[CentOS] Re: Centos 5 Reproducible Reboot

Wed Apr 25 19:15:31 UTC 2007
Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com>

Centos-admin spake the following on 4/25/2007 5:51 AM:
> Tim Verhoeven wrote:
>> On 4/25/07, Centos-admin <redhat at mckerrs.net> wrote:
>>> I've just setup 5.0 and can reproduce a crash/reboot every time.
>>> Details;
>>>
>>> x86_64 Install
>>> Using Xen Kernel
>>> System fully updated including Xen Kernel (latest 1.1 update)
>>> Intel Dual Core E6400
>>> 4gb RAM
>>>
>>> I've installed vmware server 1.0.2 from rpm. It has been configured and
>>> is ready to create new machines. I have successfully created a new
>>> machine but when I attempt to power-on the system resets. No panic
>>> information, just straight to the BIOS.
>>>
>>> I've searched bugzilla and there appears to be nothing related.
>>>
>>> I'll do some more testing tomorrow, I'll try without the Xen-ified
>>> kernel.
>> I'm thinking that when you try it again with a normal kernel you will
>> have better success. The VMware you are trying to run will be starting
>> in a already virtualized environment.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Tim
>>
>>
> Shite !
> 
> 
> I thought it was too good to be true.
> 
> Back to openvz for my 'vm' strategy.
> 
> I need to run vmware and have the ability to run virtual machines.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> Brian.
> 
You can have virtual machines "under" vmware, but not "next" to vmware. I
don't think the latter can be done yet.

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