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aaronmartin1651
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Installing VM fails to read from ISO, emulated DVD Drive read fails.

I replaced a 1TB Western Digital drive with a 10TB Ironwolf NAS drive.  I cannot install any VM on this drive, the vmware.log indicates it cannot read from the ISO i am installing from but I have tried multiple ISOs.  I am able to install to other preexisting drives with the same ISO.  The only way I am able to install any VM onto this drive is if I change the bus type to IDE/SATA instead of SCSI.  If I do that I get a lot of I/O errors, so I converted the bus type back afterwards but while the VM is still bootable after conversion the I/O errors persist and I do not trust the VM to bet stable.  What is my fix here?

 

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scott28tt
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I see from the log file you are using ESXi, so I have reported your post to the moderators asking them to move it to the ESXi area.

 


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aaronmartin1651
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Sorry about that, I thought I was in the right place.  If it is not too much trouble once it is moved will I be notified of its location so I can keep track of the question? Thank you.

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scott28tt
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VMware Employee

Posts get the best audience when they are created in the area for the specific product. The path shown above your opening comment will change once a moderator has moved it.

 


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