Okay, so I've browsed back to all the prior discussions on this topic, tried all the suggested solutions and I still cannot get VMWare Fusion to install Windows 7. Every time I get the No Bootable Device Found error.
Here's the details:
- iMac 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo
- 8GB RAM
- 1TB HD (one partition, no Boot Camp)
- Mac OS X 10.6.8, all software updates current
- VMWare Fusion 3.1.3
- Window 7 Professional
I'm trying to install Win7 32-bit. I *have* successfully installed Win7 on this machine previously. I have also installed two OpenSUSE VMs. Those three VMs still work just fine.
What I've tried:
- Using the Win7 DVD
- Made a .cdr of the installer and did the "Continue without disc" install option
- Changed the .cdr extension to .iso to see if that would work
- Made a hybrid dmg/iso with Disk Utility and tried to use that image
- Booted off the Win7 DVD on another computer to verify that it is actually bootable
- Burned a new DVD from the .cdr to see if the disk may have been bad. New DVD didn't work, either
- I'm not able to boot into the BIOS setup, since on this machine it goes by in a millisecond, and I can't see it (literally)
- I've tried with and without using the Easy install option (with Admin account and Win product key)
This is exactly what I see on screen (after it tries the DHCP lookup):
Network boot from Intel E1000
Copyright (C) 2003-2008 VMware, Inc.
Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation
CLIENT MAC ADDR: [the MAC address] GUID: [the GUID]
PXE-E53: No boot filename received
PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM.
Operating System not found
At this point, I'm stumped. Any tips?
