Re: [tlug] Installing Linux on VMWare running on Windows2000

[Yoshihito Niizuma <yniizuma@example.com>]

hi mauro,

it's kinda late reply on this topic, but thanks for your help. it turned
out that i was using vmware version 3 which does not have the option to
make the IDE device for linux volume, so i upgraded to version 4 and it
worked all fine.

when i tried SCSI option loading BusLogic module, it seemd to have
installed the system successfully, but when i rebooted, i got kernel
panic and didn't work...

we are developing an e-learning system on linux but our sales team needs
to give presentations on windows at the client sites. currently, we are
carrying two laptop machines (linux and windows) for giving demo...but
it would be nice if what i am trying work so sales guys need to carry
only one computer (windows machine with linux runs on vmware)

anyways, thanks for your help!

yoshi


> On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 20:36:17 +0900, Yoshihito Niizuma wrote
> > hello,
> > 
> > first time to post a message here. i want to install (gentoo) linux 
> > on vmware running on win2000.
> > 
> > has anyone been able to do this successfully?
> 
> Never tried (never will :)
> 
> > 
> > the problem is that when i create the linux virtual system on vmware,
> > the hard disk volume is created as scsi device. 
> 
> according to: http://www.vmware.com/support/ws4/doc/disks_config_ws.html#1008319
> 
> "Virtual disks can be set up as IDE disks for any guest operating system. They
> can be set up as SCSI disks for any guest operating system that has a driver
> for the BusLogic SCSI adapter used in a VMware Workstation virtual machine."
> 
> so it says two things:
> 
> 1) It's possible to configure the VirtualDisk as IDE.
> 
> AND 
> 
> 2) It uses a "BusLogic SCSI adapter". So after booting the LiveCD: 
> 
> modprobe BusLogic  
> modprobe sg 
> modprobe sd_mod 
> 
> should do the trick.
> 
> Maybe your are using the vmware's "wizard" and for some reason it doesn't
> allow you to select IDE as the VD type. but I'm confident that you can change
> the settings to IDE after creation of the VM.
> 
> Yoshihito-san, PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE DOCUMENTATION at vmware's site.
> 
> //mauro//
> 
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