Adding a SCSI hard drive to Windows 2003 Web Server

[tonySdev]

Can someone provide me with an outline to install additional hard drives to a VM Ware Workstation using Windows 2003 Web Server.

I am using the demo version of Workstation 6.5. I want to add to more drives in addition to the 'C:' drive.

So far I created them using the VM>Setting>Hardware>Add.

Instructions explain to use the partitioning and formattting tools in the Operation System

When I go to Computer Management>Device Manager the two additional drive come up as VMware, VMware Virtual SCSI Disk Drives

It appears they are already formatted. The drive letter for them do not appear under my computer. Where is the partitioning and formatting tool?

How can I go to the System BIOS/CMOS settings to see the associated drive letter and configurations of the newly created virual disks?

[RDPetruska]

Can someone provide me with an outline to install additional hard drives to a VM Ware Workstation using Windows 2003 Web Server.

I am using the demo version of Workstation 6.5. I want to add to more drives in addition to the 'C:' drive.

So far I created them using the VM>Setting>Hardware>Add.

Instructions explain to use the partitioning and formattting tools in the Operation System

When I go to Computer Management>Device Manager the two additional drive come up as VMware, VMware Virtual SCSI Disk Drives

It appears they are already formatted. The drive letter for them do not appear under my computer. Where is the partitioning and formatting tool?

How can I go to the System BIOS/CMOS settings to see the associated drive letter and configurations of the newly created virual disks?

BIOS settings: The BIOS only lists IDE devices, not SCSI ones. So you are not going to find them there.

Drive letters are not a function of the BIOS anyway, but the OS. Use Computer Managerment-->Disk Management.

FYI: Both of these items exactly follow how you would do them in the physical world.

[Jasemccarty]

You'll just need to initialize them.

Look in Disk Management. It will run a wizard asking if you want to initialize the drives.

Jase McCarty

http://www.jasemccarty.com

Co-Author of VMware ESX Essentials in the Virtual Data Center

(ISBN:1420070274) from Auerbach

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[tonySdev]

ok, got it.

Thanks,

[tonySdev]

How do I open the BIOS of the VM?

[IamTHEvilONE · Accepted solution]

Click into the console and F2 on boot or bios.forceSetupOnce = "TRUE" can be inserted into a VMX file.

Regards,

EvilOne

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[tonySdev]

it worked!

Thanks