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YpNo Novice
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May 24, 2009 8:14 AM

Installation Problem on Shuttle SD37P2

Hi,

 

i try to install VmWare ESXi 4 on my Shuttle SD37P2 - with Intel Q6600 and 8 Go Memory - and when it initilizing component (Before Licence Agreement), it freeze to "Initilizing Power Management..."

No error message, said nothing...

 

What should i do ?

 

Thanks for your help.

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1. May 24, 2009 8:34 AM in response to: YpNo
Re: Installation Problem on Shuttle SD37P2

I had a similar problem a few weeks ago when attempting to install ESX 3.5 on a laptop. (Don't ask)

 

No matter what I tried, I couldn't persaude the installer to run to completion. However what did work was to create a bootable ESXi USB stick and boot from that.

 

A guide on how to create an ESXi 4.0 USB has already been posted here

 

Regards,

Iain

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2. May 27, 2009 2:26 AM in response to: mcwill
Re: Installation Problem on Shuttle SD37P2

 

Hi,

 

 

I try that (with usb solution) but my computer doesn't want to boot on the usb key. Like mbr or boot loader doesn't exist. (Yes i'd modify my boot priority in Bios) i tried on virutal machine and it load success.

 

 

i try this night with another usb key or external usb HDD.

 

 

 

 

 

Regards.

 

 

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3. May 27, 2009 2:10 PM in response to: mcwill
Re: Installation Problem on Shuttle SD37P2

Hi,

 

It doesn't want boot on usb drive (key or hdd)

 

What else ?

Anyone know how to pass through  the initializing power management ... ? Or it really depend of hardware and i loose...

 

Regards

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4. May 27, 2009 2:18 PM in response to: YpNo
Re: Installation Problem on Shuttle SD37P2

When it freezes are you able to press ALTF1 and ALTF12 to look for any errors?

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5. May 28, 2009 1:59 AM in response to: Dave.Mishchen…
Re: Installation Problem on Shuttle SD37P2

 

Yes tried, i think. but don't work

 

 

I try again this night to be certain. And If really don't work ?

 

 

 

 

 

Regards.

 

 

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6. May 29, 2009 1:47 AM in response to: Dave.Mishchen…
Re: Installation Problem on Shuttle SD37P2

 

Hi,

 

 

I Confirm, it's really freezes. ALTF1 and ALTF12 (or other) don't work.

 

 

Regards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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7. May 29, 2009 2:12 AM in response to: YpNo
Re: Installation Problem on Shuttle SD37P2

Try the no power management option  - http://www.vm-help.com/esx40i/vmkernel_boot_options.php

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8. May 29, 2009 5:26 AM in response to: Dave.Mishchen…
Re: Installation Problem on Shuttle SD37P2

 

Ah, i tried with linux parameters "acpi=off" (i think that is same) but no ^^

 

 

Thanks, i will try that night.

 

 

Regards

 

 

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9. May 29, 2009 1:31 PM in response to: Dave.Mishchen…
Re: Installation Problem on Shuttle SD37P2

Great ! Awesome !

 

That good.

 

Thanks a lot.

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10. May 29, 2009 1:34 PM in response to: YpNo
Re: Installation Problem on Shuttle SD37P2

Glad to here you have it working.   What sort of NIC and storage controller do you have in this PC?

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11. May 29, 2009 1:52 PM in response to: Dave.Mishchen…
Re: Installation Problem on Shuttle SD37P2

Shuttle SD37P2 :

 

Mainboard

Shuttle FD37, Shuttle form factor, proprietary design for XPC SD37P2

Chipset: Intel 975X (MCH, codename: Glenwood) + ICH7R (I/O Controller Hub)

Award V6.0PG BIOS, 4MBit flash memory

with hardware monitoring and ACPI power management functions

 

LAN Controller

Broadcom 5789 Ethernet network controller

 

Drive connectors

3 x Serial-ATA II, 3 Gb/s (300 MB/s) bandwidth

supports 3 internal harddisks

Intel Matrix Storage Technology enabled striping and mirroring

unterstützt RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD on just two or three hard disk drives

supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ)

1 x IDE ATA 100 drives

 

 

Regards

http://eu.shuttle.com/fr/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-72/169_read-13285/

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12. Jun 5, 2009 3:14 AM in response to: Dave.Mishchen…
Re: Installation Problem on Shuttle SD37P2

 

Hi

 

 

Is there a way to set the bootup "nopowerManagement  noACPI" option permanently so it always uses that option during bootup?

 

 

A quick response is highly appreciated.

 

 

Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

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13. Jun 5, 2009 4:41 AM in response to: mohammad
Re: Installation Problem on Shuttle SD37P2

 

Hi,

 

 

i'm not found success to boot with options permanently. :/

 

 

But i'm running on MacOS and there not  client manager ... else i use now Xen Server

 

 

Also, Vsphere client for windows it's free or not ? WTF ????

 

 

I am angry that no simple customer mangement (light and / or free) has been planned.  I also signed the petition for a client on MacOS.

 

 

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14. Jun 5, 2009 11:08 PM in response to: mohammad
Re: Installation Problem on Shuttle SD37P2

In the VI client you go to Configuration,  and then click on Advanced Settings (for hardware).  Then look at the VMkernel.boot options.

 

The VI client is free to use (but the lack of a client other than Windows based is unfortunate)..  ESXi is also free you just had to add a serial number to it.

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