I have tried to get VMPlayer configured for my SCSI device and have had no luck. I know my SCSI bus and ID are 0:6. The following is my vmx file.
debug = "TRUE"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "4"
guestOS = "other26xlinux"
displayName = "debtst"
guestinfo.vmware.product.class = "virtual machine"
numvcpus = "1"
memsize = "256"
MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"
MemTrimRate = "-1"
uuid.action = "create"
tools.remindInstall = "TRUE"
hints.hideAll = "TRUE"
tools.syncTime = "TRUE"
serial1.present = "FALSE"
logging = "TRUE"
log.fileName = "debian.log"
log.append = "TRUE"
log.keepOld = "1"
isolation.tools.hgfs.disable = "FALSE"
isolation.tools.dnd.disable = "FALSE"
isolation.tools.copy.enable = "TRUE"
isolation.tools.paste.enabled = "TRUE"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "vlance"
ethernet0.connectionType = "custom"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
ethernet0.vnet = "VMnet0"
ethernet1.present = "TRUE"
ethernet1.virtualDev = "vlance"
ethernet1.connectionType = "custom"
ethernet1.addressType = "generated"
ethernet1.generatedAddressOffset = "10"
ethernet1.vnet = "VMnet2"
floppy0.present = "FALSE"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE"
ide1:0.fileName = "auto detect"
ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"
ide0:0.present = "TRUE"
ide0:0.fileName = "debian.vmdk"
ide0:0.mode = "persistent"
ide0:0.startConnected = "TRUE"
ide0:0.writeThrough = "TRUE"
scsi0.present = "true"
scsi0:6.present = "true"
scsi0:6.deviceType = "scsi-passthru"
scsi0:6.fileName = "scsi0:6"
When this vmx is ran I get a message box with the error:
Virtual device scsi0:6 will start disconnected.
Also the log file contains:
Mar 20 15:35:35: vmx| SCSI PASSTHRU: OPEN "scsi0:6"
Mar 20 15:35:35: vmx| SCSI PASS-THRU (scsi0:6): OPEN "scsi0:6"
Mar 20 15:35:35: vmx| MX: init lock: rank(IOGGlobalLock)=65535
Mar 20 15:35:35: vmx| MX: init condvar: IOGPendingOps
Mar 20 15:35:35: vmx| AIOGNRC: Starting 3 I/O threads.
Mar 20 15:35:35: vmx| SCSI PASS-THRU: ioctl 0x7c088 failed: SCSI
Mar 20 15:35:35: vmx| SCSI PASS-THRU (scsi0:6): obtained maximum transfer Length 131072 directly from adapter/device by legacy ioctl
Mar 20 15:35:35: vmx| SCSI PASS-THRU (scsi0:6): Length 24 MaxTransferLength 131072 MaxPhyPages 32 AsyncEvents 0 AlignMask 0x1 SU PIO
Mar 20 15:35:35: vmx| SCSI PASS-THRU (scsi0:6): Using maximum transfer size of 126976 bytes
Mar 20 15:35:35: vmx| SCSI PASS-THRU (scsi0:6): Failed to get block size: The parameter is incorrect (22274).
Mar 20 15:35:35: vmx| SCSI PASS-THRU (scsi0:6): Command failed: The parameter is incorrect (22274).
Mar 20 15:35:35: vmx| NOT_TESTED C:/ob/bora-34682/bora/devices/scsi/scsiPassthruWin32.c:1817
Mar 20 15:35:35: vmx| SCSI PASSTHRU (scsi0:6): Manual INQUIRY failed: Sense buffer
Mar 20 15:35:35: vmx| SCSI PASSTHRU (scsi0:6): Key: 0x0 Code 0x0 XCode 0x0
Mar 20 15:35:35: vmx| SCSI PASS-THRU (scsi0:6): CLOSE "scsi0:6"
Mar 20 15:35:35: vmx| Msg_Post: Warning
Mar 20 15:35:35: vmx| \[msg.device.startdisconnected] Virtual device scsi0:6 will start disconnected.
It looks like to me that VMPlayer does not support scsi devices properly. Am I right or am I doing something wrong?
Help is appreciated.
