Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 12:46:48 -0700 (MST) From: John Reynolds <jjreynold@home.com> To: emulation@freebsd.org Cc: scsi@freebsd.org Subject: more VMware quirks/questions - scsi CD-ROM -> emulated ATAPI Message-ID: <14720.37288.299262.35678@whale.home-net>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
[ cc'ing to -scsi because somebody there might have some insight into the
behavior I'm seeing from VMware ]
OK, I have nailed down some behavior that I saw last night after having success
in installing the VMware tools, etc.
I am currently using a SCSI CD-ROM (cd0) as the /dev/cdrom device (link to
/dev/cd0c) for VMware's emulated ATAPI CD-ROM.
Everything works wonderfully if I "power on" the virtual machine with a disc
sitting in the CD-ROM. However, if the tray is empty then VMware comes back
with a dialog box saying
CDROM: Unable to open '/dev/cdrom'
Device not configured
Error connecting the CDROM device.
(another dialog box)
Device ide1:0 will start disconnected
This smacks of the "troubles" one might have when installing from SCSI CD-ROM
if you don't boot with a disc in the drive (sysinstall can't find the drive
when you choose CDROM as the media type if there wasn't a disc in the drive
during boot).
Is this something we can work-around in our vmmon module or is this an
unavoidable CAM thing? Do other people using SCSI CD-ROM's notice the same
thing?
For now, I will happily insert any ol' disc into the machine as I power up the
VM, but just wondering how this can be fixed in software ultimately (or if it's
just a "VMware thing + scsi" thing and we're stuck with it).
Thanks,
-Jr
--
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
John Reynolds Chandler Capabilities Engineering, CDS, Intel Corporation
jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com My opinions are mine, not Intel's. Running
jjreynold@home.com FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE. FreeBSD: The Power to Serve.
http://members.home.com/jjreynold/ Come join us!!! @ http://www.FreeBSD.org/
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?14720.37288.299262.35678>