vmware install

Mr-White · 6 May 2009 at 09:03

I tried to install vmware ESXi 3.5.0 last night on the spec below, except i kept getting an error message saying "unable to find a supported device to write the vmware ESXi 3.5.0 image to. The disk shows up in the bios ok and i was able to install xp to it but vmware can't see it

Looks similar to this

spec:
Shuttle S31G2
E6600
4gb memory
320 samsung F1

MW

Mr-White · 6 May 2009 at 11:16

wow lots of replies

if my SATA controller isn't supported by ESXi what's the work around to get vmware working ?

MW

Mr-White · 6 May 2009 at 12:38

i wasn't expecting it to be so picky with the controller

Is there any alternatives to vmware ?

MW

Mr-White · 6 May 2009 at 13:11

what about Hyper-V ?

MW

Mr-White · 6 May 2009 at 14:36

Ringiho said:
That is the same type of thing, but you will need to buy Server 2008. Depending on how many VMs you want to run etc, it can get expensive.

I think: Server 2008 Standard gets you 1 Physical Host and 1 VM. Server 2008 Enterprise gets you 1 Physical Host and 4 VMs. And Server 2008 Datacenter is 1 Host and unlimited VMs.

Again, very expensive

is this just licenses needed or does server 2008 actually need to be installed ?

MW

Mr-White · 6 May 2009 at 15:03

it seems xen server is my only option, i will have server installed but 2003 trial version until i've finished a few exams and then i'll be upgrading.

i've already upgraded the bios to the latest version but will have to double check later if its supported

MW