no valid devices were found on which to create new file systems

Recently I started having trouble installing Elastix (CentOS 5.9) guests on my VMware server.  The VMware server host is running CentOS 5.9.  I keep getting this error  when I am prompted in the “Disk Partitioning Setup” screen to partition the disks:

“An error has occurred – no valid devices were found on which to create new file systems.  Please check your hardware for the cause of this problem.”

FIX:

When you create the virtual machine, select the "Custom" option (Not typical) and select IDE or LSI Logic SCSI