FC7 as guest using VMware

[kigabrie]

Hi,

i'm running vmware server v 1.0.3 on Centos 5 AMD64.

I've created several Virtual Machines using different guest OSes like FC6, Ubuntu 7.04, Centos 5 and so on. they all run without any problems.

when i try to install fc7 as a guest it cannot find the (virtual) harddrive on which to install. The VM i created is created in exactly the same way as the other machines. i can even take this machine and install ubuntu, fc6 or what ever you ask me to install. But when i try FC7 it fails.

I can boot from the boot.iso image, i enter network info, nfs server info and voila - anaconda starts as it's supposed to. I see the welcome screen presenting the new FC7 theme and the next screen is the disk partitioning screen. But the 'available discs' box is empty. I would have expected the virtual disc to show up here but i don't see anything.

I have tried the 32 bit as well as the 64 bit version but there's no difference, so i'm pretty much stock her.

I wonder if it's feasible to install FC6 and afterwards upgrade it to FC7 over the net. is it possible and if yes -HOW? YUM upgrade all? or what.

thanks for any help.

best regards

kim gabrielsen

[JN4OldSchool]

Originally Posted by kigabrie

Hi,

i'm running vmware server v 1.0.3 on Centos 5 AMD64.

I've created several Virtual Machines using different guest OSes like FC6, Ubuntu 7.04, Centos 5 and so on. they all run without any problems.

when i try to install fc7 as a guest it cannot find the (virtual) harddrive on which to install. The VM i created is created in exactly the same way as the other machines. i can even take this machine and install ubuntu, fc6 or what ever you ask me to install. But when i try FC7 it fails.

I can boot from the boot.iso image, i enter network info, nfs server info and voila - anaconda starts as it's supposed to. I see the welcome screen presenting the new FC7 theme and the next screen is the disk partitioning screen. But the 'available discs' box is empty. I would have expected the virtual disc to show up here but i don't see anything.

I have tried the 32 bit as well as the 64 bit version but there's no difference, so i'm pretty much stock her.

I wonder if it's feasible to install FC6 and afterwards upgrade it to FC7 over the net. is it possible and if yes -HOW? YUM upgrade all? or what.

thanks for any help.

best regards

kim gabrielsen

Hello Kim

Some distros do not like the vmware virtual SCSI drive. If you go to edit virtual machine settings and remove the SCSI hard drive then add an IDE drive F7 will install just fine.

[pewterdragn]

I can confirm that I've had the same problem and using a virtual IDE device was the solution.

[kigabrie]

Thaank youuuu,

it certainly solved the problem.

Now, on with the installation.

best regards

kim