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Error: "Blocked Mailbox......!!" at VMkernel Load Time
Details
When the VMkernel is loading, I get repeated error messages
saying "Blocked Mailbox......!!" What is wrong?
Solution
This problem has been reported on some Dell servers with
PercRAID controllers and some servers with MegaRAID controllers. It
happens if you assign about 256MB of memory to the console
operating system.
If you encounter the problem, take the following steps:
Reboot the computer. When
LILO comes up, choose to boot the Linux-UP kernel.
From your management
workstation, start your Web browser and log in to the VMware
Management Interface as root.
Click Configure System, then
click Update Boot Configuration.
Edit the existing
configuration, or create a new one, and set the memory for the
console operating to a value that is not in the range of
241MB-271MB to avoid the problem.
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