well
i have some news.
i was able to install ESXi on my platform but it can't successfully boot:
1. I boot comp from Install CD with integrated LAN driver for RTL8169 and wait for booting..
2. When installation asks me "press F11 to install" I go to Console - Alt-F1
3.
Code:
#lspci -p
............................
00:31.00 8086:2810 1462:7235 V
00:31.02 8086:2820 1462:7235 5/ 5/0x89 B V
00:31.03 8086:283e 1462:7235 5/ / C V
00:31.05 8086:2825 1462:7235 5/ 5/0x89 B V
........................
04:02.00 10ec:8167 1462:235c 15/ 15/0x69 A V r8169 vmnic0
4.
Code:
~ # find / -name ata_piix.*
/usr/lib/vmware/vmkmod/ata_piix.o
~ # vmkload_mod /usr/lib/vmware/vmkmod/ata_piix.o
Module /usr/lib/vmware/vmkmod/ata_piix.o loaded successfully
5.
Code:
#lspci -p
............................
00:31.00 8086:2810 1462:7235 V
00:31.02 8086:2820 1462:7235 5/ 5/0x89 B V ata_piix vmhba32
00:31.03 8086:283e 1462:7235 5/ / C V
00:31.05 8086:2825 1462:7235 5/ 5/0x89 B V ata_piix vmhba34
........................
04:02.00 10ec:8167 1462:235c 15/ 15/0x69 A V r8169 vmnic0
after that I press Alt-F2 and press F11 to install ESXi.
Of course, this time installation can saw my HDD and successfully install ESXi on it
After reboot I can see that the system starts to booting.
First monitor shows "Loading VMware Hypervizor", then on gray-orange background I see how different modules are loaded.
But in the end of the progress bar, apparently after loading all the modules, appearing the error "Failed to find boot partition."
I type "unsupported" and go the console again...
Code:
#lspci -p
............................
00:31.00 8086:2810 1462:7235 V
00:31.02 8086:2820 1462:7235 5/ 5/0x89 B V
00:31.03 8086:283e 1462:7235 5/ / C V
00:31.05 8086:2825 1462:7235 5/ 5/0x89 B V
........................
04:02.00 10ec:8167 1462:235c 15/ 15/0x69 A V r8169 vmnic0
Code:
~ # df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
visorfs 220.3M 180.7M 36.6M 82%
and something important
Code:
~ # ping google.com
PING google.com (74.125.53.100): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 74.125.53.100: icmp_seq=0 ttl=46 time=200.302 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.53.100: icmp_seq=1 ttl=46 time=193.214 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.53.100: icmp_seq=2 ttl=46 time=193.931 ms
--- google.com ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 193.214/195.816/200.302 ms
this means that the network card is properly defined and the network is working
and this means that the module for it loaded automatically
So, what kind of system on my HDD ? Why it not load "ata_piix" module ?
How a can enable auto loading this module ?
I think that the automatic loading of this module will solve my problem.
Thx.
