Re: Using VMWare 2.0.2
- From: Robert Freeman <robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: oracle-l <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:06:14 -0800 (PST)
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. I've got it working now.
The answer appears to have been:
1. Move to the administrator account (implies permission issues which I need to
figure out)
2. Total uninstall (including browser add-on) and registry clean-up from the
account I had installed in.
Having done those things, we get a good clean boot.
BTW, I did check and unless I somehow checked not to install GRUB (but on 5
different install attempts, I don't think so) then that wasn't there issue.
RF
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From: Robert Freeman <robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Blanchard, William" <wblanchard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; dave
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Cc: Alessandro Vercelli <alever@xxxxxxxxx>; oracle-l <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, November 24, 2009 2:12:46 PM
Subject: Re: Using VMWare 2.0.2
One thing I suspect as I've sat and let my sub-subconscious churn on it today
is that the de-install I did when I moved to the administrator account might
not have been completey clean. I've read a few things on the VMWare site about
registry entries hanging around, and I don't think I removed the add-on for the
web browser. Any of those could be an issue. I think I will try a re-install
again after wiping everything out, including running ccleaner on the registry
and see what happens. I'm sure I did the install right, including accepting the
GRUB bootloader default (which is to install)...
I'm like you, I tend to load everything up including the kitchen sink.... those
kitchen sinks come in handy sometimes! :-)
RF
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From: "Blanchard, William" <wblanchard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Robert Freeman <robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>; dave <david.best@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alessandro Vercelli <alever@xxxxxxxxx>; oracle-l <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, November 24, 2009 2:08:19 PM
Subject: RE: Using VMWare 2.0.2
Could just be a dependency. I usually install everything
and then go back and delete just to make sure that I don't mess anything
up.
WGB
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From: Robert Freeman
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Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009
2:57 PM
To: Blanchard, William; dave
Cc: Alessandro
Vercelli; oracle-l
Subject: Re: Using VMWare
2.0.2
Maybe I
de-selected it on the install.... I just meant I wasn't doing anything special
on the setup with the bootloader, so maybe I wasn't making myself clear. I've
done this before a number of times and never had this problem. I'll try it
again
tonight and make sure I'm not stupidly de-selecting it. I've done stupider
things.
RF
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From: "Blanchard, William"
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To: robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx; dave
<david.best@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alessandro Vercelli
<alever@xxxxxxxxx>; oracle-l <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, November 24, 2009 1:13:24
PM
Subject: RE: Using VMWare
2.0.2
Robert,
You need to have some type of bootloader installed (grub, lilo
[is that even used anymore], etc). Try reinstalling with grub on /boot and
see if that does the trick.
WGB
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Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 11:18 AM
To: dave
Cc: Alessandro Vercelli; oracle-l
Subject: Re: Using
VMWare 2.0.2
When
installing I did not enable GRUB, so I'm thinking that would not be an
issue.
I'm going to install with VMWare 1 tonight and see if that fixes the
problem.
RF
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From: dave
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Cc: Alessandro Vercelli
<alever@xxxxxxxxx>; oracle-l <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, November 24, 2009 10:07:40
AM
Subject: Re: Using VMWare
2.0.2
I've had issues with grub not picking up the right boot
partition..
if you can boot with your the install media and see it, then
check
your /boot/grub/grub.conf file and verify its looking at the
partition
you specified to be the boot partition when you did the
install.
Not sure how familiar with grub but here is a clip. You
want to be
looking at the root(hd0,0) line. The below says to boot from
the
first partition of the first drive.
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux
AS (2.6.9-78.0.1.ELhugemem)
root
(hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELhugemem ro
root=LABEL=/1 rhgb quiet
initrd
/initrd-2.6.9-78.0.1.ELhugemem.img
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 11:47 AM,
Robert Freeman
<robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> This is RH 5. I'm pretty sure this is not a RH boot issue but
rather a VMWare issue.
> I'll try the boot with the media/rescue option
and see what happens tonight.
>
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