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Starting Boot Camp in VM causes Fusion to Network Boot. posted: Apr 19, 2007 12:26 AM

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brokenjago
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Apr 18, 2007
Hi,

Long story short, I had massive problems with Vista so I uninstalled it and re-instaled XP.

I remembered that you guys supported booting into a VM with XP on it, so I re-downloaded Fusion Beta 3 to see if it worked.

It didn't.

I select the Boot Camp partition from the list, and it starts, then, it decides it wants to boot from the network, and when it can't, it tell me that it can't find a boot device.

I uninstalled it, removed all the preferences, then reinstalled it.

Same issue.

Does anyone know what this could be? This wasn't the user experience I was hoping to get, and I'm very close to just uninstalling the app again. However, I realize this is a beta, so I'm willing to give you guys the benefit of the doubt. :)

Any help would be appreciated.

Re: Starting Boot Camp in VM causes Fusion to Network Boot.

1. Apr 19, 2007 11:23 AM in response to: brokenjago
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brokenjago
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Apr 18, 2007
No one has any ideas?

Re: Starting Boot Camp in VM causes Fusion to Network Boot.

2. Apr 19, 2007 6:32 PM in response to: brokenjago
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brokenjago
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Apr 18, 2007
No one has any ideas or can offer any helpful advice?

Re: Starting Boot Camp in VM causes Fusion to Network Boot.

3. Apr 19, 2007 7:30 PM in response to: brokenjago
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etung
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Oct 15, 2006
Deciding to boot from the network is normal if Fusion can't find any boot media; i.e. for some reason it doesn't think your BootCamp partition is bootable. Check your logs* for any interesting errors.

* ~/Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Fusion/Virtual\ Machines/Boot\ Camp/your-disk-here/Boot\ Camp\ partition.vmwarevm/vmware.log and ~/Library/Logs/VMware\ Fusion/vmware-vmfusion.log - note the latter one is per session, so check it after you reproduce the error.

Re: Starting Boot Camp in VM causes Fusion to Network Boot.

4. Apr 19, 2007 7:52 PM in response to: brokenjago
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brokenjago
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Apr 18, 2007
Thanks for the help. Here is a dump of my per-session log, as the other log didn't seem to exist.

Apr 19 19:50:17.329: vmfusion| Log for VMware Fusion pid=297 version=1.0b3 build=build-43733 option=BETA
Apr 19 19:50:17.329: vmfusion| Hostname=(myname)-computer.local
Apr 19 19:50:17.329: vmfusion| Using log file /Users/brokenjago/Library/Logs/VMware Fusion/vmware-vmfusion.log
Apr 19 19:50:17.500: vmfusion| Failed to acquire super user privileges.
Apr 19 19:50:17.531: vmfusion| Msg_Reset:
Apr 19 19:50:17.531: vmfusion| [msg.dictionary.load.statFailed] Unable to get information about file "/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/messages/en/tip_list.vmsg": No such file or directory.
Apr 19 19:50:17.531: vmfusion| ----------------------------------------
Apr 19 19:50:17.531: vmfusion| Cannot load message dictionary "/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/messages/en/tip_list.vmsg".
Apr 19 19:50:17.553: vmfusion| XXXMACOS: Implement HostDeviceInfo_FindHostSoundDevices
Apr 19 19:50:17.559: vmfusion| Could not open /proc/net/dev
Apr 19 19:50:17.559: vmfusion| SGMAC: XXX: SGHostEnumerate not yet implemented
Apr 19 19:50:17.578: vmfusion| Failed to acquire super user privileges.
Apr 19 19:50:17.578: vmfusion| SMBIOS: can't open /dev/mem
Apr 19 19:50:17.578: vmfusion| VmhsHostInfoPopulateSystem: Could not get information from smbios to populate VMDB.
Apr 19 19:50:17.578: vmfusion| HOSTINFO: Seeing Intel CPU, numCoresPerCPU 2 numThreadsPerCore 1.
Apr 19 19:50:17.578: vmfusion| HOSTINFO: This machine has 2 physical CPUS, 4 total cores, and 4 logical CPUs.
Apr 19 19:50:17.824: vmfusion| Foundry Init: setting up global state (0 threads)
Apr 19 19:50:17.834: vmfusion| Foundry Init: version 2, hostType 1, hostName (null), hostPort 0, options 0x203
Apr 19 19:50:20.544: | FILE: ObtainMachineID machineID is (sKu3PAAX8gOczAAA)
Apr 19 19:50:20.544: | Failed to acquire super user privileges.
Apr 19 19:50:20.544: | Failed to acquire super user privileges.
Apr 19 19:50:20.557: | Reloading config state: /Users/brokenjago/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp/%2Fdev%2Fdisk0/Boot Camp partition.vmwarevm/Boot Camp partition.vmx
Apr 19 19:50:20.596: | Failed to acquire super user privileges.
Apr 19 19:50:20.596: | Failed to acquire super user privileges.
Apr 19 19:50:20.596: | Failed to acquire super user privileges.
Apr 19 19:50:20.781: vmfusion| readlink /var/run/vmware/f1237922b14b417819ac43ac1b1ce713: No such file or directory
Apr 19 19:50:20.781: vmfusion| readlink /var/run/vmware/%2fUsers%2fbrokenjago%2fLibrary%2fApplication%20Support%2fVMware%20Fusion%2fVirtual%20Machines%2fBoot%20Camp%2f%252Fdev%252Fdisk0%2fBoot%20Camp%20partition%2evmwarevm%2fBoot%20Camp%20partition%2evmx: No such file or directory
Apr 19 19:50:21.183: vmfusion| Failed to acquire super user privileges.
Apr 19 19:50:21.183: vmfusion| Failed to acquire super user privileges.
Apr 19 19:50:21.190: vmfusion| Failed to acquire super user privileges.
Apr 19 19:50:21.204: vmfusion| VMHSVMCbPower: Setting state of VM /vm/#937943e42826be2d/ to powerOn with option soft
Apr 19 19:50:21.204: vmfusion| VMHS: Exec()'ing /Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/vmware-vmx, /Users/brokenjago/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp/%2Fdev%2Fdisk0/Boot Camp partition.vmwarevm/Boot Camp partition.vmx
Apr 19 19:50:21.480: vmfusion| Mounting virtual machine paths on connection: /db/connection/#89/, /Users/brokenjago/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp/%2Fdev%2Fdisk0/Boot Camp partition.vmwarevm/Boot Camp partition.vmx
Apr 19 19:50:21.587: vmfusion| Mount VM completion for vm: /Users/brokenjago/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp/%2Fdev%2Fdisk0/Boot Camp partition.vmwarevm/Boot Camp partition.vmx
Apr 19 19:50:21.587: vmfusion| Mount VM Complete: /Users/brokenjago/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp/%2Fdev%2Fdisk0/Boot Camp partition.vmwarevm/Boot Camp partition.vmx, Return code: OK
Apr 19 19:50:21.688: vmfusion| DUI: Adding new Hint dialog 0x16a56830
Apr 19 19:50:21.688: vmfusion| DUI: Beginning dialog (0x16a56834) for window (0x16a436e0)
Apr 19 19:50:22.321: vmfusion| Disconnect check in progress: /Users/brokenjago/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp/%2Fdev%2Fdisk0/Boot Camp partition.vmwarevm/Boot Camp partition.vmx
Apr 19 19:50:22.930: vmfusion| DUI: Replied signal returned 'keep disabled' for dialog 0x16a5684c. Hiding dialog.
Apr 19 19:50:23.573: vmfusion| DUI: Got destroyed signal! Destroying dialog 0x16a56834
Apr 19 19:50:23.573: vmfusion| Disconnect check in progress: /Users/brokenjago/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp/%2Fdev%2Fdisk0/Boot Camp partition.vmwarevm/Boot Camp partition.vmx
Apr 19 19:50:24.417: vmfusion| VMX status has been set for vm: /Users/brokenjago/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp/%2Fdev%2Fdisk0/Boot Camp partition.vmwarevm/Boot Camp partition.vmx
Apr 19 19:50:24.417: vmfusion| Disconnect check in progress: /Users/brokenjago/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp/%2Fdev%2Fdisk0/Boot Camp partition.vmwarevm/Boot Camp partition.vmx
Apr 19 19:50:24.417: vmfusion| Disconnect check in progress: /Users/brokenjago/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp/%2Fdev%2Fdisk0/Boot Camp partition.vmwarevm/Boot Camp partition.vmx
Apr 19 19:50:30.994: vmfusion| VMHSVMCbPower: Setting state of VM /vm/#937943e42826be2d/ to powerOff with option soft
Apr 19 19:50:30.994: vmfusion| Disconnect check in progress: /Users/brokenjago/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp/%2Fdev%2Fdisk0/Boot Camp partition.vmwarevm/Boot Camp partition.vmx
Apr 19 19:50:31.183: vmfusion| Disconnect check in progress: /Users/brokenjago/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp/%2Fdev%2Fdisk0/Boot Camp partition.vmwarevm/Boot Camp partition.vmx
Apr 19 19:50:31.183: vmfusion| Unmounting the vm: /Users/brokenjago/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp/%2Fdev%2Fdisk0/Boot Camp partition.vmwarevm/Boot Camp partition.vmx
Apr 19 19:50:31.184: vmfusion| Unmounting VM complete: /Users/brokenjago/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp/%2Fdev%2Fdisk0/Boot Camp partition.vmwarevm/Boot Camp partition.vmx
Apr 19 19:50:31.489: vmfusion| Mount state values have changed: /Users/brokenjago/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp/%2Fdev%2Fdisk0/Boot Camp partition.vmwarevm/Boot Camp partition.vmx
Apr 19 19:50:31.490: vmfusion| Reloading config state: /Users/brokenjago/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp/%2Fdev%2Fdisk0/Boot Camp partition.vmwarevm/Boot Camp partition.vmx
Apr 19 19:50:31.527: vmfusion| Failed to acquire super user privileges.
Apr 19 19:50:31.527: vmfusion| Failed to acquire super user privileges.
Apr 19 19:50:31.527: vmfusion| Failed to acquire super user privileges.
Apr 19 19:50:31.807: vmfusion| Failed to acquire super user privileges.
Apr 19 19:50:31.826: vmfusion| HardwareVersion::SetHardwareVersion: Invalid HW version: 1.
Apr 19 19:50:31.827: vmfusion| HardwareVersion::SetHardwareVersion: Invalid HW version: 1.
Apr 19 19:50:31.843: vmfusion| HardwareVersion::SetHardwareVersion: Invalid HW version: 1.
Apr 19 19:50:31.843: vmfusion| HardwareVersion::GetVMMaxMemory: Invalid HW version: 1.
Apr 19 19:50:31.843: vmfusion| HardwareVersion::SetHardwareVersion: Invalid HW version: 1.
Apr 19 19:50:31.843: vmfusion| HardwareVersion::GetVMMaxMemory: Invalid HW version: 1.
Apr 19 19:50:31.843: vmfusion| HardwareVersion::SetHardwareVersion: Invalid HW version: 1.
Apr 19 19:50:31.843: vmfusion| HardwareVersion::GetVMMaxMemory: Invalid HW version: 1.
Apr 19 19:50:33.547: vmfusion| AIOMGR-S : stat o=276 r=552 w=1 i=0 br=1837056 bw=512

Re: Starting Boot Camp in VM causes Fusion to Network Boot.

5. Apr 19, 2007 8:04 PM in response to: brokenjago
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etung
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Oct 15, 2006
Nothing looks out of place. Sorry I can't be more helpful. How did you create the bootcamp partition? Is it possible you erased the Vista partition then installed XP somewhere else (different partition, disk, etc.)? In this case Fusion would be seeing your old, blank, non-XP partition.

Re: Starting Boot Camp in VM causes Fusion to Network Boot.

6. Apr 19, 2007 9:08 PM in response to: brokenjago
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brokenjago
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Apr 18, 2007
When I destroyed Vista, all I did was restore my Volume back to one via Boot Camp assistant, then re-partitioned it, then installed XP...

Re: Starting Boot Camp in VM causes Fusion to Network Boot.

7. Apr 21, 2007 1:28 PM in response to: brokenjago
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brokenjago
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Apr 18, 2007
No one else has any ideas? I'd really like to use this product, but if it's going to be this annoying I'll just jump ship.

Re: Starting Boot Camp in VM causes Fusion to Network Boot.

8. Apr 21, 2007 1:46 PM in response to: brokenjago
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RDPetruska
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Jan 11, 2005
No one else has any ideas?
Yes. Forget all about the Boot Camp hack, and just create a virtual hard drive and use it. Now you have a portable, easily backup-able guest. Most of the time, using a physical partition is not worth the extra hassles.

Re: Starting Boot Camp in VM causes Fusion to Network Boot.

9. Apr 21, 2007 1:52 PM in response to: brokenjago
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brokenjago
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Apr 18, 2007
I don't want to forget about the "Boot Camp Hack."

I use my XP partition specifically for gaming, which VMWare doesn't fully support, and I don't want to create another VM and lose precious disk space.

I guess I'll just have to use Parallels, because it actually works.

Thanks for the help.

Re: Starting Boot Camp in VM causes Fusion to Network Boot.

10. Apr 21, 2007 4:27 PM in response to: brokenjago
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etung
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Oct 15, 2006
Sorry you couldn't get it working, but there's not much information to go on. I'd encourage you to file a support request about this, and try again with future releases.

Re: Starting Boot Camp in VM causes Fusion to Network Boot.

11. Apr 21, 2007 4:30 PM in response to: brokenjago
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brokenjago
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Apr 18, 2007
Thanks for the help. If there's anything else you could possibly use to help out, please just ask. I'll do what I can to get it.

I will take your advice and file a support request.

Re: Starting Boot Camp in VM causes Fusion to Network Boot.

12. Nov 7, 2009 8:49 PM in response to: brokenjago
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Gavmacmac
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Nov 7, 2009
Here is a fix for you -
I had a very similar problem and figured it was something to do with fusion trying to boot the old partition which didnt exist any more.
I updated to Fusion 3, deleted the 'bootcamp partition' from the Virtual Machine Library, and then selected 'run windows from your bootcamp partition' in the 'Home' menu.
Fusion then set up my bootcamp partition to run as a virtual machine and it all works again!
Cheers
Gav

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