Fedora 7 & VM Server

[Kam Leo]

On 7/24/07, Web and Co sprl - Patrick DERWAEL <pderwael at webandco.be> wrote:
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> *From:* fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:
> fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] *On Behalf Of *Web and Co sprl - Patrick
> DERWAEL
> *Sent:* dimanche 22 juillet 2007 16:43
> *To:* fedora-list at redhat.com
> *Subject:* Fedora 7 & VM Server
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> Hi list,
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> I encounter some issues for installing Fedora 7 under VMware Server (
> 1.0.1.29996)
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> Host OS = Windows 2003 STD edition 64bits SP1
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> Installation setup as follows:
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> new VM - custom config - Other Linux 2.6.x Kernel
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> VM name = F7-WAC-SRV-PENT-01, Location = H:\WAC-SRV-PENT-01 (note: drive H
> - NTFS - 50Gb total, 25Gb available)
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> VM access : no private access
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> VM account = local system account
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> On host startup : do not power on VM
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> On host shutdown : shut down guest OS
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> 1 processor, RAM = 1024Mb, bridgegd networking
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> I/O adapter type :
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> IDE = ATAPI
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> SCSI = LSI Logic (default value)
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> Disk : Create new, Disk type = SCSI (recommended), disk size = 8GB,
> allocate all space now
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> Disk file name = Other Linux 2.6.x kernel.vmdk
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> Click "finish" --> creating the disk
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> It ends up on the following error message:
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> Unable to add virtual machine "H:\WAC-SRV_PENT-01\Other Linux 2.6.x
> kernel.vmx" to the inventory
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> Invalid virtual machine
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> 3 files have been created under H:\WAC-SRV_PENT-01:
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> Other Linux 2.6.x kernel.vmdk (1k)
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> Other Linux 2.6.x kernel.vmx (1K)
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> Other Linux 2.6.x kernel-flat.vmdk (8Gb)
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> If I then "file-open" the vmx file, the VM seems ok.
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> I can point the VM CD to the Fedora7 ISO file and boot the VM, the
> installation process seems ok until the installed tries to partition the VM
> disk : there is NO disk available for partitioning...
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> I have reproduced this process a number of times; this is definitely a
> "recurring" behaviour of VM.
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> Any clue would of course be *very* appreciated!!!
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> PS: this is cross-posted on both VMware forum and Fedora mailing list.
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> Patrick Derwael
> WEB And Co sprl
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> Here is some more information:
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> Upgrading from VM Server 1.0.1 to 1.0.3 makes no difference whatsoever
>
> And here is the content of the vmx file
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> config.version = "8"
> virtualHW.version = "4"
> scsi0.present = "TRUE"
> scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"
> memsize = "1024"
> scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
> scsi0:0.fileName = "Other Linux 2.6.x kernel.vmdk"
> ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
> ide1:0.fileName = "H:\Programs\Fedora Core 7\F-7-i386-DVD.iso"
> ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"
> floppy0.fileName = "A:"
> Ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
> displayName = "F7-WAC-SRV-PENT-01"
> guestOS = "other26xlinux"
> autostop = "softpoweroff"
> priority.grabbed = "normal"
> priority.ungrabbed = "normal"
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> ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"
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> scsi0:0.redo = ""
> ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
> uuid.location = "56 4d e4 68 c2 de 95 15-33 d1 6f b1 85 4c 06 b9"
> uuid.bios = "56 4d e4 68 c2 de 95 15-33 d1 6f b1 85 4c 06 b9"
> ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:4c:06:b9"
> ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
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> Any help would be **really** appreciated
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>
Try using VMware Buglogic SCSI interface when creating the drive.
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