Quote Originally Posted by klaus2008 View Post
I think that the SCSI HDD controller of the VMware virtual machine needs three additional kernel modules not compiled into the kernel (mptbase, mptspi, mptscsih). They already exist on the HDD in the directory /lib/modules/2.6.39.3/kernel/drivers/message/fusion but are inaccessible during boot up.
If that is the case, perhaps just change the emulated HDD controller might be a better choice. My VMplayer has limited GUI functionality, perhaps it requires manual edit; but in VirtualBox I can select from the gui IDE, SATA, SCSI and others as my HDD controller(s). I think the capability should exist in VMWare, somewhere .....