you must configure you new VM-ware session as other linux 2,6 kernal whith one SCSI drive off 8Gb and the network bridged.

Might need
The summary is this. You need to add the following options to your linux boot command:

acpi=off noapic nosmp nolapic clock=pit

i.e. edit /boot/grub/grub.conf and make the line beginning with “kernel” look like this:

kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-34.0.2.EL ro root=LABEL=/ acpi=off noapic nosmp nolapic clock=pit

(Don’t cut and paste the whole line – you might be running a different rev of the kernel.)