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irpool
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Fusion 8.01 on OS X El Capitan gives 'bad file descriptor' error when using existing Bootcamp partition

I am trying to evaluate Fusion on my iMac 21.5 as a host. The installation went well. However when I try to start the virtual machine on my existing Bootcamp (containing Windows 10) I get following error:

"The operation on the file "/dev/rdisk1s1" failed (Bad file descriptor).

The file system where disk "/dev/rdisk1s1" resides is full."

Actually before the message I get a dialog asking for permissions, which I allow.

I noted that before starting the virtual machine on Bootcamp, but after installing VMWare though, Bootcamp is listed in the Finder and all seems normal in the Disk utility.

But after I try to start the virtual machine on Bootcamp, Bootcamp has disappeared from the Finder and is shown disabled in the disk utility. Also the indentation in disk utility looks odd.

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csteinle
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This looks like the same issue as Fusion 8 cannot start newly created BootCamp

If so, it's fixed in 8.0.2 which is just out.

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