ESXi 4 installation problems and solutions
So - what's a gent to do on a Dell PowerEdge T105 and ESXi 4? Apparently not install it on the included SATA drives :-)
The error I was receiving was "Failed to Find Boot Partition" - and apparently this can happen if the SATA drives are in AHCI mode instead of the older straight IDE mode - and it doesn't look like that option is in the BIOS of the PE T105 (unlike other Dell machines - this one can also prevent Windows XP from installing properly).
Solution? Boot off of a USB drive, or change the BIOS settings (if you can!) Or get a RAID Controller. Or use SAS drives. Or TOE (?) :-) Anyways, have fun!
The error I was receiving was "Failed to Find Boot Partition" - and apparently this can happen if the SATA drives are in AHCI mode instead of the older straight IDE mode - and it doesn't look like that option is in the BIOS of the PE T105 (unlike other Dell machines - this one can also prevent Windows XP from installing properly).
Solution? Boot off of a USB drive, or change the BIOS settings (if you can!) Or get a RAID Controller. Or use SAS drives. Or TOE (?) :-) Anyways, have fun!
posted by Aeschulus | 5:43 PM
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