I setup a VMWare esxi (free license, 6.5) host the other day on a big old Dell R720. I thought I'd give the pre-made VMDK install a try, but it's not really working.
There's no instructions in the README, but I figured you just upload the VMDK to the vmware host, create a new VM, and then pick the existing disk. On doing that, powering up the VM gives an error: "Unsupported or invalid disk type 2 for 'scsi0:0'. Ensure that the disk has been imported." and "Unable to create virtual SCSI device for 'scsi0:0' (/vmfs/volumes/5daba88d-4f4e2cd0-49fc-e0db5520ea6e/FreeBSD 12/FreeBSD 12.vmdk)".
Googling this has very little info. One suggestion was to create a new "empty" disk and then manually delete it and copy in the pre-made FreeBSD VMDK, but that gives the same error.
Any tips on this? Anyone else verified the 12.1 VMDK works?
There's no instructions in the README, but I figured you just upload the VMDK to the vmware host, create a new VM, and then pick the existing disk. On doing that, powering up the VM gives an error: "Unsupported or invalid disk type 2 for 'scsi0:0'. Ensure that the disk has been imported." and "Unable to create virtual SCSI device for 'scsi0:0' (/vmfs/volumes/5daba88d-4f4e2cd0-49fc-e0db5520ea6e/FreeBSD 12/FreeBSD 12.vmdk)".
Googling this has very little info. One suggestion was to create a new "empty" disk and then manually delete it and copy in the pre-made FreeBSD VMDK, but that gives the same error.
Any tips on this? Anyone else verified the 12.1 VMDK works?