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  • 1.  Error to boot Oracle Linux 7.9 on ESXi 8.0.0

    Posted Aug 28, 2023 07:18 PM

    After upgrade Oracle Linux 7.9 to kernel 5.4.17-2136.321.4.1.el7uk.x86_64 the OS cannot boot anymore. Only a black screen is returned, with no erros or GRUB messages.

    Anyone with the same problem?



  • 2.  RE: Error to boot Oracle Linux 7.9 on ESXi 8.0.0

    Posted Aug 29, 2023 07:06 AM

    I don't think this issue is related to vSphere. You may ask this to Oracle plateform. see if below link matches your issue

    https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E64076_01/E64077/html/vmrns-server-installer-black-screen.html

    Regards,

    Sachchidanand



  • 3.  RE: Error to boot Oracle Linux 7.9 on ESXi 8.0.0

    Posted Oct 03, 2023 07:04 AM

    Facing the same problem. Were you able to find a solution?



  • 4.  RE: Error to boot Oracle Linux 7.9 on ESXi 8.0.0

    Posted Oct 03, 2023 10:36 AM

    Not yet. I had to start a fresh install of Oracle Linux 7.9 and restore a backup. When I finished the installation, I performed a upgrade running "dnf update". After that, I rebooted the system and the same problem occcured again.

    I made a test on a server running a KVM Hypervisor and the Oracle worked just well, no problem at all. So, I presumed that could be a incompatibility between the ESXi version and the kernel used on Oracle Linux (5.4.17-2136.321.4.el7uek.x86_64).

    This version of Linux Kernel works fine across reboots: 5.4.17-2102.201.3.el7uek.x86_64.



  • 5.  RE: Error to boot Oracle Linux 7.9 on ESXi 8.0.0

    Posted Mar 11, 2024 12:46 AM

    I had the same problem.

    Update to grub2-efi-x64-2.02-0.87.0.25.el7.9.11.x86_64 (Wed Nov 15 20:33:33 2023) solved the problem.

    For me it seems is a problem auf Oracle Linux 7 in combination with VMWare Hardware Version 20 and newer.

    Problem did not occur with RedHat Linux 7.