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schultzter:
I created a blank VM Ware instance using the http://vmcreator.com/virtual-machine.html and then rolled a bit of my own into the vmx file:


--- Code: ---config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "3"
bios.bootDelay = "15000"
guestOS = "other26xlinux"
displayname = "Tiny Core Linux"
memsize = "160"
MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"

svga.maxWidth = "800"
svga.maxHeight = "600"

usb.present = "TRUE"

ide0:0.present = "TRUE"
ide0:0.filename = "primaryMaster.vmdk"

ide1:0.present=true
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"
ide1:0.filename = "C:\tinycore_1.2.iso"
ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE"

floppy0.present = "FALSE"

sound.present = "TRUE"
sound.virtualDev = "es1371"

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"

virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
tools.upgrade.policy = "manual"

--- End code ---

You can get a lot of detailed info about the VMX options here: http://sanbarrow.com/vmx.html

I've only just started playing with TCL and I'm having some network issues, but the harddrive and cd-rom seem to work fine.  Once I can get the network going though I'll be able to install cfdisk and grub do an install and then perhaps fine tune the VM a bit more.

schultzter:
I resolved my network issues by using a NAT network connection. 

The following line was added to my VMX parameters file:

--- Code: ---ethernet0.connectionType = "nat"
--- End code ---

daxm:

--- Quote from: ^thehatsrule^ on February 15, 2009, 02:54:30 PM ---For the most part, the installation under vmware is the same as running natively under bare metal - so those questions seem to be more general.


--- Quote ---Specifically, TC seems to ignore SCSI virtual disks.
--- End quote ---
This has which chipsets are supported: http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=457.0  Note that scsi disk support is not in the base, but there is the scsi extension.


--- Quote ---It does recognise IDE hard disks, but accesses it read-only (cfdisk says it's read-only).
--- End quote ---
Probably forgot to invoke with root privileges

FYI: If you're talking about the dillo2 extension, there is a known bug with it atm.

--- End quote ---

I'm also trying to get TC to see a SCSI disk in VMware.  I read the suggested topic and installed the scsi-2.6.26.tcem but now I don't know how to re-read the disks!  Any suggestions?

Juanito:

--- Quote ---I read the suggested topic and installed the scsi-2.6.26.tcem but now I don't know how to re-read the disks!
--- End quote ---
Working on real hardware, the act of loading scsi-2.6.26.tcem and "modprobing" the correct driver caused the disks and everything else on the scsi bus to be re-read - maybe not much help on a VM though...

daxm:
Got it.  I'm using VMware Server v2 and it defaults to the LSI SCSI controller.  I stopped the VM, changed the controller to BusLogic, booted and then added cfdisk and scsi-2.6.26 TCEs and now I see the drive.

Thanks for your help!

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