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Re: [sipx-users] installation of sipx on virtual machine


You have to create the virtual drive before loading the disk in, it will then set up the drive. Make sure it is set to use all of the space to start with, otherwise it will fail.

Quoting Boris Rozinov <borisrozinov@xxxxxxxx>:

> Thanks, of curse VM is just for testing purposes.
> When I tried installation with manual-format, the setup stopped at
> partitioning phase, since no drives were detected. Probably I missed
> some essential step? Screen shot is attached.
>
> Thanks,
> Boris
>
>
> * From: "Tony Graziano" <tgraziano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> * Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:26:07 -0300
>
> Use SCSI.
>
> At the boot prompt from the ISO type in
>
> manual-format
>
> then press enter.
>
> Realize a virtual machine is good for testing and getting used to the
> system, but not recommended for production purposes.
>
>
>>>> Boris Rozinov <borisrozinov@xxxxxxxx> 8/17/2008 11:19:58 AM >>>
> Hi,
> I am trying to install sipx from sipfoundry-3.10.2-centos5-i386.iso
> on VMWare virtual machine. I've change hard drive type to IDE in
> hope to solve problem described at:
> http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users/msg11288.html.
> But I am still getting the same error message:
> "Error Parsing Kickstart Config specified nonexistent disk sda in
> clearpart command"
>
> Any suggestion, or there is no option to install sipx from iso
> directly, but instead install Cent OS first?
>
> Thanks,
> Boris
>
>
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