Linux hangs on boot in VMware saying: Probing EDD (edd=off to disable)

Question

I am having a problem booting RHEL 6 Beta in VMware Server 1.0.10 My Host OS is Windows XP Pro SP2.

When I try to boot linux, I get this on screen:

Loading vmlinuz................................ Loading initrd.img...................................... ........................................................ ........................................................ ........................................................ ...................ready. Probing EDD (edd=off to disable)... ok

And it appears to hang.

I tried passing edd=off parameter to kernel by editing the kernel boot line in GRUB, but it doesn't work.

Thanks, Anil

Answer 1

Use the newer version vmware server, such 2.0 or VirtualBox/KVM/Xen.