error: the installer was unable to find any supported network devices

[gymmbo]

I am trying to evaluate ESX 3.5 on either VMWare Worksation or MS Virutal PC (I don't available hardware) and in the early stage of installation I get the following error: "the installer was unable to find any supported network devices" and my only option is to reboot. The hardware of the PC is very current and the NIC is a Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Gymmbo

[jbruelasdgo]

I assume you are trying to install on a VM

well, for the installer to recognize your hardware, you need to edit "your virtual hardware"

your NIC should be recognized as an e1000 (it does not matter what brand you have on your host)

to do so, with notepad or something similar, edit the configuracion file associated to the virtual machine (a file with the .vmx extension)

add the following:

ethernetn.virtualDev = "e1000" (please change n for the number of the virtual adapter, 0 if it is the first one)

if it is helpful , provide points

regards

Jose Ruelas

[gymmbo]

Thanks for the response... but no dice. Here is the file. Maybe you can spot something.

.encoding = "windows-1252"

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "7"

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

memsize = "2056"

ide0:0.present = "TRUE"

ide0:0.fileName = "VMWESX.vmdk"

ide1:0.present = "TRUE"

ide1:0.fileName = "F:\Software\VMWare\ESX_Server_3.5\esx-3.5.0_Update_3-123630.iso"

ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"

floppy0.autodetect = "TRUE"

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

ethernet0.connectionType = "bridged"

ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"

sound.present = "TRUE"

sound.fileName = "-1"

sound.autodetect = "TRUE"

mks.enable3d = "TRUE"

pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge4.functions = "8"

pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge5.functions = "8"

pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge6.functions = "8"

pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge7.functions = "8"

vmci0.present = "TRUE"

roamingVM.exitBehavior = "go"

displayName = "VMWESX"

guestOS = "other"

nvram = "VMWESX.nvram"

virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"

ft.secondary0.enabled = "TRUE"

tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal"

extendedConfigFile = "VMWESX.vmxf"

1:11 PM 4/3/2009

floppy0.fileName = "A:"

ethernet0.addressType = "generated"

uuid.location = "56 4d 93 6d c4 30 93 46-9c db 05 83 90 3d b1 92"

uuid.bios = "56 4d 93 6d c4 30 93 46-9c db 05 83 90 3d b1 92"

ide0:0.redo = ""

vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "134217728"

pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"

pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"

pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"

pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"

pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"

scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"

ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32"

sound.pciSlotNumber = "33"

vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "34"

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:3d:b1:92"

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

vmci0.id = "-1875005038"

ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"

ethernet0.linkStatePropagation.enable = "FALSE"

tools.syncTime = "FALSE"

Jim Gleason

949.278.8848 - Cell

jpgleason@msn.com

Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:58:02 -0700

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Subject: New message: "error: the installer was unable to find any supported network devices"

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[gymmbo]

I figured it out. I had to add a second line in the file to identify the NIC was bridged.

ethernet0.connectionType = "bridged"

ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"

Thanks for the assist!!!

Jim Gleason

949.278.8848 - Cell

jpgleason@msn.com

Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:58:02 -0700

From: communities-emailer@vmware.com

To: jpgleason@msn.com

Subject: New message: "error: the installer was unable to find any supported network devices"

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A new message was posted in the thread "error: the installer was unable to find any supported network devices":

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Message:

[jbruelasdgo]

glad I could help

if you find it useful, do not forget to provide points

Jose

[mchaandrasekar]

Hi thanks n advance

since we are in installing the esx 3.5 in vmware workstation 6.5.3 that was easier to rectify the problem but while iam installing this esx 3.5 in baremetal iam facing this error ,so kindly help how to resolve this problem.

regards

chandrasekar.M