As I continue to parse your issue report, I think you are confusing disk "suppression" with disks actually being present.   You said you set your loader to position 0:1 but if it is ESXi, it enumerates starting with position 0:0.   SataPortMap=1 says there is only one device attached to the first controller, but your drive is in the second position so it is never mapped to a /dev/sdx device. SataPortMap=2 says there are two devices attached to the first controller, so th