VMWare ESXi and Windows XP Pro
May 29
VMWare ESXi and Windows XP Pro
Fri, 2009-05-29 10:52 — rb
I have been installing lots of virtual machines on my FREE VMware ESXi server. Most guest OS's install great but I had a problem with Windows XP Pro 32-bit.
When you go through the install Windows XP does not find any hard disks and therefore will not install.
What you need to do is download a file called vmscsi-1.2.0.4.flp and then in the virtual machine setup make sure the floppy setup looks at the contents of the zip file. Then press F6 during install and it will read the file and then find the virtual hard disk.
This does not seem to effect Windows XP 64-bit as that just works and sees the virtual hard disk without an issue.
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I ran into same installation problem trying to install Office 2007------re: Sku011.cab.
Spent hours trying to find some fix for this problem. I blindly stumbled onto this site and saw the fix by superuser. I followed your instructions exactly.
All I can say is:
WOW!!!! YOU DA MAN!!! It works, GREAT!!!
Office 2007 is now installed, without a hitch. Many. many thank yous for a beautiful and simple fix. Happy New Year!
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