On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 10:14 -0800, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 12/17/2009 09:19 AM, Michal wrote: > > On 17/12/2009 16:49, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > >> I'm trying to work with a dual-boot machine, with VMware Workstation 7, > >> Fedora 12 as the host, and WinXP as the guest. > >> > >> When I define the VM and select the raw disk, VMware configures the disk > >> as SCSI, even though the hardware is SATA. I changed the .vmdk file to > >> make the disk IDE and set the geometry appropriately, but it still > >> doesn't work. ISTR that there are also some changes needed to the .vmx > >> file, but I can't seem to find any reference to it when I google. I > >> have an old configuration (that was working before I made some changes > >> to the disk partitions) that I've tried to extract changes from, but the > >> new version is different enough that I can't tell exactly what I need. > >> > >> Any hints or sources? > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > > > > I am confused what the problem is. Yes VMware configures it as SCSI even > > though it's SATA...it will still work and run with no problems... > > On Linux, ALL block devices are treated as if they're SCSI. There is > no differentiation between IDE, SATA, SAS, fiberchannel, iSCSI, USB, > Firewire or true SCSI. Even IDE-based CDROMs show up as /dev/srX. > This has been true for a very long time...at least a couple of years > and an early 2.6 kernel (2.6.4 rings a bell for some reason). > > Since VMWare is being hosted by F12, it makes absolute sense why your > SATA drive appears to be SCSI. I'm just rather surprised you just found > this out. Well, I did know that, actually. The problem is that when configured this way using raw disks, the VM *won't boot*. The configuration that I had working in F11 before the disk rebuild had the controller type changed to IDE because otherwise it doesn't work. BTW, the CD-ROM shows up in VMware as being IDE. I have a grub floppy image that I use as a boot loader for the VM. The boot loader starts and chains to the WinXP loader, then the VM hangs. I should point out that the WinXP system disk was not changed when I repartitioned. The grub on the bare metal machine dual boots just fine. If I replace the controller type in the .vmdk file, I get a message that the controller type is changed. The boot starts, but it bluescreens. -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines