the "no-boot-partition.png" has a prev. partition style as is being performed b/c i tanked an earlier screen-cap after oscar started to write the partition table. This VMware node builds fine from RH CDs but not from a VMware headnode built image? (FWIW, headnode has virtual SCSI & compute node has virtual IDE) bad-sfdisk_OSCARbuild.png -- output from sfdisk on OSCAR built node good-sfdisk_rhCDbuild.png -- output from sfdisk on rh CD built node no-boot-ide.png -- point where it hangs (oscar built) no-boot-partition.png -- display of oscar built partition of virutal HD ok-boot-ide_rhCDbuild.png -- display of rh CD built partition of virtual HD