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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Web and Co sprl - Patrick
DERWAEL<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> dimanche 22 juillet 2007
16:43<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> fedora-list@redhat.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Fedora 7 & VM Server</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi list,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I encounter some issues for installing Fedora 7 under VMware
Server (1.0.1.29996)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Host OS = Windows 2003 STD edition 64bits SP1<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Installation setup as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>new VM - custom config - Other Linux 2.6.x Kernel<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>VM name = F7-WAC-SRV-PENT-01, Location = H:\WAC-SRV-PENT-01
(note: drive H - NTFS - 50Gb total, 25Gb available)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>VM access : no private access<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>VM account = local system account<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>On host startup : do not power on VM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>On host shutdown : shut down guest OS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>1 processor, RAM = 1024Mb, bridgegd networking<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I/O adapter type :<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>IDE = ATAPI<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>SCSI = LSI Logic (default value)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Disk : Create new, Disk type = SCSI (recommended), disk size
= 8GB, allocate all space now<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Disk file name = Other Linux 2.6.x kernel.vmdk<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Click "finish" --> creating the disk<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=FR-BE style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>It ends up on the following error message:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Unable to add virtual machine "H:\WAC-SRV_PENT-01\Other
Linux 2.6.x kernel.vmx" to the inventory<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Invalid virtual machine<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>3 files have been created under H:\WAC-SRV_PENT-01: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Other Linux 2.6.x kernel.vmdk (1k)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Other Linux 2.6.x kernel.vmx (1K)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Other Linux 2.6.x kernel-flat.vmdk (8Gb)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>If I then "file-open" the vmx file, the VM seems
ok.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>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...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have reproduced this process a number of times; this is
definitely a "recurring" behaviour of VM.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Any clue would of course be *very* appreciated!!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>PS: this is cross-posted on both VMware forum and Fedora
mailing list.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Patrick Derwael<br>
<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>WEB And Co sprl<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Here is
some more information: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Upgrading
from VM Server 1.0.1 to 1.0.3 makes no difference whatsoever<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>And here
is the content of the vmx file<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>config.version
= "8" <br>
virtualHW.version = "4" <br>
scsi0.present = "TRUE" <br>
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic" <br>
memsize = "1024" <br>
scsi0:0.present = "TRUE" <br>
scsi0:0.fileName = "Other Linux 2.6.x kernel.vmdk" <br>
ide1:0.present = "TRUE" <br>
ide1:0.fileName = "H:\Programs\Fedora Core 7\F-7-i386-DVD.iso" <br>
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image" <br>
floppy0.fileName = "A:" <br>
Ethernet0.present = "TRUE" <br>
displayName = "F7-WAC-SRV-PENT-01" <br>
guestOS = "other26xlinux" <br>
autostop = "softpoweroff" <br>
priority.grabbed = "normal" <br>
priority.ungrabbed = "normal" <br>
<br>
ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE" <br>
<br>
scsi0:0.redo = "" <br>
ethernet0.addressType = "generated" <br>
uuid.location = "56 4d e4 68 c2 de 95 15-33 d1 6f b1 85 4c 06 b9" <br>
uuid.bios = "56 4d e4 68 c2 de 95 15-33 d1 6f b1 85 4c 06 b9" <br>
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:4c:06:b9" <br>
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Any help
would be *<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>really</span></b>* appreciated<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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