VMWare ESXi 3.5

[sandiegolivn]

is there a way to get esx to recognize a 2ND PATA drive?

 

[audiovoodoo]

You could try the advise in this thread from the VM forums:

http://communities.vmware.com/message/1295389

Found it. On the configuration tab I had to click add storage and the drive appeared. I guess it did not show up by default since it was not formated.

So format it if it's not already and check the above setting.