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. Robert G. Freeman Oracle ACE Ask me about on-site Oracle Training! RMAN, DBA, Tuning, you name it! Author: Oracle Database 11g RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press) - ON IT'S WAY SOON! OCP: Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Professional Study Guide (Sybex) Oracle Database 11g New Features (Oracle Press) Oracle Database 10g New Features (Oracle Press) Other various titles Blog: http://robertgfreeman.blogspot.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Alessandro Vercelli <alever@xxxxxxxxx> To: robertgfreeman <robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: oracle-l <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tue, November 24, 2009 2:03:07 AM Subject: Re:Using VMWare 2.0.2 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