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Red hat 5.6 on Parallels virtual machine boots but goes to blank screen
Title says it all. I installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 Server on a virtual machine. My desktop is running 64-bit Windows 7. I encrypted the Linux disk. It boots and I can get to the GNU Grub menu.
But if I boot I just get a dark screen. What do I need to do?
But if I boot I just get a dark screen. What do I need to do?
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It asked if I wanted the hard drive encrypted during the installation process. So whatever encrypting took place, Red Hat did it.
http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Installation_Guide/ch29s02s02.html
Did you type in the passphrase to access the encrypted disk at boot up?
Did you type in the passphrase to access the encrypted disk at boot up?
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I'm never prompted for it. It goes through a boot sequence and then goes blank. I just tried to just type the passphrase and nothing happened.
It is kind of hard to troubleshoot the issue for blank screen.
It has something to do with Grub setting.
Here is someone's post
http://xercestech.com/full-system-encryption-for-linux.geek
Hope can give you some hit.
It has something to do with Grub setting.
Here is someone's post
http://xercestech.com/full-system-encryption-for-linux.geek
Hope can give you some hit.
I sugess to reinstall without encrition. I had a RHEL 5.5 vm without any problem
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Reinstalled without encryption. Same blank screen after reboot.
Check the memory size in vm virtual video card's setting.
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Well that was low and I adjusted it to the recommended setting. But I still have a blank screen.
Have you entred network information when installed, ie. DHCP, DNS and/or IP etc.
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I've requested that this question be deleted for the following reason:
None of the solutions resolved the issue and we now have an installation I can VNC to, so I am no longer working on this.
None of the solutions resolved the issue and we now have an installation I can VNC to, so I am no longer working on this.
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How do you encrypted it?
Before you encrypted it, could it boot up normally?
If yes, then could you un-encrypt the disk?