VMWare ESXi 4.0 - Installation Operation Failed‎

[dbasureshkumar]

Hi Experts,

I am attempting to install ESXi 4.0 onto my PC. My PC Configuration is AMD Phenom II X4 940(Processor) , Biostar TA790GX 128M(Motherboard), 6 Gb DDR II RAM , 500 gb Sata HDD

Biostart . but I am getting the

following error message.

Installation Operation Failed

The installation operation has encountered a fatal error:

Unable to find a supported device to write the VMWare ESXi 4.0.0 image to.

System

Please Help Me for same

Regards,

Suresh

[Dave_Mishchenko]

Take a look here - http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/ESXi_35_common_issues.php#Unable_to_find_a_supported_device. It's for 3.5 but you have the same issue. If you then go to the homepage you'll find the hardware list for 4.0




Dave

VMware Communities User Moderator

New book in town - vSphere Quick Start Guide -http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/08/12/new-book-in-town-vsphere-quick-start-guide/.

Do you have a system or PCI card working with VMDirectPath? Submit your specs to the Unofficial VMDirectPath HCL - http://www.vm-help.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=21.

[jintoa]

The Sata HDD of your machine may not be supported. If it is not supported the driver will not be loaded and ESXi unable to find out your Disks.

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[dbasureshkumar]

While installing the esxi 4 error comming like 'Failed to lvmdriver'.

Inside log error is "lvmdriver failed to load with status -1,01 0xbad0001 ..

sysboot:34storage -drivers, returend critical failure...

waring :Term:1242:Unknown ASVSI sequence...

Cpu1:4539 ALERT :Util:L1004:fail trying to get a valid vmkernal MAC address: failure. Verious VMkernel subsystems will provide lower quilty of service. Please add/configure VMkernel NICs."

[Dave_Mishchenko]

You would need to add a NIC that ESXi can recognize. See vm-help.com for that list.




Dave

VMware Communities User Moderator

New book in town - vSphere Quick Start Guide -http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/08/12/new-book-in-town-vsphere-quick-start-guide/.

Do you have a system or PCI card working with VMDirectPath? Submit your specs to the Unofficial VMDirectPath HCL - http://www.vm-help.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=21.

[mmoran]

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[dbasureshkumar]

How i can add NIC ??

I have Biostart TA790GX 128M 5.x ( http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/t-series/introduction.php?S_ID=377) Mobo with inbuilt NIC.

So, I neet to buy new NIC for vmware?

[Dave_Mishchenko]

You can add something like an Intel Pro 1000 GT or head over to vm-help.com for a realtek driver.




Dave

VMware Communities User Moderator

New book in town - vSphere Quick Start Guide -http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/08/12/new-book-in-town-vsphere-quick-start-guide/.

Do you have a system or PCI card working with VMDirectPath? Submit your specs to the Unofficial VMDirectPath HCL - http://www.vm-help.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=21.