Workstation hangs

[rholtsla]

I am running workstation 5.5.3. I created a virtual machine running Red Hat Enterprise Server 4. When I boot the system it hangs just after Enabling swap space. Any ideas?

[KevinG]

Anything reported in the vmware.log file from the virtual machine?

Was this working before or is this a new install?

When you created the VM, did you select RHEL 4 as the OS type.

Post the .vmx file from the virtual machine.

[rholtsla]

It was a new install and it was working. But the system must have been rebooted. I have answered the question to check the file system. I have done a number of reboots on the system and did manage to get the system back up, but I rebooted the system nd again it is hanging just after the enabled swap space msg. Yes, I selected RHEL 4 when I built the machine. I will post the log and vmx,

[rholtsla]

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "4"

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"

memsize = "512"

MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"

scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.fileName = "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.vmdk"

ide1:0.present = "TRUE"

ide1:0.fileName = "auto detect"

ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"

floppy0.fileName = "A:"

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

usb.present = "TRUE"

sound.present = "TRUE"

sound.virtualDev = "es1371"

sound.fileName = "-1"

sound.autodetect = "TRUE"

displayName = "New NSC on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4"

guestOS = "rhel4"

nvram = "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.nvram"

scsi0:0.redo = ""

ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE"

ethernet0.addressType = "generated"

uuid.location = "56 4d ef 8c c8 18 46 f5-2f a0 37 bc 8f 86 59 74"

uuid.bios = "56 4d ef 8c c8 18 46 f5-2f a0 37 bc 8f 86 59 74"

ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"

tools.remindInstall = "FALSE"

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:86:59:74"

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

tools.syncTime = "FALSE"

[el1971]

Can it boot when you get in single-user mode?

\-- Edi

[KevinG]

You may also want to remove the virtual CD-ROM drive, Sound adapter & USB controller from the virtual machine configuration . Just to confirm that it's not one of the virtual devices that is hanging the VM

[rholtsla]

I am able to boot into single user mode. Though I am not very glib on linux, once I am logged in under single user mode. Any clues on what I do next?

[rholtsla]

I have configed the USB, CD-Rom & Sound to not connect at power on. Still unable to complete bootup.

[el1971]

When you are in single user mode try to disable the activation of the swap space and then reboot normally. Let me know the result of this operation.

\-- Edi