Why does kdump not work for RHEL5 vmware guests?

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Issue

  • Kdump does not appear to work for RHEL5 vmware guests.
  • Error messages appear similar to the following: (below)

       kdump_bootscreen_01.JPG

Environment

  • Red Hat guest running under VMware ESX 4.0
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • kdump via ssh

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