Unable to install OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) Developer Preview on Fusion 8

[tessman]

I've done this on a separate partition previously, but thought I'd do it on VMware Fusion for convenience on this machine, a new MacBook Pro 15" Retina running 10.10.4.

Selecting to create the new VM from an installation disc mounts the OS X 10.11 installer as a second HD, and booting runs (at first not too badly, then VERY slowly) through the boot process, black screen with a white apple and white progress bar, until the progress bar is 100% an hour or so later — keep in mind this is for booting the installer only — and then...nothing. Even leaving overnight (so eight hours later) makes no difference.

Everything else on this machine (16GB/SSD/i7) is lightning-quick, so I'm a little stumped. Any ideas?

[dariusd]

Hi tessman,

Sorry for the trouble!  The latest Developer Previews of El Capitan do not install correctly in a Fusion 8 VM.  See this comment for a workaround: Re: Create OS X 10.11 Beta Guest on Fusion 8

Cheers,

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Darius

[Mikero]

I also just last night wrote a more detailed blog post on how to work around the bug and El Cap GM Candidate installed

http://www.mikeroysoft.com/el-capitan-gm-candidate-and-fusion8/