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Date:      Sun, 6 Nov 2005 03:24:46 +0000
From:      Joao Barros <joao.barros@gmail.com>
To:        =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jo=E3o_Carlos_Mendes_Lu=EDs?= <jonny@jonny.eng.br>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problems with 6.0-release inside vmware 5
Message-ID:  <70e8236f0511051924m5752c966nc2cd7a3afd0f373c@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <436D7401.2080904@jonny.eng.br>
References:  <436D7401.2080904@jonny.eng.br>

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On 11/6/05, Jo=E3o Carlos Mendes Lu=EDs <jonny@jonny.eng.br> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>     I tried to install a vmware 5 virtual machine with 6.0-RELEASE, using
> physical partitions.  In this mode, even ATA disks appear as SCSI to the =
guest
> system.  In VMWARE ghest, this also means a buslogic mpt controller.
>
>     Up to 5.4-stable, this worked ok.  But at 6.0-release, the mpt contro=
ller is
> detectd, but no disk is found.  Any hints?

I have 6.0 working under VMWare 5.0 using physical partitions.
When you add a new disk you are given an advanced option where you can
specify IDE or SCSI. VMWare by default goes SCSI, so you must have
missed it as it's very common to happen.

--
Joao Barros



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