VMware ESXi 5.0

[killroy]

Attempting to install TinyCore on VMware ESXi 5.0. During installation, however, I receive an error stating "Unable to mount USB device". This is a server and will never use a USB device (except maybe for a BIOS update). Anyone know why I could be receiving this error?

Installation options selected are:
frugal
whole disk
fd0
install boot loader checked
ext3 or ext4 (both result in the same error)
core and x/gui desktop selected

During installation, I receive the following responses:
Writing zero's to beginning of /dev/fd0
Partitioning /dev/fd0

/dev/fdo:
Formatting /dev/fd01

Error mounting usb device

At that point the install process halts.

Thanks for the help.

[gerald_clark]

fd0?
Tiny Core doesn't install to floppies.

[killroy]

Ah. I made the assumption that fd0 meant fixed disk 0. The ESXi server doesn't have a floppy disk and the virtual machine doesn't have a floppy disk device defined so it didn't dawn on me that fd0 would mean a floppy disk, though it's quite obvious to me now.

In my previous attempts, tc-install did not show either hda or sda during install; only fd0 and sr0. So I changed the virtual hard disk definition from a SCSI drive to an IDE drive and then it installed just fine.

Thanks for helping jump start my brain.

[gerald_clark]

You're welcome.

[genec]

In my previous attempts, tc-install did not show either hda or sda during install; only fd0 and sr0. So I changed the virtual hard disk definition from a SCSI drive to an IDE drive and then it installed just fine.

If you do a remaster (I prefer dynamic), you can add the needed SCSI modules to be loaded on boot and see the different SCSI controller types.