[Bug 396116] New: openSuSE 11.0 Beta3 & RC1 can't find the Hard Disk
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116 Summary: openSuSE 11.0 Beta3 & RC1 can't find the Hard Disk Product: openSUSE 11.0 Version: RC 1 Platform: i386 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.0 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: chucktr@trcompu.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: Beta-Customer Prior versions of SuSE up to and including openSuSE 11.0 Beta2 had absolutely no trouble finding the Virtual HD of VMware. I am running VMware Workstation 5.5.6 inside openSuSE 10.3. Inside that I am running Win2k and Vista and the latest version of openSuSE, if it will work. I noticed that a lot of code concerning vmware was removed between Beta2 and Beta3. Does that mean VMware is to be no longer supported in SuSE??? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116 User aschnell@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116#c1 Arvin Schnell <aschnell@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |aschnell@novell.com --- Comment #1 from Arvin Schnell <aschnell@novell.com> 2008-06-02 09:46:14 MDT --- VMware is supported. But some workarounds for problems with old VMware version were removed from the kernel. The link below gives you a bit more information. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2008-05/msg00376.html -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116 Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com |kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116 User chucktr@trcompu.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116#c2 --- Comment #2 from Chuck Taylor <chucktr@trcompu.com> 2008-06-03 05:15:49 MDT --- It didn't provide anymore info than I already have. Is there a list of which files had the patches so that I may re-install them?? The VMware Workstation version that I am using is 5.5.6 which I don't believe should be considered that old. Like I said in a previous e-mail, it worked fine in openSuSE 11.0 Beta2. Perhaps the "workarounds" could be made optional to VMware 5 users??? Don't think that it was possibly made clear. The problem is not running VMware inside openSuSE 11.0 Beta 3 and above BUT the problem is running openSuSE 11.0 Beta 3 and above as a Guest inside VMware. Does that paint a different picture to you?? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116 User lmb@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116#c3 Lars Marowsky-Bree <lmb@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |gregkh@novell.com --- Comment #3 from Lars Marowsky-Bree <lmb@novell.com> 2008-06-03 06:54:28 MDT --- Greg, which versions are you referring to as "very old" in that mail? Is the version 5.5.6 used here affected? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116 User gregkh@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116#c4 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |RESOLVED Info Provider|gregkh@novell.com | Resolution| |DUPLICATE --- Comment #4 from Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@novell.com> 2008-06-03 08:12:27 MDT --- See bug 392084 for details. vmware has fixed this in their product already. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 392084 *** https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=392084 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116 User roland.kletzing@materna.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116#c5 roland kletzing <roland.kletzing@materna.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |roland.kletzing@materna.de --- Comment #5 from roland kletzing <roland.kletzing@materna.de> 2008-06-03 08:52:35 MDT ---
Is the version 5.5.6 used here affected? i don`t hope so, but maybe vmware still didn`t fix it for their 5.x product series !?
5.x is still a maintained product, and i wondered if it still has the bug - there is just a new release from 5/29/2008: VMware Workstation 5.5.7 for Windows Version: 5.5.7 | 5/29/2008 | Build: 91707 | Release Notes http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html#557 http://www.vmware.com/pdf/ws55_manual.pdf ok - besides that, table on page 26 in document http://www.vmware.com/pdf/GuestOS_guide.pdf shows, that suse 10.2 already needs at least workstation 6.x and opensuse 10.3 needs at least 6.0.1. workaround: using virtual ide harddisk or virtual scsi disk , but with virtual buslogic controller instead of lsilogic. if it`s not being fixed in 5.x, i`m not sure if it would be good to step back and re-integrate the patch. (to avoid hassle) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116 User roland.kletzing@materna.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116#c6 --- Comment #6 from roland kletzing <roland.kletzing@materna.de> 2008-06-03 08:56:08 MDT ---
Prior versions of SuSE up to and including openSuSE 11.0 Beta2 had absolutely no trouble finding the Virtual HD of VMware. I am running VMware Workstation 5.5.6 inside openSuSE 10.3.
that is because up to 11.0 beta2 suse had a patch which worked around a bug in vmware`s virtual lsilogic scsi controller emulation. that patch was rejected by linux kernel developers - so every linux distro without that additional patch will fail with recent linux kernels on vmware products which haven`t been fixed. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116 User roland.kletzing@materna.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116#c7 --- Comment #7 from roland kletzing <roland.kletzing@materna.de> 2008-06-03 09:08:14 MDT ---
workaround: using virtual ide harddisk or virtual scsi disk , but with virtual buslogic controller instead of lsilogic.
buslogic was a bad idea, as i just see that they have the following lines a hundred times in http://www.vmware.com/pdf/GuestOS_guide.pdf:
NOTE With many Linux guest operating systems, various problems have been observed when the BusLogic virtual SCSI adapter is used with VMware virtual machines. VMware recommends that you use the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter with this guest operating system.
so if lsilogic is broken in 5.x, buslogic is also broken, you may only choose ide or other virtualization product, like virtualbox ;) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116 User roland.kletzing@materna.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396116#c8 --- Comment #8 from roland kletzing <roland.kletzing@materna.de> 2008-06-03 12:54:51 MDT ---
I noticed that a lot of code concerning vmware was removed between Beta2 and Beta3.
i wouldn`t call that a lot. http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=117432237404247 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=117469821528952&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118352701624546&w=2 this issues are known for quite some time now.
Perhaps the "workarounds" could be made optional to VMware 5 users???
just as an idea: as you can add additional drivers from floppy or whatever at setup time - would it be possible to replace an in-kernel driver by some driver from additional setup disk, i.e. could a patched lsilogic driver be supplied separately (either by novell or by 3rd party/volunteer) ? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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