ESX 3 - Windows XP Pro with Service Pack 2 install does not detect hard disk.

[aaz436]

Hello, I'm trying to create a VM on ESX 3.0.0 from an ISO of Windows XP Pro with SP2. The VM is set for LSI logic and it reads the iso. I come the blue screen that says, "hit enter to install windows." When I press enter, the install fails because it cannot detect any hard disks. What's up? Thanks for your help!

[Dave_Mishchenko · Accepted solution]

The XP CD doesn't have the LSI drivers so you'll have to copy the driver floppy image to the host and then press F6 during the install to add the drivers. See the first link for doing this with LSI drivers. The 2nd link has the same but for the Bus Logic controller. The last link has a great program which you can use to integrate the drivers onto the install CD.

LSI drivers and install - http://virtrix.blogspot.com/2007/09/vmware-installing-windows-xp-on-esx.html

http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=84832&messageID=646121#646121

http://www.nliteos.com/

[aaz436]

Dave,

Thanks for the quick response. The virtrix website you provided had the right solution. As a note though, I could not find the right symmpi driver on the LSI website so I just downloaded the vmware one for xp. Worked like a champ. I'll check out the nlite. Might be better than autostreamer. Thanks again!

[oreeh]

FYI: some XP CDs have the lsilogic driver.

There seems to be a big difference between the US and the "rest of the world"

[matthewEaton]

For those of you who have used the vmscsi-1.2.04.flp file provided by VM and have had no sucess please follow the instructions on this thread. I have attached the LSILogic.flp that I created using the directions provided. I used this driver and XP OS installed no problems.....

cheers..