Powering on a virtual machine fails with the error: You have your IDE devices (disks/CD-ROM) configured into a state that will not work
Article ID: 344488
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Products
VMware vSphere ESXi
Issue/Introduction
Symptoms:
- Cannot power on a virtual machine
- Powering on the virtual machine fails
- You see the error:
You have your IDE devices (disks/CD-ROM) configured into a state that will not work -- you have an IDE slave with no master at ide0:1. While this works on some BIOSes and some real machines, it does not work correctly in a virtual machine. Please move your disk/CD-ROM to ide0:0 from ide0:1 in the configuration editor.
- The virtual machine is created with an IDE device (hard disk or CD-ROM) connected to its IDE bus slot 1 (ide0:1 or ide1:1) and no other IDE devices are connected to slot 0
Environment
VMware ESX 4.0.x
VMware ESX 4.1.x
VMware ESXi 4.0.x Embedded
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1
VMware ESXi 4.1.x Installable
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5
VMware ESXi 4.1.x Embedded
VMware ESXi 4.0.x Installable
VMware ESX 4.1.x
VMware ESXi 4.0.x Embedded
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1
VMware ESXi 4.1.x Installable
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5
VMware ESXi 4.1.x Embedded
VMware ESXi 4.0.x Installable
Cause
Each IDE interface supports one primary and one secondary device. For an IDE device to work correctly on the VMware virtual platform, it must be configured at ide0:0 or ide1:0, so that there is a primary device on the interface. A single IDE device configured as secondary (ide0:1 or ide1:1) will not work.
This issue occurs if:
This issue occurs if:
- You have added a device to the virtual machine and have selected an incorrect IDE slot.
- You have removed an IDE primary device from the virtual machine, while a secondary device continues to exist.
Resolution
To resolve this issue:
- Right-click the virtual machine experiencing the issue and click Edit Settings.
- Select the CDROM Drive from the list.
- In the Virtual Device Node dropdown, select the appropriate device.
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