On 12/08/2007 07:08 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > After trying a bunch of things on my problem of accessing a physical xp > installation from my vmware server inside my 10.3 install, the final > conclusion is that it can not be done. Suse 10.3 presents my hda1partition as > sda1 to vmware and thus to all the virtual machines i can set up thru vmware, > yet a dual boot configuration maintains the ide character of the hard drive. > Thus, when booting from a dual boot, the doze partition knows it is an ide, > when i try to access it thru vmware doze is being told it is a scsi!!!!! > installing vmware's scsi driver allows booting from vmware, but it disables > booting directly! trying to play tricks with hardware profiles and dual boot > drive config is a catch 22 nightmare of doze impossibilities, as is changing > a laptop main drive to scsi, so i gave up. > next time i have a free day i will put back 10.2 on the laptop and stick to > real hda's and sda's. > thanks to all who helped:) > d. > Did you try the work around to disable libata to use the old system in 10.3? Boot with hwprobe=-modules.pata (from release notes). That would be much easier (and better IMHO) than downgrading to 10.2 just for that reason.
-- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.3 x86_64 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
