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Cannot Install Ubuntu 16.04.2 or higher on Windows 10 VMWare Workstation Pro 12

Hello,

Here is my problem: I can create virtual machines using Ubuntu version 16.04.1, but if I use a later version (16.04.2, 16.04.3, or 17.10), the installation fails. I am just performing a typical install, selecting the OS, giving it one core and 1 GB of RAM and having VMWare install it. Nothing fancy. Here are the errors that occur during installation. Note, I have not found a pattern; each different VM gets stuck on one of these randomly.

  • Before installation begins, the error message "cpufreq_online: Failed to initialize policy for cpu# almost always pops up.
  • Installation does not begin; the VM gets stuck on a pink/purple page that says "Ubuntu" and a few loading dots.
  • Installation begins but quits for any random reason, including "Dependency failed for Swap", to name a common one.
  • Installation begins but does not load the installation GUI; instead, it installs in a console.
  • Installation completes from the console but just hangs after it's done. It doesn't boot up into a GUI.
  • Installation completes and it takes me to a tty console, but I cannot log in with any credentials that I know.
  • GUI boots up to log-in screen, but there are no users and I cannot login.
  • GUI boots up, I log in, but the desktop is blank and error messages pop up until it freezes and crashes

My system:

  • Intel Pentium G4600 Skylake CPU
  • MSI B250M Pro-VDH LGA 1511 motherboard
  • 8 GB DDR4 RAM
  • 1 TB HDD
  • Intel HD 630 graphics
  • Windows 10 64-bit
  • VMWare Pro Version 12.0

Any ideas about what is going on? Have any of you ever had these issues, and how can I get past them?

Thanks.

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Alright, this was an easy one. I was running VMWare Workstation Pro version 12.0.0, provided by my school. After I installed the latest update (version 12.5.8), things seem to be working just fine.

Because I built this PC myself, I was assuming that something must have been wrong with the hardware.

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Alright, this was an easy one. I was running VMWare Workstation Pro version 12.0.0, provided by my school. After I installed the latest update (version 12.5.8), things seem to be working just fine.

Because I built this PC myself, I was assuming that something must have been wrong with the hardware.

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