MSoK Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 As I explained it was on my laptop which I was having problems with when it was booting. Unfortunately it looks like the problem is McAfee and need someone in IT to sort it out tomorrow. (Hate the Enterprise version of McAfee, as sometimes can screw your PC up and locked down so you can't fix it.) The guy who does IT in my office is very good, and actually used to work for me, so fingers crossed fixed up first thing tomorrow morning, when I am back in the office. Sorry to everyone for the delay! Aha McAfee, since 8.7 we have started moving clients away from it, due to its heavy handed approach and increasing footprint / resouce demands, but EPo offers a good deployment tool for normal users, to prevent them from doing anything silly. Hope your man gets it sorted, if not you know who to call, LoL! Everyone is keen to try your latest "Beta" efforts, the Donk legend continues. MSoK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donk Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share Posted June 2, 2010 Beta test for new version is here http://www.filedropper.com/darwin310b2. No notes yet and wanted to get it off this damn laptop which keeps crashing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckman212 Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Thanks Donk! is it necessary to uninstall previous versions prior to installing this? (what about zenith432's svgaII driver?) -- and if so, what is the correct procedure? thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wachin-Wachon Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Thanks Donk! is it necessary to uninstall previous versions prior to installing this? (what about zenith432's svgaII driver?) -- and if so, what is the correct procedure? thanks again Yes, you should uninstall with ./setup --uninstall then copy the new drawin.iso (backup old first) then execute ./setup --install rgds, Fede Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSoK Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Beta test for new version is here http://www.filedropper.com/darwin310b2. No notes yet and wanted to get it off this damn laptop which keeps crashing! Thanks Donk, Nothing worse than a crashing laptop when you are trying to get things done, hope you get your laptop problems sorted, MSoK. Thanks Donk! is it necessary to uninstall previous versions prior to installing this? (what about zenith432's svgaII driver?) -- and if so, what is the correct procedure? thanks again Come on guy's leave the man alone while he gets his sick laptop sorted, nothing worse. Yes, uninstall the old darwin iso from your VM installation before installing the new version, go to your original darwin iso directory and for Workstation under Windows use "setup.cmd uninstall" or in ESXi use "./setup.sh --uninstall". In terms of the included Zenith432's grahics drivers I am sure we can work it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lessew Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Thanks Donk! Can't wait to try when I get home from work. Will post how I make out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donk Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share Posted June 2, 2010 Thanks Donk,Nothing worse than a crashing laptop when you are trying to get things done, hope you get your laptop problems sorted, MSoK. Come on guy's leave the man alone while he gets his sick laptop sorted, nothing worse. Yes, uninstall the old darwin iso from your VM installation before installing the new version, go to your original darwin iso directory and for Workstation under Windows use "setup.cmd uninstall" or in ESXi use "./setup.sh --uninstall". In terms of the included Zenith432's grahics drivers I am sure we can work it out. Laptop just having McAfee removed with extreme prejudice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSoK Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Laptop just having McAfee removed with extreme prejudice Been there, got the teashirt! In fact have generally rebuilt my laptop from scratch, just to be sure it is really gone, hope you do not have to go that far, MSoK (no longer McAfee's No.1 fan). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myrk Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 darwin310b2 almost works right for me. My setup: Host: QuadCore Q6600; Ubuntu 10.04 (64 bit) Guest: up-to-date Snow Leopard on host's physical partition /dev/sda6 (disk0s6); Time Machine backup on host's physical partition /dev/sda7 (disk0s7) -- Yes, I am using physical disks, not virtual disk files, for both the OS and Time Machine What happens: Even though the bootloader only shows and highlights disk0s6 at the 'boot:' prompt, it looks from the '-v' output like it is trying to use disk0s7 as the root disk, resulting in a kernel panic. The workaround: Specifying rd=disk0s6 at the 'boot:' prompt allows the virtual machine to boot up successfully -- I'm posting from within it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donk Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share Posted June 2, 2010 darwin310b2 almost works right for me. My setup: Host: QuadCore Q6600; Ubuntu 10.04 (64 bit) Guest: up-to-date Snow Leopard on host's physical partition /dev/sda6 (disk0s6); Time Machine backup on host's physical partition /dev/sda7 (disk0s7) -- Yes, I am using physical disks, not virtual disk files, for both the OS and Time Machine What happens: Even though the bootloader only shows and highlights disk0s6 at the 'boot:' prompt, it looks from the '-v' output like it is trying to use disk0s7 as the root disk, resulting in a kernel panic. The workaround: Specifying rd=disk0s6 at the 'boot:' prompt allows the virtual machine to boot up successfully -- I'm posting from within it. That's almost certainly a Chameleon issue. I will check as I think the trunk in SVN fixes it. However the good news is Quad core works which used to be an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean h Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 I can't get the new beta to work. host: x5570, esxi-4 guest: trying to install 10.6.3 of a retail dvd On first boot i hit spacebar to boot normally and i get an apple logo for about 2 seconds before the vm reboots itself. if i hit f8 add -v to the boot prompt the screen flashes and comes right back tot he boot prompt. Any advice? .encoding = "UTF-8" config.version = "8" virtualHW.version = "7" pciBridge0.present = "TRUE" pciBridge4.present = "TRUE" pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge4.functions = "8" pciBridge5.present = "TRUE" pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge5.functions = "8" pciBridge6.present = "TRUE" pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge6.functions = "8" pciBridge7.present = "TRUE" pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge7.functions = "8" vmci0.present = "TRUE" nvram = "10.6.3.nvram" deploymentPlatform = "windows" virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted" unity.customColor = "|23C0C0C0" tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal" powerType.powerOff = "hard" powerType.powerOn = "default" powerType.suspend = "hard" powerType.reset = "hard" displayName = "10.6.3" extendedConfigFile = "10.6.3.vmxf" numvcpus = "2" scsi0.present = "TRUE" scsi0.sharedBus = "none" scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic" memsize = "1024" scsi0:0.present = "TRUE" scsi0:0.fileName = "10.6.3.vmdk" scsi0:0.deviceType = "scsi-hardDisk" ide1:0.present = "TRUE" ide1:0.clientDevice = "FALSE" ide1:0.deviceType = "atapi-cdrom" ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE" ethernet0.present = "TRUE" ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000" ethernet0.networkName = "VM Network" ethernet0.addressType = "generated" guestOS = "darwin-64" uuid.location = "56 4d c0 36 94 33 bf 4f-71 ea bc 97 1d 33 6f c7" uuid.bios = "56 4d c0 36 94 33 bf 4f-71 ea bc 97 1d 33 6f c7" vc.uuid = "52 37 51 4e e7 36 04 1a-c0 63 62 f6 c0 ec 9d 5d" ide1:0.fileName = "/vmfs/devices/genscsi/mpx.vmhba33:C0:T0:L0" svga.vramSize = "33554432" bios.forceSetupOnce = "FALSE" floppy0.present = "FALSE" ich7m.present = "TRUE" smc.present = "FALSE" keyboard.vusb.enable = "FALSE" mouse.vusb.enable = "FALSE" monitor.virtual_exec="hardware" monitor.virtual_mmu="software" ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:33:6f:c7" cleanShutdown = "FALSE" replay.supported = "FALSE" sched.swap.derivedName = "/vmfs/volumes/0eb00a5d-10073efe/10.6.3/10.6.3-29fd43f7.vswp" scsi0:0.redo = "" vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "33554432" pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17" pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21" pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22" pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23" pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24" scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16" ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32" vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "33" ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0" vmci0.id = "489910215" hostCPUID.0 = "0000000b756e65476c65746e49656e69" hostCPUID.1 = "000106a500100800009ce3bdbfebfbff" hostCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000128100800" guestCPUID.0 = "0000000b756e65476c65746e49656e69" guestCPUID.1 = "000106a500010800809822010febfbff" guestCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000128100800" userCPUID.0 = "0000000b756e65476c65746e49656e69" userCPUID.1 = "000106a500100800009822010febfbff" userCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000128100800" evcCompatibilityMode = "FALSE" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donk Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share Posted June 2, 2010 I can't get the new beta to work. host: x5570, esxi-4 guest: trying to install 10.6.3 of a retail dvd On first boot i hit spacebar to boot normally and i get an apple logo for about 2 seconds before the vm reboots itself. if i hit f8 add -v to the boot prompt the screen flashes and comes right back tot he boot prompt. Any advice? I need to write up my notes for ESX in more detail. I will post a sample VMX tomorrow when back in the office, but certain;y need USB adding to VMX and IDE hard drive rather than SCSI also is needed for Snow Leopard. Also try pressing F10 at the boot prompt and see that the DVD is mounted and select that to boot. My guess is that the symptoms you have are explained by not finding the DVD. Again apologies to all those waiting for the docs and the iso, but have had major PC issues, now resolved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myrk Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 That's almost certainly a Chameleon issue. I will check as I think the trunk in SVN fixes it. However the good news is Quad core works which used to be an issue. Well, yes and no. Yes, I am running well except for the Chameleon niggle, but I was running fine before with darwin301 (I think that's right -- whatever beta version number you last posted to this thread before the 310b announcement is what I was running). I had 2 processors, 1 core per processor specified in the virtual machine. Let me switch that up and see what happens... ...okay, I just booted up the VM with it reset to 1 processor, 4 cores per processor. Came up fine, seems to be running fine, and Activity Monitor sees all 4 CPUs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donk Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share Posted June 2, 2010 Well, yes and no. Yes, I am running well except for the Chameleon niggle, but I was running fine before with darwin301 (I think that's right -- whatever beta version number you last posted to this thread before the 310b announcement is what I was running). I had 2 processors, 1 core per processor specified in the virtual machine. Let me switch that up and see what happens... ...okay, I just booted up the VM with it reset to 1 processor, 4 cores per processor. Came up fine, seems to be running fine, and Activity Monitor sees all 4 CPUs. In the interim you can add the rd= parameter to com.apple.Boot.plist, check the Voodoo Chameleon documents at forum.voodooprojects.org. Thanks for the 4 CPU check, that's good news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean h Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 I need to write up my notes for ESX in more detail. I will post a sample VMX tomorrow when back in the office, but certain;y need USB adding to VMX and IDE hard drive rather than SCSI also is needed for Snow Leopard. Also try pressing F10 at the boot prompt and see that the DVD is mounted and select that to boot. My guess is that the symptoms you have are explained by not finding the DVD. Again apologies to all those waiting for the docs and the iso, but have had major PC issues, now resolved. I rebuilt the vmx from scratch with usb and a IDE disk and how using -v works!... but it still reboots after a short while, right before it reboots it says something like no replacement smbios found, and something about a dmi table. In the event log for the vm i have an entry about a stack fault (hardware reset) Is there a setting some where to keep it from rebooting? (googling for this issue seems to get lost in the noise of other "rebooting" issues) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSoK Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 I know everyone is getting excited about running Snow Leopard in ESXi, but has anyone noticed the significant speed increase in Workstation 7.1, the whole boot process is much faster as is shutdown. Also Zenith432's audio, graphics, guestd_patch and uninstall script are in a drivers folder once you mount the new (310B2) darwin iso, nice touch, thanks Donk. Will install the drivers as see if the initial performance increase is more than skin deep. I will get to test Donk's new 310B2 darwin iso under ESXi probably tomorrow, until then happy OS X ing, MSoK. P.S. Donk glad you got your laptop sorted, it is like losing your right arm (unless youu are left handed) when you are without it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myrk Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Also Zenith432's audio, graphics, guestd_patch and uninstall script are in a drivers folder once you mount the new (310B2)darwin iso, nice touch, thanks Donk. Will install the drivers as see if the initial performance increase is more than skin deep. A little more hand holding, please. How do I go about mounting the darwin.iso and installing the drivers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myrk Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Never mind. For some reason I got it into my head that you were implying that I should automatically be able to see the contents of darwin.iso and the Drivers folder. Just making the .iso available to Finder and double-clicking it like any other .iso got me where I needed to go. I seem to be running very nicely now with 1-processor/4-cores, the new drivers, and the new VMware tools. Sound still sucks, making videos choppy and intolerable; but other than that, I'm pretty happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wachin-Wachon Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 In the interim you can add the rd= parameter to com.apple.Boot.plist, check the Voodoo Chameleon documents at forum.voodooprojects.org. Thanks for the 4 CPU check, that's good news. Donk: You did it man, my ESXi U1 is no longer trowing the PANIC, i can boot normal and after implementing the video drivers the speed was pretty fast!!! CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS! All the best, Federico Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boobee Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 has anyone been able to run SL on ESX 4? everyone says ESX(i) but I think nobody tested real ESX. i'm on ESX 4.0.0 (2444038) and can't get past "Guest operating system 'darwin64-10' is not supported". EDIT: removing the host from the cluster and attaching vi client directly to the host does not fix. also booting with [root@esx01 SLS]# vmware-cmd ./SLS.vmx start hard still does not prevent from throwing Task reported error: (vim.fault.GenericVmConfigFault) { dynamicType = <unset>, dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [], msg = "Guest operating system `darwin10-64' is not supported.\nPlease select a guest operating system from the General page on the Options tab of Virtual Machine Settings.\n", faultCause = <unset>, faultMessage = (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) [], reason = "Guest operating system `darwin10-64' is not supported.\nPlease select a guest operating system from the General page on the Options tab of Virtual Machine Settings.\n", messageInfo = (vim.vm.Message) [] } start(hard) = 0 any hint? thanks B #!/usr/bin/vmware .encoding = "UTF-8" encoding = "UTF-8" config.version = "8" virtualHW.version = "7" pciBridge0.present = "TRUE" pciBridge4.present = "TRUE" pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge4.functions = "8" pciBridge5.present = "TRUE" pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge5.functions = "8" pciBridge6.present = "TRUE" pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge6.functions = "8" pciBridge7.present = "TRUE" pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge7.functions = "8" vmci0.present = "TRUE" nvram = "LeopardServer.nvram" deploymentPlatform = "windows" virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted" unity.customColor = "|23C0C0C0" tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal" powerType.powerOff = "soft" powerType.powerOn = "default" powerType.suspend = "hard" powerType.reset = "soft" displayName = "SLS" extendedConfigFile = "SLS.vmxf" numvcpus = "2" memsize = "2048" ide1:0.present = "TRUE" ide1:0.clientDevice = "FALSE" ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image" ide1:0.startConnected = "FALSE" ethernet0.present = "TRUE" ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000" ethernet0.networkName = "VLAN0024" ethernet0.addressType = "generated" guestOS = "darwin10-64" ich7m.present = "TRUE" keyboard.vusb.enable = "TRUE" mouse.vusb.enable = "TRUE" monitor.virtual_exec = "hardware" monitor.virtual_mmu = "software" #paevm= "TRUE" uuid.location = "" uuid.bios = "56 4d ed 11 46 bc a0 0e-44 d7 32 bc 3e 87 4a 19" vc.uuid = "52 81 75 98 44 c2 7e 90-b6 61 7f 3f e9 a6 36 f6" usb.present = "TRUE" ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:87:4a:19" cleanShutdown = "TRUE" replay.supported = "FALSE" sched.swap.derivedName = "/vmfs/volumes/4b42548f-39fd1ad2-4c99-001d091ca5d4/SLS/SLS-b4d8ad6b.vswp" usb:0.present = "TRUE" usb:1.present = "TRUE" vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "4194304" pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17" pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21" pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22" pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23" pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24" usb.pciSlotNumber = "32" ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "33" vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "34" ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0" vmci0.id = "1049053722" hostCPUID.0 = "0000000a756e65476c65746e49656e69" hostCPUID.1 = "000006fb000408000004e33dbfebfbff" hostCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000120100800" guestCPUID.0 = "0000000a756e65476c65746e49656e69" guestCPUID.1 = "000006f100010800800022010febfbff" guestCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000120100800" userCPUID.0 = "0000000a756e65476c65746e49656e69" userCPUID.1 = "000006fb000408000004e33dbfebfbff" userCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000120100800" evcCompatibilityMode = "TRUE" usb:1.deviceType = "hub" usb:0.deviceType = "mouse" ide1:0.fileName = "/vmfs/volumes/4b42548f-39fd1ad2-4c99-001d091ca5d4/SL-CHIAVEUSB22.iso" firmware = "efi" tools.remindInstall = "TRUE" sched.scsi0:0.shares = "normal" sched.scsi0:1.shares = "normal" scsi0.present = "TRUE" scsi0:0.present = "TRUE" tools.syncTime = "FALSE" migrate.hostlog = "./SLS-b4d8ad6b.hlog" sched.cpu.min = "0" sched.cpu.units = "mhz" sched.cpu.shares = "normal" sched.mem.minsize = "0" sched.mem.max = "unlimited" sched.mem.shares = "normal" scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic" scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "35" scsi0.sharedBus = "none" scsi0:0.fileName = "SLS.vmdk" scsi0:0.mode = "persistent" scsi0:0.ctkEnabled = "FALSE" scsi0:0.deviceType = "scsi-hardDisk" debugStub.linuxOffsets = "0x0,0xffffffff,0x906d5a8,0x0,0x906d5bd,0x0,0xfc0520c4,0xffffffff,0x0,0x0,0x906d8f8,0x0,0x906d90e,0x0" scsi0:0.redo = "" floppy0.present = "FALSE" scsi0:1.present = "FALSE" smc.present = "FALSE" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saivert Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 New beta working but it wasn't perfect. First boot = kernel panic (gray screen) Second boot = freeze at Chameleon boot logo Third boot (this time with -v) = success! Also are you then supposed to mount the darwin.iso and install VMWare Tools then Zenith's drivers and guestd patch? to upgrade these components as well. EDIT: Scratch that.. seems like it is stuck after reinstall of VMWare Tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donk Posted June 3, 2010 Author Share Posted June 3, 2010 has anyone been able to run SL on ESX 4? everyone says ESX(i) but I think nobody tested real ESX.i'm on ESX 4.0.0 (2444038) and can't get past "Guest operating system 'darwin64-10' is not supported". EDIT: removing the host from the cluster and attaching vi client directly to the host does not fix. also booting with [root@esx01 SLS]# vmware-cmd ./SLS.vmx start hard still does not prevent from throwing Everyone is jumping the gun a bit here you have to be very specific how you define the ESX(i) VM: # Stuff needed to allow Mac OS X to run guestOS = "darwin-64" guestOSAltName = "Other (64-bit)" ich7m.present = "true" smc.present = "FALSE" monitor.virtual_exec = "hardware" monitor.virtual_mmu = "software" scsi0.present = "FALSE" # Stuff to make keyboard and mouse work keyboard.vusb.enable = "false" mouse.vusb.enable = "true" usb.present = "true" usb:0.deviceType = "mouse" usb:0.present = "TRUE" usb:1.deviceType = "hub" usb:1.present = "TRUE" When setting your VM up, do not use SCSI virtual hard disks, only IDE, using FreeBSD-64 as the template. You must also add the USB adapter. After the VM has been created then you will need to manually edit the VMX file in the datastore, and make sure all those statements are present. Personally I use WinSCP Edit feature to update them. Note ESX(i) 4.0 does not have the settings for Snow Leopard so you need darwin - 32-bit darwin-64 - 64-bit and best option Do not bother installing the VMware tools on the darwin.iso as no use in ESX(i). However in the Drivers folder run the SVGA installer from Zentih432 (gave me permission to distribute) and you will be able to set other screen resolutions. The ESX(i) box can be managed by vSphere but you can only start/stop the VM from the vSphere client directly attached to the ESX(i) server not via vSphere Center server. I have lots of screenshots of this, but no time to write anything due to work. I am probably going to do this via my web site so it can be more dynamic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donk Posted June 3, 2010 Author Share Posted June 3, 2010 New beta working but it wasn't perfect. First boot = kernel panic (gray screen) Second boot = freeze at Chameleon boot logo Third boot (this time with -v) = success! Also are you then supposed to mount the darwin.iso and install VMWare Tools then Zenith's drivers and guestd patch? to upgrade these components as well. EDIT: Scratch that.. seems like it is stuck after reinstall of VMWare Tools. What are you running on that is host, VMware product etc.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSoK Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 New beta working but it wasn't perfect. First boot = kernel panic (gray screen) Second boot = freeze at Chameleon boot logo Third boot (this time with -v) = success! Also are you then supposed to mount the darwin.iso and install VMWare Tools then Zenith's drivers and guestd patch? to upgrade these components as well. EDIT: Scratch that.. seems like it is stuck after reinstall of VMWare Tools. From Donk's later post installing the VMware Tools is not relevent in ESXi, then only install Zenith432's graphics drivers and not the guestd_patch as this is to allow resizing to work under the installed darwin iso VMware tools. Everyone is jumping the gun a bit here you have to be very specific how you define the ESX(i) VM Donk, do I remember correctly that the latest (310B2) darwin iso based on chameleon may allow alternative processors like AMD to work as well as non VT-x or AMDv, or is that further down the development chain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boobee Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Everyone is jumping the gun a bit here you have to be very specific how you define the ESX(i) VM: yup, indeed sorry for that. thanks to your suggestions, I could finally boot the vm, with a single IDE disk. but i'm stuck right here: still on ESX 4.0, and booting vanilla 10.6 SL server vmx below #!/usr/bin/vmware .encoding = "UTF-8" config.version = "8" virtualHW.version = "7" pciBridge0.present = "TRUE" pciBridge4.present = "TRUE" pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge4.functions = "8" pciBridge5.present = "TRUE" pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge5.functions = "8" pciBridge6.present = "TRUE" pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge6.functions = "8" pciBridge7.present = "TRUE" pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge7.functions = "8" vmci0.present = "TRUE" nvram = "SLS1.nvram" deploymentPlatform = "windows" virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted" unity.customColor = "|23C0C0C0" tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal" powerType.powerOff = "soft" powerType.powerOn = "default" powerType.suspend = "hard" powerType.reset = "soft" displayName = "SLS1" extendedConfigFile = "SLS1.vmxf" ich7m.present = "true" monitor.virtual_exec = "hardware" monitor.virtual_mmu = "software" keyboard.vusb.enable = "true" mouse.vusb.enable = "true" usb.present = "true" usb:0.deviceType = "mouse" usb:0.present = "TRUE" usb:1.deviceType = "hub" usb:1.present = "TRUE" memsize = "4096" ide1:0.present = "TRUE" ide1:0.clientDevice = "FALSE" ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image" ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE" ethernet0.present = "TRUE" ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000" ethernet0.networkName = "VLAN0024" ethernet0.addressType = "vpx" ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:50:56:9e:5d:09" guestOSAltName = "Other (64-bit)" guestOS = "darwin" uuid.bios = "42 1e 0b bc 13 59 06 ac-4d 78 05 fc 3a 35 53 24" vc.uuid = "52 03 91 58 5a da 2d dc-e0 b5 aa c1 ff a7 22 14" tools.syncTime = "FALSE" uuid.location = "56 4d 86 f8 48 84 3f 5e-0b 7d bb b2 5c 97 16 d4" cleanShutdown = "TRUE" sched.cpu.min = "0" sched.cpu.units = "mhz" sched.cpu.shares = "normal" sched.mem.minsize = "0" sched.mem.max = "unlimited" sched.mem.shares = "normal" replay.supported = "FALSE" sched.swap.derivedName = "/vmfs/volumes/4b42548f-39fd1ad2-4c99-001d091ca5d4/SLS1/SLS1-4fee5afc.vswp" debugStub.linuxOffsets = "0x0,0xffffffff,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0" vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "4194304" pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17" pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21" pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22" pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23" pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24" usb.pciSlotNumber = "32" ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "33" vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "34" vmci0.id = "976573220" tools.remindInstall = "TRUE" hostCPUID.0 = "0000000a756e65476c65746e49656e69" hostCPUID.1 = "000006fb000408000004e33dbfebfbff" hostCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000120100800" guestCPUID.0 = "0000000a756e65476c65746e49656e69" guestCPUID.1 = "000006f100010800800022010febfbff" guestCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000120100800" userCPUID.0 = "0000000a756e65476c65746e49656e69" userCPUID.1 = "000006fb000408000004e33dbfebfbff" userCPUID.80000001 = "00000000000000000000000120100800" evcCompatibilityMode = "TRUE" ide1:0.fileName = "/vmfs/volumes/4b42548f-39fd1ad2-4c99-001d091ca5d4/SL-CHIAVEUSB22.iso" sched.cpu.affinity = "all" ide0:0.present = "TRUE" ide0:0.fileName = "SLS1.vmdk" ide0:0.redo = "" smc.present = "FALSE" floppy0.present = "FALSE" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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