Re: Windows 8 BSOD at 7% battery warning
We have not been able to reproduce this. The file you uploaded is the support file from outside the guest (that logs information about the host, the VM). The memory dump is saved by Windows (inside the...
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I tried that and I still get the same error message. I can now open Excel files on the Desktop of the guest PC but not off the server \\server\reports.xls Thanks,
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10.7.5 host and fusion 5.0.2 can't boot or update lion guest
I'm trying to upgrade a 10.7.x VM guest to 10.8.2 using the InstallESD.dmg from the Mac App Store. My host OS is 10.7.5 and I'm using Fusion 5.0.2. I've tried upgrading several times, but after...
View ArticleRe: 10.7.5 host and fusion 5.0.2 can't boot or update lion guest
Hi cookieme, Could you please attach the vmware.log from inside the virtual machine bundle? Thanks,--Darius
View ArticleRe: Oh..Oh...I did it now
Thanks Woody z.....This is where I'm at now.I installed the upgrade. Now I see the Virtual machine Library , I click ADD and I see the Import command which I click. Then I see the virtual machines that...
View ArticleRe: 10.7.5 host and fusion 5.0.2 can't boot or update lion guest
Interesting... thanks. The log doesn't give me much of a hint beyond what we already knew... that the guest panicked. 2013-01-15T20:57:20.955+01:00| vcpu-0| I120: The guest OS panicked. The first line...
View ArticleRe: 10.7.5 host and fusion 5.0.2 can't boot or update lion guest
Darius, is there any personal info contained in the .nvram?
View ArticleRe: 10.7.5 host and fusion 5.0.2 can't boot or update lion guest
Nothing particularly personal, although it might contain some UUIDs and such. Regardless, to allay your concerns, I'll PM you with my off-forum contact details and we'll continue that way. (I'll try...
View ArticleRe: Oh..Oh...I did it now
Simply use the file open command or just double-click the virtual machine packages. Sent from iPhone.
View ArticleRe: 10.7.5 host and fusion 5.0.2 can't boot or update lion guest
Hi cookieme, The panic is occuring because your VM still contains the VMware Tools from Fusion 4.1.1, and that release is not compatible with Mountain Lion: Specifically, the vmmemctl driver triggers a...
View ArticleRe: How to disable save state feature in Fusion 5
That sounds like a hibernate/standby feature in the OS you are running in the vm. I have a Windows vm at work where we have enabled the standby functionality via a policy for all Windows machines (and...
View ArticleRe: 10.7.5 host and fusion 5.0.2 can't boot or update lion guest
Another possible option: If you press and hold the Shift key early as the guest boots (i.e. when the VMware logo is still on screen), you should be able to boot the VM in Safe Mode. If we're lucky,...
View ArticleRe: Warning to java developers: don't upgrade to VMWare Fusion 5!
You can define different keyboard profiles in Fusion 5 per vm. Have you tried playing around with that? I can hit ctrl-space like crazy in my vm's but it simply doesn't do anything. I did change the...
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Okay WoodyZ....... That did it.I feel like I'm as dumb as a post. Thank you very much.I actually learned quite a bit. Tim Sent from my iPad
View ArticleRe: 10.7.5 host and fusion 5.0.2 can't boot or update lion guest
Darius you're the man! It took a little while to revert my snapshot to lion and then update vmware tools before upgrading to 10.8. You were absolutely correct the VM boots fine and the culprit was...
View ArticleRe: 10.7.5 host and fusion 5.0.2 can't boot or update lion guest
Ok here is the vmware.log you requested.
View ArticleVmware tools for Fedora 18/64 guest
Hi All, I am running Fedora 18/64 guest on the latest Mac OS host.Everything is fine except the vmware tools - installer cannot find the kernel headers.I installed everything: the new kernel (3.7.2),...
View ArticleProblem setting NAT client to a fixed address
Hi, I'm running a Windows 7 virtual under Fusion 5 on Mac OS 10.8.2 and I need a fixed address on the guest. Following directions I found on the web, I modifies the dhcpd.conf file...
View ArticleRe: Vmware tools for Fedora 18/64 guest
Even though one can install Fedora in a Virtual Machine using VMware Fusion nonetheless it is not an officially supported Guest OS under VMware Fusion. This means that even if you can get VMware Tools...
View ArticleRe: 10.7.5 host and fusion 5.0.2 can't boot or update lion guest
Cool! Glad to be able to help. I like the idea of OS update notifications, but my immediate feeling is like yours: It would probably be quite complicated to make such a system reliable, particularly...
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