opensuse 11.1 (kernel 2.6.27.7) does not see cdrom

[Matteo_Rossini]

I'm installing opensuse 11.1 into a virtual machine on esx 3.5 using viclient 2.5

opensuse 11.1 use the kernel 2.6.27.7-9

It load the installer but after booting kernel, the installation does not start:

cd:/content : Invalid signature.

Installation aborted.

I'he attached an iso (md5 of this iso is correct) to VM on client device.

Starting a shell, I don't see /dev/hda or /dev/sr0

How to solve?

Using slackware 12.2 (kernel 2.6.27.7), it works.

Hi,

Matteo

[Texiwill]

Hello,

Moved to Virtual Machine and Guest OS forum.

Either the CDROM/ISO is bad or you need to use a different type of device setting to access it. You may wish to instead build a pxeboot install and use that instead of the ISO. I get around ISO/CDROM issues using that all the time. For Linux it is very easy to make a pxeboot system.

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Edward L. Haletky

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[Matteo_Rossini]

SOLVED.

System Date (of virtual machine) was set two month in past. opensuse 11.1 is newer so installation fails (out-of-date certificate signature).

Setting correct System Date in this guest vm, it works.

Matteo