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colchaodemola
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 Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 10:49 am Post subject: Gentoo 10.1 amd64 on esx3.5 |
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I am trying to install gentoo using the minimal-amd64 disks but i am unable to proceed.
The boot cd starts booting and hangs with the message:
Looking for cdrom ...
Attempting to mount /dev/sda
! ! Media not found
Could not find cd to boot ....
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richard.scott
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Hi,
Try changing your CD type in your VMware config to be "Emulated" rather than "passthru"
EDIT: Also try downloading the latest autobuild image as all images are not the same 
Rich. |
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colchaodemola
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| richard.scott wrote: | Hi,
Try changing your CD type in your VMware config to be "Emulated" rather than "passthru"
EDIT: Also try downloading the latest autobuild image as all images are not the same
Rich. |
I am mounting the iso file . So there is no option emulated;
tried the latest build and it didnot work |
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richard.scott
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| Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:19 pm Post subject: |
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I've just tested booting the 20100311 ISO in VMWare and its failed too 
Your best bet will be to boot with an Ubuntu 64bit CD and install Gentoo from there.
Rich. |
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