Hi!
I installed VMWorkstation 7.14 (VMware-Workstation-Full-7.1.4-385536.i386) on ubuntu 11.04 (32bit, 2.6.38-11-generic-pae, ubuntu classic-gnome) and try to install a win7-32 Ultimate VM.
While installing win7-setup stops with a bluescreen, MEMORY_MANAGEMENT STOP: 0x0000001A.
I tried different Win7-DVDs, but installation breaks with the BSOD all the time and already checked the laptops (Lenovo Thinkpad x201 (5413-FFG) 8GB of RAM, they seem to be fine.
Also installed WinXP-SP3 without any problems in a VM... .
Any hint what went wrong?
Regards,
BigMac
post the vmware.log that was created during that install-attempt
did you assign very little or too much RAM ?
Yesterday I tried to upgrade a XP-SP3 VM on the system to Win7-32, but it doesn't work, the upgrade crashed.... .
It's not a mashine or OS related problem, Win7-32 works on this Laptop in virtualbox... .
post the vmware.log that was created during that install-attempt
did you assign very little or too much RAM ?
That's it, thanks a lot! It's really the amount of RAM.
Install doesn't work with 3096 MB RAM, it works with 1024... .
I installed VMWare tools and tried to "upgrade" the VM to 2048 MB RAM, but this leeds to a crashing VM.
Win7 comes up with the login screen and crashes instantly with the well know bluescreen.
Now I can run a Win7-32 VM with 1GB RAM on 8GB RAM laptop. Great...
Regards,
BigMac
do you refer to the Bluescreen of Death? that is what it supposed to be called. what i know is that it is a sort of defense mechanism of your computer. it usually happens if something have entered your system in purpose of destroying everything. so what your computer will do is it will shut your system completely and this bluescreen will show.
As shown in the attachement, it's the BSOD.
There is nothing to be destroyed in the system.
It works fine with different VMs with 4GB RAM, it's just Win7 wich crashes.
As Win7 works fine on the same system as virtualbox VM, it seems to be a VMWare workstation bug... .