Installation Problem - f7 vmware

Kam Leo kam.leo at gmail.com
Sat Jun 9 01:12:51 UTC 2007


On 6/8/07, David Timms <dtimms at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> Olaf Hartmer wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have downloaded from the mirror the DVD Fedora 7.0 and afterwards I have
> > burnt the ISO with Nero.
> >
> > I would like to install it in VMWARE.
> which one? Version ?
> Works OK for me with vmware-server-1.0.3 on fc6 or f7, and the
> any-any109 patch.
>
> > The installation starts.
> >
> > Then I am asked for keyboard layout. This is still o.k.
> >
> > But then the installation program cannot find the CD to continue.
> vmware provides multiple disk emulation types, scsi {from memory text
> says this is recommended}, however, it doesn't seem to work in f7.
> Choose the IDE disk type instead.
>
> By the way, vmware-server-console can be used to make a virtual cd drive
> available to the virtual machine - but this CD can actually be any iso
> image. You could point to the location of the iso image and not have to
> burn it to dvd...
>
> DaveT.

Check the VMware forums and you will find that the F7 kernel has a
problem with the LSI Logic SCSI emulator. Use the Buslogic emulator
instead.




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