Cannot install Fedora 17 or 16 (32-bit) on Workstation 7.1.6.
The ISO boots ok, but when it proceeds to the OS startup(?), a popup appers:
"The CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system. You will need to power off or reset the virtual machine at this point."
and I can't get past this.
The host is Win7 SP1 x64 on i7-3770 machine. Other Linux (Centos 5) and Windows guests run fine on this setup
The relevant log snippet is below.
Any idea?
Thanks,
-- pa
Dec 20 17:56:04.537: vcpu-1| CPU reset: soft (mode 2)
Dec 20 17:56:04.553: vcpu-0| BIOS-UUID is 56 4d c4 42 8e 96 79 98-53 48 b8 da 1c aa 08 03
Dec 20 17:56:04.787: mks| HostOps hideCursor before defineCursor!
Dec 20 17:56:05.426: mks| HostOps hideCursor before defineCursor!
Dec 20 17:56:06.160: mks| Setting thread 41 stack size to 1048576.
Dec 20 17:56:11.526: mks| SVGA: display status changed, using optimizations for local consoles.
Dec 20 17:56:13.289: vcpu-0| X86Fault_Warning: vmcore/vmm64/cpu/interp.c:398: cs:eip=0x60:0xc042020b fault=13
Dec 20 17:56:13.289: vcpu-0| Vix: [6340 vmxCommands.c:9806]: VMAutomation_HandleCLIHLTEvent. Do nothing.
Dec 20 17:56:13.289: vcpu-0| MsgHint: msg.monitorevent.halt
Dec 20 17:56:13.289: vcpu-0| The CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system. You will need to power off or reset the virtual machine at this point.
According to the VMware compatibilty guide for guests Fedora 16 & 17 32 bit are not supported by WS 7.1.4. 7.1.6 was not shown - at least I could lno see it however tthe suported supported versions of WS for these OS is WS 8 and 9. My advice - upgrade to WS 8 or 9.
Thanks... You've rearned another ~ 95 Euros for VMware