Hi guys,
somewhat of a newbie but I have installed ESXi a few times before and have an OK knowledge of server hardware.
I have a server machine that previously had Microsoft 2008 installed that's no longer being used so I thought I'd make good use of it and install ESXi.
The machine has 3 x 250GB and 2 x 2GB disks.
On the machine boot I dutifully press Ctrl-E and configure the 3 drives into 1 x 470GB virtual drive.
However when ESXi 5.5 comes to install it lists the drives in the following order asking me to choose 1:
250GB
2GB
2GB
250GB
250GB
I'm sure I'm doing something really stupid but for the life of me I can't see it.
Anyone have an idea?
Thanks, Steve...
You provided no info about your hardware, but I just suppose you used "fake-raid" (or "bios-raid") to create that one virtual drive. This is NOT supported with ESXi. Only true hardware-controllers...
You provided no info about your hardware, but I just suppose you used "fake-raid" (or "bios-raid") to create that one virtual drive. This is NOT supported with ESXi. Only true hardware-controllers...
Many thanks, that appears to be it.
Steve