topic VMware workstation cannot run on hosts with 5-level paging enabled in VMware Workstation Pro Discussions

VMware workstation cannot run on hosts with 5-level paging enabled

zainul1114 — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 11:20:18 GMT

Hi Team,

While starting VM, i am getting " vmware workstation cannot run on hosts with 5-level paging enabled" issue

OS is CentOS 8.2 and VMWare workstation version is 17.0

Need your help to resolve this issue.

Regards,

Zain

RBS1 — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 08:19:55 GMT

Hi, have the same issue with a new server setup using 22.04 LTS and Workstation Pro 17. ANY ADVICE?

Technogeezer — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 17:11:09 GMT

Disable 5 level paging in the Linux kernel by adding 'no5lvl' to the kernel boot arguments.