1) On an ESXi 5.1 I installed 4 virtual machines each VM with the same settings (except for Memory and Virtual disk settings) 2) On all 4 machines I installed CentOS 6 with minimal installation.
I have a CentOS 6.4 complete DVD I got off eBay. When that didn't work, I downloaded the 7 iso files that (I think) make up the CentOS 5.3 installation (WS 7 advertises as being compatible with CentOS 5.3). Both have the same problem. Taking CentOS 5.3 as the example, it gets to 'disk' 4 of 7 then presents the attached image and freezes. A keystroke cursor is shown, but NO KEYSTROKES ARE ACCEPTED. If I try to install VMware tools, it says 'VMware Tools installation cannot be started manually while Easy Install is in progress.' I am afraid to force a power down because I STILL HAVE 3 INSTALLATION DISKS LEFT. Can you help?
Thanks
NCM
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