Fedora 8 setup problem - Error opening /dev/sdaa: No such device or address

[marius1]

I attempted to create a Fedora 8 VM on VMware Server.

The installation starts up to a message saying "Error opening /dev/sdaa: No such device or address". I made several attempts using either SCSI and IDE virtual disks, with no success.

I always get the same message, even if device identifiers change based on the virtual HW configuration.

Should I pre-format virtual disks using any tool?

Should I implement any specific virtual HW configuration?

Regards

Mario

[marius1]

Maybe I found a solution myself.

After reading several newsgroups, I configured my VM as

scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"

guestOS = "other26xlinux"

Installation started and even the first steps are quite faster.

Further suggestions and hints are welcome!

Marius

[gjpires]

I don't have that option in the guestOS. Please advise.

[marius1]

After looking around in newsgroups and forum (see for example http://communities.vmware.com/thread/122133) I manually edited my .vmx file.

My .vmx file looks like (I just removed my uuid and my MAC address):

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "4"

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"

memsize = "256"

scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.fileName = "disk0.vmdk"

ide1:0.present = "TRUE"

ide1:0.fileName = "C:\Kits\Fedora 8 nuovo\Fedora-8-i386-DVD.iso"

ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"

floppy0.present = "FALSE"

Ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

displayName = "Fedora007"

guestOS = "other26xlinux"

priority.grabbed = "normal"

priority.ungrabbed = "normal"

usb.present = "TRUE"

sound.present = "TRUE"

sound.fileName = "-1"

sound.autodetect = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.redo = ""

ethernet0.addressType = "generated"

sound.virtualDev = "es1371"

uuid.location = "..."

uuid.bios = "..."

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "..."

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

checkpoint.vmState = ""

I hope this helps...

Marius

[gjpires]

Marius,

I modified my VMX file to what you had and that didn't work. I'm trying to load this Linux Fedora on Virtual Server where the host OS is MS Vista. Do you know if there are any known issues with the host OS being Vista.

Thank you.