Hi,
I'm running a proprietary OS on ESXi4.1 host. I added an IDE disk (0:0). I pasted IDE related config below:
Mar 27 23:06:24.047: vmx| DICT ide0:0.present = TRUE
Mar 27 23:06:24.047: vmx| DICT ide0:0.fileName = user-myos-Mar21_2.vmdk
Mar 27 23:06:24.047: vmx| DICT ide0:0.deviceType = disk
Mar 27 23:06:24.047: vmx| DICT ide1:0.present = TRUE
Mar 27 23:06:24.047: vmx| DICT ide1:0.fileName = /vmfs/volumes/4d504839-2c3a3440-4f80-001b216c83f1/iso-images/myos-user-Mar21.iso
Mar 27 23:06:24.047: vmx| DICT ide1:0.deviceType = cdrom-image
Mar 27 23:06:24.047: vmx| DICT ide0:1.present = FALSE
When I try to format the flash from the guest, it is failing. I'm seeing the following errors in vmware-log file of the vm:
Mar 27 23:06:56.064: vcpu-0| VIDE: (0x170) OUTB Cmd 0xfb, Aborting Unknown Atapi Command
Mar 27 23:06:56.064: vcpu-0| VIDE: (0x170) OUTB Cmd 0x04, Aborting Unknown Atapi Command
Mar 27 23:06:56.064: vcpu-0| VIDE: (0x170) OUTB Cmd 0xfb, Aborting Unknown Atapi Command
Mar 27 23:07:25.221: vcpu-0| VIDE: (0x1f0) OUTB Cmd 0x04, Unknown ATA Command on drive 0
Mar 27 23:07:25.221: vcpu-0| VIDE: (0x1f0) OUTB Cmd 0xfb, Unknown ATA Command on drive 0
I tried to load a win7 VM and verified that it can format an IDE disk and write to it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Srinivas
