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j_carter
Contributor
Contributor
‎05-05-2008 11:04 AM

Unable to determine Guest Operating System

I am trying to evaluate Fusion for my MacBook Pro, which requires that I first use Converter. I cannot get past the fourth screen of the VMWare Converter Import Wizard, getting the above error message each time. I am running XP Home.

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mike_laspina
Champion
Champion
‎05-05-2008 11:09 AM

Hi,

I have seen that come up when I used an old version of converter.

http://blog.laspina.ca/ vExpert 2009
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j_carter
Contributor
Contributor
‎05-05-2008 11:12 AM

I downloaded this version this morning. Is there some way to use Fusion that doesn't involve Converter?

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mike_laspina
Champion
Champion
‎05-05-2008 11:59 AM

Not that I am aware of maybe platespin, is there anything out of the ordinary running on the XP source system.

Any special partition or boot loader configured?

http://blog.laspina.ca/ vExpert 2009
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asatoran
Immortal
Immortal
‎05-05-2008 12:23 PM

Are you trying to convert a running physical machine or a Ghost image file or a VirtualPC virtual machine? If a physical machine or other virtual machine, then install Converter inside the XP machine and run Converter there. This often will get past the "unable to determine geust OS" error.


Also, if you're evaluating Fusion, you could just create a new virtual machine. Install Windows in trial mode (by not activating Windows.)

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