vmware server 2.0 error

[Moonfly]

I am trying to install CentOS into vmware server 2.0 but i get an error while starting virtual machine for first time for installation.

i am trying to install centos 4,7 from iso fail and i have windows server 2003 in the machine where i install it.

Here are the steps i make in creating virtual machine:
operating system Linux > Other Linux 32bit
i use 1024 ram
add a network adapter
network connection bridged, connect at power on
use ISO image for installation (iso image is located in my datastore i created earlier)
connect with image at power on checked
dont add a floppy drive (tried with adding it also)
dont add a usb controller (tried with adding it also)
power on your virtual machine now
Finish

Task bar shows
create virtual machine > success
power on virtual machine > error

error description:
Failed to power on CentOS: A general system error occured.

iso image cant be damaged, cuz i used it with workstation before, but decided to move into vmware server.

Any help is appreciated :)

[MentaL]

[cypher]

no idea why are you getting that error. Call the guys from datacenter and make them look over it, it seems that it cannot allocate the virtual machines memory!

[Moonfly]

i dont have anyone to call, i dont buy hosting, i host from my home :P

[chumpywumpy]

[QUOTE=Moonfly;4780919]operating system Linux > Other Linux 32bit[QUOTE]

That should be "red hat 4". Using generic linux settings there usually results in problems reading the partitions which will probably be the cause of you error i think.

[Moonfly]

still the same with red hat enterprise linux 4 and with all other red hat versions

I finally found the log files i was looking so bad by accident, i looked /vmware/tomcat/logs before cuz these were only log files i could find in vmware folder, but they didnt give any useful information
i found this log created in CentOS folder where the virtual machine was created also.
and i think i found the problem, somehow the wmare is expired, i dont know how, cuz i downloaded it from wmvare homepage yesterday with registration and reg key they gave me..

Mar 04 16:02:20.812: vmx| [msg.License.product.expired] This product has expired.
Mar 04 16:02:20.812: vmx| Make sure that your computer's date and time are set correctly.
Mar 04 16:02:20.812: vmx| There is a more recent version available at the VMware Web site: "http://vmware.com/info?id=4".
Mar 04 16:02:20.812: vmx| ----------------------------------------
Mar 04 16:02:21.140: vmx| Module License power on failed.
Mar 04 16:02:21.140: vmx| VMX_PowerOn: ModuleTable_PowerOn = 0
Mar 04 16:02:21.156: vmx| Transitioned vmx/execState/val to poweredOff
Mar 04 16:02:21.906: vmx| vmdbPipe_Streams: Couldn't read
Mar 04 16:02:21.906: vmx| VMX idle exit
Mar 04 16:02:21.906: vmx| Flushing VMX VMDB connections
Mar 04 16:02:21.906: vmx| IPC_exit: disconnecting all threads
Mar 04 16:02:21.906: vmx| VMX exit (0).

i downloaded it again and reinstalled and got it working :)

[cypher]

weird that it didn`t warn you with anything , at least a message box or something, good thing you figured out.