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PE2950 running ESX 3.5, Solaris 64-bit virtual host won't boot.
The server is a PE-2950 with dual Xeon 5450 series 3.0 GHz procs.
When trying to run Solaris 10 in 64-bit mode, the boot process dies almost immediately and does an instant restart. The install process appears to go properly all the way to the first restart. After that, it gets to the OS mode selection screen. Then when the normal start option is chosen, it tries to start load the OS. If manages to put 3 lines of text to the screen then freezes for 1 second and restarts.
I have enabled VT in the BIOS as directed to allow the Xeon's to work in 64-bit mode. The BIOS is back level, and I am working to update it to the current release. Are there any other BIOS configuration changes that need to be made?
Has anyoen gotten this combination to work? I am already running Windows and Linux on the ESX host, but Solaris 10 refuses to run.
I've already spent 2 days on the phone with VMWare support. I even uploaded the VM images to them and they run fine on their hardware, so it is either my VMWare install, or the hardware it is running on. The VMWare support team inspected my installation and didn't see any issues, so that leaves the hardware/configuration.
Thanks for any assistance,
Clint
When trying to run Solaris 10 in 64-bit mode, the boot process dies almost immediately and does an instant restart. The install process appears to go properly all the way to the first restart. After that, it gets to the OS mode selection screen. Then when the normal start option is chosen, it tries to start load the OS. If manages to put 3 lines of text to the screen then freezes for 1 second and restarts.
I have enabled VT in the BIOS as directed to allow the Xeon's to work in 64-bit mode. The BIOS is back level, and I am working to update it to the current release. Are there any other BIOS configuration changes that need to be made?
Has anyoen gotten this combination to work? I am already running Windows and Linux on the ESX host, but Solaris 10 refuses to run.
I've already spent 2 days on the phone with VMWare support. I even uploaded the VM images to them and they run fine on their hardware, so it is either my VMWare install, or the hardware it is running on. The VMWare support team inspected my installation and didn't see any issues, so that leaves the hardware/configuration.
Thanks for any assistance,
Clint
