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1. Re: July TP2014 : VMWare tools stay on Writing files ---
cropas Jul 6, 2014 11:01 AM (in response to mnahum)I have the same issue. It stuck around 5%
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2. Re: July TP2014 : VMWare tools stay on Writing files ---
Markcub Jul 7, 2014 1:14 PM (in response to cropas)I hate to be another 'me too' poster, but here it is.. me too!
No previous tools installed. Sticks at 'Writing files...'. I have left it for over an hour, and no change.
Cheers,
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3. Re: July TP2014 : VMWare tools stay on Writing files ---
vanRijn Jul 7, 2014 1:30 PM (in response to mnahum)Hm. Okay, sorry to hear you guys are hitting problems. Can you guys provide some more info on your host and guest environments? I'll bring this to people's attention internally.
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4. Re: July TP2014 : VMWare tools stay on Writing files ---
Markcub Jul 7, 2014 1:41 PM (in response to vanRijn)I am on an iMac mid-2011 running host os Mac OS X 10.9.4 with 16GB RAM and 2 Intel Core i7s running at 3.4 GHz (8 cores).
VMware fusion is Professional Version e.x.p (1943533).
The guest OS is Mac OS X 10.10 beta 3. Although I saw exactly the same results with 10.10 betas 1 and 2.
The guest OS was cleanly installed as Mac OS X 10.9.4 from the recovery partition. It was then upgraded to OS 10.10 beta 1.
I have given the guest OS 4 cores, and 4GB memory, with a 40GB hdd. The display is reporting as 'Display 3 MB' on the About This Mac window.
No errors are shown in the Console app (logs).
The 'Install VMware Tools' window just sits at the 'Writing files...' stage indefinitely.
If you need any more information, please let me know.
Kind regards,
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5. Re: July TP2014 : VMWare tools stay on Writing files ---
cropas Jul 7, 2014 1:51 PM (in response to vanRijn) -
6. Re: July TP2014 : VMWare tools stay on Writing files ---
mnahum Jul 8, 2014 1:21 AM (in response to cropas)Ok so for me:
Hardware: MacBook Pro Retina 15' late 2013
Host : Maverick 10.9.4
Guest: Yosemite DP2 (didn't tried the DP3 yet)
maybe we can use the tools of F6.04 on the VM in fact ... I'll try that
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7. Re: July TP2014 : VMWare tools stay on Writing files ---
gerflo09 Jul 18, 2014 12:17 AM (in response to mnahum)same problem here
MBPro 17" early 2011
Maverick 10.9.4
Clean install VM 10.9 and updated to Yosamite DP2
VMWare Tools Installer hangs at 'Writing files...' - 5%....
Did several reboots ad retries, but no luck so far
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8. Re: July TP2014 : VMWare tools stay on Writing files ---
dlhotka Jul 21, 2014 2:28 PM (in response to gerflo09)And here too on DP1.
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9. Re: July TP2014 : VMWare tools stay on Writing files ---
CardinalCall Jul 22, 2014 3:12 AM (in response to vanRijn)I'll add my voice to the list, even with DP4
Mid 2010 Macbook Pro
Host: OS X 10.9.4
Guest: OS X 10.10 DP4
Did a clean install with the DP1 app.
Hangs on "writing files..."
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10. Re: July TP2014 : VMWare tools stay on Writing files ---
WoodyZ Jul 24, 2014 6:18 AM (in response to dlhotka)dlhotka wrote: And here too on DP1.
dlhotka,
I haven tried the VMware Fusion Technology Preview July 2014 yet as I've just got back from a 1 month trip (vacation) and was for most of it in remote areas without Cell Phone or Internet, only SAT Phone working. I have in the past manually installed VMware Tools in an OS X Guest using Pacifist and it worked when the "Install VMware Tools.app" wouldn't. Try using the "VMware Tools.pkg" from within the "Install VMware Tools.app" bundle and Pacifist.
Woody
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11. Re: July TP2014 : VMWare tools stay on Writing files ---
mdelaporta Jul 24, 2014 12:34 PM (in response to mnahum)Had the same problem. Here's a work-around that worked for me:
Find the disk image "darwin.iso" in the "VMware Fusion Tech Preview.app" package ("Contents/Library/isoImages"), mount it, and copy out the "Install VMware Tools.app" to your Desktop.
Transfer this file into the guest OS. (You can't use disk sharing since the tools aren't installed yet. I used "scp" to the host OS...)
Run "Install VMware Tools.app" from inside the Yosemite guest OS. Installs fine.
Hope this helps someone.
-M
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12. Re: July TP2014 : VMWare tools stay on Writing files ---
WoodyZ Jul 24, 2014 12:44 PM (in response to mdelaporta)Find the disk image "darwin.iso" in the "VMware Fusion Tech Preview.app" package ("Contents/Library/isoImages"), mount it, and copy out the "Install VMware Tools.app" to your Desktop.
Transfer this file into the guest OS. (You can't use disk sharing since the tools aren't installed yet. I used "scp" to the host OS...)
There really is no need whatsoever to use anything like scp since VMware Tools for OS X (the darwin.iso file) can just be mounted manually as the CD/DVD and directly accessed under the Guest OS or automatically if using "Install VMware Tools" from the Virtual Machine menu and then simply drag and drop the the "Install VMware Tools.app" bundle onto the Guest OS Desktop. If it does install fine after copying it from the ISO Image that's an easier workaround then using Pacifist however anytime I've had VMware Tools hang during an install under OS X Pacifist worked when the normal install didn't.
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13. Re: July TP2014 : VMWare tools stay on Writing files ---
Pbryanw Jul 25, 2014 10:48 AM (in response to WoodyZ)I also had the waiting on VMware Tools problem with my Yosemite Beta 1 VM machine.
I was able to install tools by getting darwin.iso from the "VMware Fusion Tech Preview.app", mounting it as a CD/DVD as WoodyZ advised, then running VMware Tools from there.
I'm using the July 2014 Tech Preview on a 2011 Mac mini (Macmini5,1) running Mavericks 10.9.4 with an SSD installed in place of the previous hard-disk.
The Guest OS is the recently released Yosemite Beta 1 from the App Store (installed from scratch), with 2GB memory & 2 Processor Cores & 40GB SATA Hard drive. Graphics are set to accelerated with a max of 128MB display memory.
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14. Re: July TP2014 : VMWare tools stay on Writing files ---
HPReg Jul 25, 2014 6:46 PM (in response to Pbryanw)We are able to reproduce the problem internally, and we are working on it.