Dell GX 755 ESXi V4 install problems

[cobera]

Hello all,

I have a question reguarding installing ESXi 4.0 to a Dell GX 755. It seems to always fail encountering an error "unable to find supported device to write the EXS Server image to"

Has anyone ran into this? I have tried ESXi V3.5.0 back to version 2.5x All seem to fail the same way (with the same error) I'm running a sata 160G drive 2Gb ram Core2Duo I believe it is a 6850

I have tried with multiple diffrent settings within the bios. As well as blowing away the existing windows partition (leaving an unpartitioned drive)

This is my test box before I install it on my DL380's and 2950's

Thank you

Joe

[Dave_Mishchenko]

Welcome to the VMware Community forums. Check out the IDE install method on www.vm-help.com.

[AndreTheGiant]

"unable to find supported device to write the EXS Server image to"

Seems that it do not recognize the SATA controller.

Check if is in HCL:

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility

Or also in some un-official HCL:

http://www.vm-help.com/esx40i/Hardware_support.php

Andre

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[cobera]

Thank you that solved the problem!

[AndreTheGiant]

You're welcome.

Andre