I can't find a clear answer please help!!!!

[Annorax]

Yes I know I have to make a SCSI hd in VMware, I did that.

I have a SCSI hard disk, I can see it in tab for this virtual machine. But when I boot up Knoppix and tell it to save Configuration, I select the hard drive and then it simply says that it cannot save the settings, nothing more.

From Knoppix, I went into the Konsole and typed "fdisk /dev/sda" and it says it can't find /dev/sda.

That is my problem. The virtual SCSI is there but I cannot format it.

[Dave_Bechtel]

Ah; Sorry. You can try changing it to IDE; it should work then.
(But obviously it won't be sda anymore; you'll have to do ' fdisk -l ' to find it.)

I had problems using the LSI Logic virtual SCSI adapter in vmware w/ Knoppix; you may want to start over with a new virtual machine and tell it to use a BusLogic SCSI adapter instead (which is what I did.) I know Kpx autodetects Buslogic SCSI; but haven't figured out how to load the LSI (Symbios) driver.

Yes I know I have to make a SCSI hd in VMware, I did that.

I have a SCSI hard disk, I can see it in tab for this virtual machine. But when I boot up Knoppix and tell it to save Configuration, I select the hard drive and then it simply says that it cannot save the settings, nothing more.

From Knoppix, I went into the Konsole and typed "fdisk /dev/sda" and it says it can't find /dev/sda.

That is my problem. The virtual SCSI is there but I cannot format it.

[Annorax]

I made an IDE hard drive /dev/hda, and I type "fdisk -l /dev/hda" and it still says the same error.

I'm going to try to figure out how to use the BusLogic SCSI adapter instead and see if it works, but am not seeing how to use it instead of the regular adapter...

[Dave_Bechtel]

It's not ' fdisk -l /dev/hda '...

it's:

' fdisk -l ' (L) == To list the drives in the system; then
' fdisk /dev/hda ' == To repartition it.

--Some things in Vm5 are a pain... To change the SCSI adapter, you have to start over with creating a whole new virtual machine.

--Also, when the VM starts to boot, hit F2 and do the following to optimize:

o Enable 32-bit I/O on all the IDE devices (Hit Enter on Primary Master, etc)
o Enable the boot diagnostic screen - this will tell you if the drive is showing up @boot

o Change the boot order (Boot tab); hit Ctrl-Enter to show all devices. I have Floppy 1st, then cdrom, then IDE (or scsi).

--If all else fails, post the results of ' fdisk -l ' and ' dmesg ' in this thread.

BTW, you _are_ doing the fdisk as root, right??

I made an IDE hard drive /dev/hda, and I type "fdisk -l /dev/hda" and it still says the same error.

I'm going to try to figure out how to use the BusLogic SCSI adapter instead and see if it works, but am not seeing how to use it instead of the regular adapter...

[Annorax]

Here is a screen shot of dmesg that talks about the SCSI drive:

http://img9.echo.cx/img9/465/sdaproblem8cl.jpg

I believe I am in root, as Knoppix just boots up with no login screen.

[Dave_Bechtel]

--Well, it's definitely detecting it. But you **have** to be root to configure it. Konsole should have "New Root console" in the Session menu, you might have to give it a root password.

--If you're booting from the CD, virtual consoles 1-4 (IIRC) are Root. Hit Ctrl-Alt-F1 and you should be at a root prompt. Otherwise you can ' su - ' and type the root password there.

Here is a screen shot of dmesg that talks about the SCSI drive:

http://img9.echo.cx/img9/465/sdaproblem8cl.jpg

I believe I am in root, as Knoppix just boots up with no login screen.