Vista Pre-RC1 on VMware Workstation

[Guest]

Did anyone succeed installing Vista Pre-RC1 on VMware Workstation? If I boot
from the ISO image nothing happens anymore after loading the files. If I
start the setup from a Beta 2 installation to install it on a second virtual
disk the setup hangs after the first reboot. The ISO image is OK since I was
able to install Pre-RC1 on a PC.

 

[Daniel Vélez]

I installed with VMWare Server without issues...

Danny

 

[Guest]

I installed with VMWare Server without issues...

Danny

 

[Guest]

I installed with VMWare Server without issues...

Danny

 

[Guest]

Same problem here, trying to load Vista v5536 preview on a AMD 64 x2 3800+
and 1 gig ram. All it does is sit there with "windows is loading files" No
matter how long I let it sit it just hangs. I am using VMware 5.5.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Guest]

Same problem here, trying to load Vista v5536 preview on a AMD 64 x2 3800+
and 1 gig ram. All it does is sit there with "windows is loading files" No
matter how long I let it sit it just hangs. I am using VMware 5.5.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Guest]

Same problem here, trying to load Vista v5536 preview on a AMD 64 x2 3800+
and 1 gig ram. All it does is sit there with "windows is loading files" No
matter how long I let it sit it just hangs. I am using VMware 5.5.

Any suggestions?

 

[Guest]

Sorry for the multi posts. This forum board is a bit confusing.

 

[neo [mvp outlook]]

Uninstall VMWare Workstation and go with the free VMWare Server. This will
allow you to install v5536 + the additions. Once done, uninstall VMWare
Server and reinstall VMWare Workstation.

/neo

ps - it isn't hanging and if you want the technical reason why vista isn't
rendering the graphics in vmware, you can look thru vmware's support forums.

 

[David Hampson]

Mike,

This is a known issue on VMWare Workstation. Server is not affected. 5.5.3
is supposed to fix it. No ETA on that though.

The VMWare forums have more information, but it has to do with the video
driver.

Hope this helps,

Dave H.

 

[Guest]

Thanks! This solved my problem. I was able to install Pre-RC1 on VMware
Server too. Then I installed VMware tools. Afterwards I was able to load this
VM on VMware Workstation. It obviously is a problem with the driver of the
graphics card.

 

[Guest]

I'm using VMware 5.5 Workstation aswell, only my problem is he asks for an
installation diskette???