<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">On Sep 14, 2010, at 10:56 AM, Roland RoLaNd <<a href="mailto:r_o_l_a_n_d@hotmail.com">r_o_l_a_n_d@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><br></div><div><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
Crystal clear!<br>thank youuuu..!!<br><br>Though another Q if possible..<br><br>i've done the following:<br><br>yum install kernel-pae<br><br>vim /etc/grub.conf<br>#outputs the following:<br><br># grub.conf generated by anaconda<br>#<br># Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file<br># NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that<br># all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.<br># root (hd0,0)<br># kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00<br># initrd /initrd-version.img<br>#boot=/dev/sda<br><br>default=0 #############BOOTING with PAE for additional RAM on 32 bit######<br>timeout=1 ###speeding things up######<br>splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz<br>hiddenmenu<br>title CentOS (2.6.18-194.11.3.el5PAE)<br> root (hd0,0)<br> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5PAE ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet<br> initrd /initrd-2.6.18-194.11.3.el5PAE.img<br>title CentOS-base (2.6.18-92.el5)<br> root (hd0,0)<br> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.el5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet<br> initrd /initrd-2.6.18-92.el5.img<br><br><br>After booting, the system hangs on: <br><br><pre class="bz_comment_text">"Memory for crash kernel (0x0 to 0x0) notwithin permissible range" for about 2 to 4 minutes.<br>and then continue booting with the following marked as failed:<br><br><br>1. Mounting HGFS shared<br>2. VM communication interface<br>3. VM communication interface socket family<br>4. blocking file system<br>5. Virtual printing daemon<br><br>Are there related errors to PAE itself, or is it just that VM tools do not support PAE kernel?<font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><br></span></font></span></font></pre></div></blockquote><br><div>You need to recompile your vmware tools for the new PAE kernel.</div><div><br></div><div>-Ross</div><div><br></div></body></html>