Problem: Guest will not power on. It remains in a "Stuck" state. Issuing the vmware-cmd /path/vm.vmx answer returns the following:
Question (id = 186134308) :Operation on file "/vm/CPS15/CPS15-000001.vmdk" failed (Input/output error).
Choose Retry to attempt the operation again. Choose Abort to terminate this session.
Choose Continue to forward the error to the guest operating system.
0) Retry
1) Abort
2) Continue
I have tried all 3 options and none of them enable the machine to boot.
Configuration:
Host
Ubuntu Server 6.04LTS
Dual Xeon 3.6ghz w/ 9gigsRAM
Guest
WindowsXP Professional
Contents of the .vmx file:
#!/usr/bin/vmware
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "4"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
memsize = "1024"
ide0:0.present = "TRUE"
ide0:0.fileName = "CPS15-000001.vmdk"
ide0:0.writeThrough = "TRUE"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.fileName = "/usr/lib/vmware/isoimages/windows.iso"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"
floppy0.fileName = "/dev/fd0"
Ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
displayName = "CPS15"
guestOS = "winxppro"
priority.grabbed = "normal"
priority.ungrabbed = "normal"
powerType.powerOff = "hard"
powerType.powerOn = "hard"
powerType.suspend = "hard"
powerType.reset = "hard"
ide0:0.redo = ""
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
uuid.location = "56 4d e0 e9 a4 1d 57 83-77 22 19 b4 69 19 6c 47"
uuid.bios = "56 4d 27 6b 81 af 30 c2-53 8d 1d 53 ef af 33 ba"
tools.remindInstall = "FALSE"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:af:33:ba"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
workingDir = "/vm/CPS15/"
ide1:0.startConnected = "FALSE"
tools.syncTime = "TRUE"
autostart = "poweron"
checkpoint.vmState = ""
checkpoint.vmState.readOnly = "FALSE"
mainMem.useNamedFile = "FALSE"
sched.mem.pshare.enable = "FALSE"
MemTrimRate = "0"
autostop = "softpoweroff"
floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"
extendedConfigFile = "CPS15.vmxf"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
tools.upgrade.policy = "manual"
fileSearchPath = "/vm/CPS15/;."
The folowing error is repeating in the vmware.log file in the directory of the VM:
Jan 07 11:16:26: vmx| VMXAIOMGR: Retry on read "/vm/CPS15/CPS15-000001.vmdk" : Input/output error.
Jan 07 11:16:26: vmx| VMXAIOMGR: system : err=1282 errCode=5 freeSpace=25690271744
Jan 07 11:16:26: vmx| VMXAIOMGR: "/vm/CPS15/CPS15-000001.vmdk" : read s=4132831232 n=65536 ne=16
Jan 07 11:16:26: vmx| VMXAIOMGR: v[0]=0x8789000:4096
Jan 07 11:16:26: vmx| VMXAIOMGR: v[1]=0x87dd000:4096
Jan 07 11:16:26: vmx| VMXAIOMGR: v[2]=0x86d5000:4096
Jan 07 11:16:26: vmx| VMXAIOMGR: v[3]=0x880e000:4096
Jan 07 11:16:26: vmx| VMXAIOMGR: v[4]=0x86ec000:4096
Jan 07 11:16:26: vmx| VMXAIOMGR: v[5]=0x86ee000:4096
Jan 07 11:16:26: vmx| VMXAIOMGR: v[6]=0x86f2000:4096
Jan 07 11:16:26: vmx| VMXAIOMGR: v[7]=0x86f4000:4096
Jan 07 11:16:26: vmx| VMXAIOMGR: v[8]=0x876b000:4096
Jan 07 11:16:26: vmx| VMXAIOMGR: v[9]=0x876d000:4096
Jan 07 11:16:26: vmx| VMXAIOMGR: v[10]=0x876f000:4096
Jan 07 11:16:26: vmx| VMXAIOMGR: v[11]=0x87cd000:4096
Jan 07 11:16:26: vmx| VMXAIOMGR: v[12]=0x87cf000:4096
Jan 07 11:16:26: vmx| VMXAIOMGR: v[13]=0x87d1000:4096
Jan 07 11:16:26: vmx| VMXAIOMGR: v[14]=0x87d3000:4096
Jan 07 11:16:26: vmx| VMXAIOMGR: v[15]=0x8812000:4096
Thanks in advance for any help! If you need any other bits of information, please do not hesitate to ask!
jz