Can't locate module ide-cd

[xunil321]

Dear all,

we are running ESX 3.01 on our SunFire X4200 and are not able to

install any guest system because the CD-ROM device is not accessible.

During every boot attempt ESX is saying "can't locate module ide-cd".

Is there any chance to postinstall this module?

THX,

Rainer

[admin]

If you can't get it working you can use your client machine's CD-drive, or convert the CD/DVD to an ISO and upload it to either the /vmimages or a VMFS volume on your ESX host using SCP. You can then connect the VM directly to the ISO.

http://winscp.net/

http://www.veeam.com/veeam_fast_scp.asp

[xunil321]

@mittel:

THX, but what do you mean by "you can use your client machine's CD-drive".

I have only 1 SunFire X4200 system under ESX 3.01 where I want one VM under Fedora 7.

Therefore I set the BIOS to boot from CD-ROM first and configured the virtual CD-ROM to

use Host Drive and to be connected at power on.

But this didn't work.

Rainer

[admin]

I mean you can put the Fedore 7 CD in the CD-drive on the machine you are running the VI client on to connect to the ESX host. Edit settings, select use client device, and it'll pass-through from your client to the VM.