Re: RHEL under VMware 4.5

From: Stephane M (Stephane_at_M.com)
Date: 05/09/05


Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 21:25:31 +0100

Yes, This is a bug.....

The solution :
*Start the download with your CDrom 1
* When ask the CD n#2, remove the CD
* click "OK" -> will appear a error message, asking to put the 2nd CD
* THEN, place the CD n#2
* Click "OK" a second time -> that will work out !!!!

Stephane M

"Scott Moseman" <scmoseman@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1113935567.865945.19860@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Has anyone ever installed RHEL 3 (or 4) under VMware 4.5?
> Mine always fails when it tries to find hwdata on CDROM 2.
> It does not matter if I am using burned ISOs or the actual
> CDs provided by Red Hat. The CDs, but burned and real, do
> work fine on every REAL computer that we have used. So I
> can only assume its an incompatibility with VMware. I have
> tried it under various categories with VMware (even Other)
> and none have succeeded yet. Am I the only one that seems
> to have this problem?
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
>



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