When I created a CentOS VM (using VMWare WorkStation), I installed with the first DVD, and the disk partitioning and installation was all done automatically with almost no input required from me.
The problem with this is that the /boot partition was too small (under 50MB) and I couldn't update the kernel (it blew out with a grubby error, which I did not recognize - separate thread on that).
Is this a manifestation of using VMWare for the VM platform, or is this "normal" for a 6.0 installation or what?
Thanks in advance.
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Mark mhullrich@gmail.com wrote:
When I created a CentOS VM (using VMWare WorkStation), I installed with the first DVD, and the disk partitioning and installation was all done automatically with almost no input required from me.
The problem with this is that the /boot partition was too small (under 50MB) and I couldn't update the kernel (it blew out with a grubby error, which I did not recognize - separate thread on that).
Is this a manifestation of using VMWare for the VM platform, or is this "normal" for a 6.0 installation or what?
I have reported the problem to VMware:
http://communities.vmware.com/thread/309617
No one has replied. Anyway, because of this bug, you should not do an autoinstall. Install manually. :)
Akemi
On 7/26/2011 10:46 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote:
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Markmhullrich@gmail.com wrote:
When I created a CentOS VM (using VMWare WorkStation), I installed with the first DVD, and the disk partitioning and installation was all done automatically with almost no input required from me.
The problem with this is that the /boot partition was too small (under 50MB) and I couldn't update the kernel (it blew out with a grubby error, which I did not recognize - separate thread on that).
Is this a manifestation of using VMWare for the VM platform, or is this "normal" for a 6.0 installation or what?
I have reported the problem to VMware:
Is this an artifact of offsetting the start of a partition for block alignment after already computing the desired space?
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Les Mikesell lesmikesell@gmail.com wrote:
On 7/26/2011 10:46 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote:
I have reported the problem to VMware:
Is this an artifact of offsetting the start of a partition for block alignment after already computing the desired space?
I believe this is an error by VMware when they configured autoinstall for RHEL-6. Apparently they did not realize that EL6 requires a larger /boot partition than earlier releases. All they have to do is to increase the number/value.
Akemi
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