage.
VMDirectPath (which can make PCI cards available to hosted VMs) was not
supported [I think because this motherboard does not support IOMMU (aka
AMD-Vi)].

But without so much as a 'by your leave' it modified the partition
tables for all local disks (even though the only disk allocated for ESXi
data storage was the one on which ESXi was installed) - which caused me
some problems afterwards. Something to watch out for!

I didn't install any VMs, and the hardware is now back to its prior
configuration.

Dominic

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