Hi Robert, Can you try to boot the VM with the RHEL media and rescue option? If you succeed in this step, maybe the /var/log/boot.log contains some information. What version of RHEL are you using? Alessandro >I've used VMWare for ages to setup RAC VM's on my laptop. It works great. >I've just downloaded version 2.0.2 VMWare. It has a new web based interface >(blech!!) >When I install the RHEL 5 image, the install goes fine, but the VM won't >restart on the reboot. > >Anyone experience this and have a solution to this problem? > >RF > > > Robert G. Freeman >Oracle ACE -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l