I have not done this at all :-). Just a few more ideas - just in case (you most likely thought of these). Have you changed the IRQ in the BIOS for the USB just to see if it fixes it? Made sure USB is on in the BIOS (I know DUH!). Have you made sure you have IO-APIC is enabled or Full Table APIC. I forget what it's called. Does the DELL server have a setting for the OS type like the HP/ Compaq's? David David M. Bieneman President vizioncore, inc 847-603-7619 p 847-603-7620 f dbieneman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.vizioncore.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "vc-iSeries - Point and Click Administration for VMware, Citrix & Terminal Server" ________________________________ From: virtualize-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:virtualize-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew Wood Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 10:40 AM To: virtualize@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [virtualize] Re: USB Support on Dell 2850 David, Yes, seen this and followed the destructions but it actually makes matters worse I'm running 2.5 with the latest patch - adding the device appears to work - it appears in \proc\scsi\scsi and in \proc\bus\usb\devices but I get the following messages in the log: Mar 16 13:56:56 fdvesx01 kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus2/1/1, assigned device number 3 Mar 16 13:56:56 fdvesx01 kernel: usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod 0xd7d/0x1320) is not claimed by any active driver. Mar 16 13:56:56 fdvesx01 kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... Mar 16 13:56:56 fdvesx01 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage Mar 16 13:56:56 fdvesx01 kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Mar 16 13:56:56 fdvesx01 kernel: Vendor: Model: USB DISK Pro Rev: 1.1b Mar 16 13:56:56 fdvesx01 kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Mar 16 13:56:56 fdvesx01 kernel: Vendor: Model: USB DISK Pro Rev: 1.1b Mar 16 13:56:56 fdvesx01 kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Mar 16 13:56:56 fdvesx01 kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 1682 Mar 16 13:57:02 fdvesx01 kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 1544 Mar 16 13:57:08 fdvesx01 kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 1411 Mar 16 13:57:14 fdvesx01 kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 1278 Mar 16 13:57:20 fdvesx01 kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 1145 Mar 16 13:57:26 fdvesx01 kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 1013 Mar 16 13:57:32 fdvesx01 kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 879 Mar 16 13:57:38 fdvesx01 kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 746 Mar 16 13:57:44 fdvesx01 kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 613 Mar 16 13:57:50 fdvesx01 kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 480 Mar 16 13:57:56 fdvesx01 kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 347 Mar 16 13:58:02 fdvesx01 kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 214 Mar 16 13:58:08 fdvesx01 kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 81 Mar 16 13:58:14 fdvesx01 kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 1996 Mar 16 13:58:20 fdvesx01 kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 1864 Mar 16 13:58:26 fdvesx01 kernel: VMWARE: Device that would have been attached as scsi disk sdb at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Mar 16 13:58:26 fdvesx01 kernel: Has not been attached because this path could not complete a READ command eventhough a TUR worked. Mar 16 13:58:26 fdvesx01 kernel: result = 0x70000 key = 0x0, asc = 0x0, ascq = 0x0 Mar 16 13:58:26 fdvesx01 kernel: VMWARE: Device that would have been attached as scsi disk sdb at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Mar 16 13:58:26 fdvesx01 kernel: Has not been attached because it is a duplicate path or on a passive path Now, if I follow the instructions in the article - I don't get this, instead I'm told that the device has no device drivers :( So, I just wanted to know if anyone else has done this successfully - in which case they can maybe tell me what they did and then I will gladly have their children... ________________________________ From: virtualize-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:virtualize-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David M. Bieneman Sent: 16 March 2005 15:13 To: virtualize@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [virtualize] Re: USB Support on Dell 2850 Hello Andrew. Have you seen this link from VMware on USB and the COS? http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1326 Make it a great day. David David M. Bieneman dbieneman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.vizioncore.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "vc-iSeries - Point and Click Administration for VMware, Citrix & Terminal Server" http://www.vizioncore.com/vc-iSeries/esxRangerVideos/esxCharterA.html http://www.vizioncore.com <http://www.vizioncore.com/> ________________________________ From: virtualize-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:virtualize-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew Wood Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 5:13 AM To: virtualize@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [virtualize] USB Support on Dell 2850 Hi, Has anyone worked through q1326 to create a /etc/rc3.d/S91usb file and then got it to work? I'm banging my head of the wall trying to get a USB drive connected to the VM Console which works just dandy on my old kit but refuses to play on the new :( Tia. ---------------------------------- Andrew Wood Sunderland United Kingdom