Comments on: Using IDE hard disks on VMWare ESXi 5.5 https://virtuallyfun.com/2014/07/21/using-ide-hard-disks-on-vmware-esxi-5-5/ Fun with Virtualization Mon, 28 Dec 2015 04:59:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: neozeed https://virtuallyfun.com/2014/07/21/using-ide-hard-disks-on-vmware-esxi-5-5/comment-page-1/#comment-156726 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 04:59:44 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/?p=4408#comment-156726 In reply to Ward McMillen.

Cool! It’s annoying that vmware dumbs down vm creation to the point of barely working, but I guess in the world of support, it’s cookie cutter, and don’t deviate from the golden path.

I still run my OS/2 BBS on qemu, but I have it basically running on vmware ESX. Just got to pull the trigger

]]> By: Ward McMillen https://virtuallyfun.com/2014/07/21/using-ide-hard-disks-on-vmware-esxi-5-5/comment-page-1/#comment-156706 Sun, 27 Dec 2015 16:03:46 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/?p=4408#comment-156706 Thank you for this – also I really appreciate your note on “much easier” path – that is it. very simple. I was able to go to the options tab and change my machine to an “IBM/OS2 Terminated” – then the IDE option was there. Simple little work around. Also as an additional note – you can change the configuration back after you have the IDE drive added – if you don’t your processor options will be limited to a single processor single core.

]]> By: Simeon https://virtuallyfun.com/2014/07/21/using-ide-hard-disks-on-vmware-esxi-5-5/comment-page-1/#comment-135525 Tue, 02 Jun 2015 09:21:22 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/?p=4408#comment-135525 Thanks for sharing, that saved some time for me! I hate those stupid companies that force power users like me to use one workaround after the other, just because they don’t have enough imagination on how their products can be used!

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