[CentOS-virt] VMWare 4.1 and CentOS

[Alexander Dalloz]

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> On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 23:47:09 +0200, Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org>
> wrote:
>> Am 24.10.2010 23:03, schrieb Drew Kollasch:
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>>> Is there any known issues when trying to run CentOS (x86 or x64) on a
>> fresh
>>> install of vmware 4.1?
>>>
>>> Details as to why I am asking are here in the CentOS forums:
>>>
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> https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&order=DESC&topic_id=28521&forum=39
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> -Drew
>>
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>> https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-38013
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>> should nail this.
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> That only relates to running as a virtual guest on top of Xen. No mention
> of VMWare.
>
> Steve

You are correct, that this knowledge base article only mentions Xen as the
hypervisor. Though the OP gets exactly the documented kernel panic and
call trace signature. So it is very likely that he is running into this.

Regards

Alexander