Hi Brian,

Can you try and copy the '/etc/vmware/esx.conf' file onto a USB memory stick so I can take a look?

Boot into the recovery console as before, insert the USB drive and try the following...

mkdir /mnt/usb
mount -t auto /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb
cp /etc/vmware/esx.conf /mnt/usb

Thanks,

Martyn

hi,

did you get any error message?
If not do <mount> and post the output please.

do a
<less /var/log/messages> the press SHIFT-F before you plug in the USB stick
plugin the stick
and watch the output

i´ll got this

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Jul 10 16:52:12 esx074 kernel: hub.c: new USB
device 00:1d.7-8, assigned address 2
Jul 10 16:52:12 esx074 kernel: usb.c: USB device
2 (vend/prod 0x4146/0xba63) is not claimed by any active driver.
Jul 10 16:52:15 esx074 /etc/hotplug/usb.agent:
Setup usb-storage for USB product 4146/ba63/100
Jul 10 16:52:15 esx074 kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Jul 10 16:52:15 esx074 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
Jul 10 16:52:15 esx074 kernel: scsi1 : SCSI
emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Jul 10 16:52:15 esx074 kernel: Vendor:
Pretec Model: 02GB Rev: 2.00
Jul 10 16:52:15 esx074
kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Jul 10 16:52:15 esx074 kernel: VMWARE SCSI Id:
Supported VPD pages for sda : 0x1f 0x0
Jul 10 16:52:15 esx074 kernel: VMWARE SCSI Id: Could not get disk id for sda
Jul 10 16:52:15 esx074 kernel: :VMWARE: Unique
Device attached as scsi disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Jul 10 16:52:15 esx074 kernel: Attached scsi
removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Jul 10 16:52:15 esx074 kernel: SCSI device sda:
4095999 512-byte hdwr sectors (2097 MB)
Jul 10 16:52:15 esx074 kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
Jul 10 16:52:15 esx074 kernel: sda: sda1
Jul 10 16:52:15 esx074 kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
---8<---

kind regards,
Reinhard.