Fusion was working fine w/bootcamp and Vista under 10.5.1. Now when I try to launch bootcamp partition after upgrading to 10.5.2, Fusion unmounts the bootcamp partition and then reports 'missing kernel'
Vista boots fine using bootcamp. Very strange. I see the volume unmount when launching bootcamp partition in Fusion.
What's up?
I would try to delete the Boot Camp Fusion machine and have Fusion reconstitute it. The Fusion Boot Camp partition is under the Finder's Go menu Go > Go To Folder ... > ~/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp. Delete the %2Fdev%2Fdisk... folder and re-run Fusion.
I am not sure why it would unmount the bootcamp partition, but just reinstall fusion(your vms will remain intact) and let me know if you get the same error
Still unmounts.
Uninstalled, re-installed from the disc image (latest version), launch Fusion, select boot camp image, run, authenticate dialog box shows up, enter password, 2nd drive partition w/Vista disappears from desktop, VM launches, error "missing kernel". Quit VM, drive re-appears on desktop.
Now what?
is this console entry relevant?
3/7/08 4:15:35 PM com.apple.launchd[99] (.com.vmware.fusion[1208]) Stray process with PGID equal to this dead job: PID 1235 PPID 1 vmware-rawdiskCr
Thanks,
Marco
I don't know about the "missing kernel" message, but it's completely normal for Boot Camp partitions to unmount when you run them in Fusion - we do this to ensure that OS X doesn't try to access the partition at the same time as the guest, which would be bad.
OK, understood, but the VM still will not boot.
Here's the complete error message.
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. to fix - reinstall, etc.
file: \windows\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe
status: 0xc0000011
Info: windows failed to load because the kernel is missing.
---again, this partition boots fine when rebooted into bootcamp.
Thanks,
Marco
Hi, I still cannot boot the VM - kernel is still missing. I've re-installed the VM and can boot fine w/boot camp.
Any ideas? I'd really like to be able to use Fusion.
Thanks,
Marco
So, any suggestions here? I am unable to use VM Ware Fusion due to this error.
I have re-installed the virtual machine software but am still getting this 'missing kernel' error message.
It says to insert my Windows DVD and restart, which I do, but I get the same error.
The BootCamp partition boots normally.
Thanks,
Marco
I would try to delete the Boot Camp Fusion machine and have Fusion reconstitute it. The Fusion Boot Camp partition is under the Finder's Go menu Go > Go To Folder ... > ~/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp. Delete the %2Fdev%2Fdisk... folder and re-run Fusion.
Thanks very much. The file was in my user's folder - not the root folder library. That seems to have done the trick.
Cheers,
Marco