[opensuse] vmware and fake scsi drivers-final
After trying a bunch of things on my problem of accessing a physical xp installation from my vmware server inside my 10.3 install, the final conclusion is that it can not be done. Suse 10.3 presents my hda1partition as sda1 to vmware and thus to all the virtual machines i can set up thru vmware, yet a dual boot configuration maintains the ide character of the hard drive. Thus, when booting from a dual boot, the doze partition knows it is an ide, when i try to access it thru vmware doze is being told it is a scsi!!!!! installing vmware's scsi driver allows booting from vmware, but it disables booting directly! trying to play tricks with hardware profiles and dual boot drive config is a catch 22 nightmare of doze impossibilities, as is changing a laptop main drive to scsi, so i gave up. next time i have a free day i will put back 10.2 on the laptop and stick to real hda's and sda's. thanks to all who helped:) d. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 12/08/2007 07:08 AM, kanenas@hawaii.rr.com wrote:
After trying a bunch of things on my problem of accessing a physical xp installation from my vmware server inside my 10.3 install, the final conclusion is that it can not be done. Suse 10.3 presents my hda1partition as sda1 to vmware and thus to all the virtual machines i can set up thru vmware, yet a dual boot configuration maintains the ide character of the hard drive. Thus, when booting from a dual boot, the doze partition knows it is an ide, when i try to access it thru vmware doze is being told it is a scsi!!!!! installing vmware's scsi driver allows booting from vmware, but it disables booting directly! trying to play tricks with hardware profiles and dual boot drive config is a catch 22 nightmare of doze impossibilities, as is changing a laptop main drive to scsi, so i gave up. next time i have a free day i will put back 10.2 on the laptop and stick to real hda's and sda's. thanks to all who helped:) d.
Did you try the work around to disable libata to use the old system in 10.3? Boot with hwprobe=-modules.pata (from release notes). That would be much easier (and better IMHO) than downgrading to 10.2 just for that reason. -- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.3 x86_64 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
kanenas@hawaii.rr.com a écrit :
After trying a bunch of things on my problem of accessing a physical xp installation from my vmware server inside my 10.3 install, the final conclusion is that it can not be done. Suse 10.3 presents my hda1partition as sda1 to vmware and thus to all the virtual machines i can set up thru vmware, yet a dual boot configuration maintains the ide character of the hard drive. Thus, when booting from a dual boot, the doze partition knows it is an ide, when i try to access it thru vmware doze is being told it is a scsi!!!!!
I don't agree, if you connect this drive to a vmware IDE controller (as I told you), windows is told that it is an IDE partition. Michel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 08 December 2007 03:23:53 am Catimimi wrote:
kanenas@hawaii.rr.com a écrit :
After trying a bunch of things on my problem of accessing a physical xp installation from my vmware server inside my 10.3 install, the final conclusion is that it can not be done. Suse 10.3 presents my hda1partition as sda1 to vmware and thus to all the virtual machines i can set up thru vmware, yet a dual boot configuration maintains the ide character of the hard drive. Thus, when booting from a dual boot, the doze partition knows it is an ide, when i try to access it thru vmware doze is being told it is a scsi!!!!!
I don't agree, if you connect this drive to a vmware IDE controller (as I told you), windows is told that it is an IDE partition.
Michel
Joe, yes, itried to boot with hwprobe=-modules.pata and i did check the spelling. It did not stop calling the ide drive sda. Michel, when vmware is told that the only drives that exist are scsi devices, it does not give any option on naming a physical drive as an ide drive, it only gives me my pick of sdx devices to choose for my physical drive. yes, i can install vmscsi and install an xp system, however when it all goes back to ide in a direct boot , doze just freezes up. The only way out of this is to have linucs present an ide device to vmware when linucs is running. Or I could switch to a scsi drive, but that is basically impossible on a laptop. Or somehow hack the .vmx file to see ide, hey, that I did not try, maybe there is some hope there! ok, i try one more time, tomorrow! thanks for encouraging me to not quit just yet:) d. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
kanenas@hawaii.rr.com a écrit :
On Saturday 08 December 2007 03:23:53 am Catimimi wrote:
kanenas@hawaii.rr.com a écrit :
After trying a bunch of things on my problem of accessing a physical xp installation from my vmware server inside my 10.3 install, the final conclusion is that it can not be done. Suse 10.3 presents my hda1partition as sda1 to vmware and thus to all the virtual machines i can set up thru vmware, yet a dual boot configuration maintains the ide character of the hard drive. Thus, when booting from a dual boot, the doze partition knows it is an ide, when i try to access it thru vmware doze is being told it is a scsi!!!!!
I don't agree, if you connect this drive to a vmware IDE controller (as I told you), windows is told that it is an IDE partition.
Michel
Joe, yes, itried to boot with hwprobe=-modules.pata and i did check the spelling. It did not stop calling the ide drive sda. Michel, when vmware is told that the only drives that exist are scsi devices, it does not give any option on naming a physical drive as an ide drive, it only gives me my pick of sdx devices to choose for my physical drive. yes, i can install vmscsi and install an xp system, however when it all goes back to ide in a direct boot , doze just freezes up. The only way out of this is to have linucs present an ide device to vmware when linucs is running. Or I could switch to a scsi drive, but that is basically impossible on a laptop. Or somehow hack the .vmx file to see ide, hey, that I did not try, maybe there is some hope there! ok, i try one more time, tomorrow! thanks for encouraging me to not quit just yet:) d.
First : did you try to connect your drive via the IDE interface of VMware, without the vmware scsi driver ? Try that, it'll work!! Second : when Linux calls a drive sdx, it is just a generic appellation, that doesn't mean that it is a scsi device. Michel. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Catimimi a écrit :
kanenas@hawaii.rr.com a écrit :
On Saturday 08 December 2007 03:23:53 am Catimimi wrote:
kanenas@hawaii.rr.com a écrit :
After trying a bunch of things on my problem of accessing a physical xp installation from my vmware server inside my 10.3 install, the final conclusion is that it can not be done. Suse 10.3 presents my hda1partition as sda1 to vmware and thus to all the virtual machines i can set up thru vmware, yet a dual boot configuration maintains the ide character of the hard drive. Thus, when booting from a dual boot, the doze partition knows it is an ide, when i try to access it thru vmware doze is being told it is a scsi!!!!!
I don't agree, if you connect this drive to a vmware IDE controller (as I told you), windows is told that it is an IDE partition.
Michel
Joe, yes, itried to boot with hwprobe=-modules.pata and i did check the spelling. It did not stop calling the ide drive sda. Michel, when vmware is told that the only drives that exist are scsi devices, it does not give any option on naming a physical drive as an ide drive, it only gives me my pick of sdx devices to choose for my physical drive. yes, i can install vmscsi and install an xp system, however when it all goes back to ide in a direct boot , doze just freezes up. The only way out of this is to have linucs present an ide device to vmware when linucs is running. Or I could switch to a scsi drive, but that is basically impossible on a laptop. Or somehow hack the .vmx file to see ide, hey, that I did not try, maybe there is some hope there! ok, i try one more time, tomorrow! thanks for encouraging me to not quit just yet:) d.
First : did you try to connect your drive via the IDE interface of VMware, without the vmware scsi driver ? Try that, it'll work!!
This can't be done with the vmware assistant, you've to manually edit the configuration file as I told you. Michel.
Second : when Linux calls a drive sdx, it is just a generic appellation, that doesn't mean that it is a scsi device.
Michel.
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Catimimi
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Joe Morris (NTM)
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kanenas@hawaii.rr.com