Running Win7 Ultimate laptop.
Installed VMware Workstation 10.0.4 Build 2249910.
Have rebooted many times.
First time installs of openSUSE 12.1 64 bit and openSUSE 12.3 Live as guest work fine…no problems.
I have tried to install openSUSE 13.2 64 bit numerous times with failed install.
Once I have powered on the guest 13.2 64 bit it jumps to Welcome screen and then tries to boot from disc.
It never installed, just jumps the process every time.
The checksum of .iso is good and have tried installing the guest from the .iso file and from burned DVD, with same results each time.
I posted this message because the latest openSuSE 13.2 64 Will Not Instal as a guest using VMware Workstation 10.0.4 Build 2249910.
I have successfully installed other Linux distro’s the first try…
openSUSE 12.1 64 bit
openSUSE 11.3 64 bit Live
Linux Mint 17 “Qiana” - Cinnamon (64-bit)
So has anyone else had problems with the latest openSuSE 13.2 64 bit too?
My issue is once the vm has been created and I power it on the installation fails almost immediately and then tries to boot from disk and the whole install fails, and I have to remove the vm after powering off.
I am running that exact same VMware Workstation build on a Win8 and have not experienced any problems installing openSUSE 13.2 in server and with LXDE and KDE desktops.
For the Guests running Desktops, accepted all default layout and install options.
For the Server, installed without a separate /home partition, so entire partition is BTRFS.
You should run a disk integrity check on your downloaded image.
Personally, I just use a full featured torrent app to download so that every downloaded chunk is checked automatically and again when the entire file is downloaded. If you use any other download method, large file downloads can be problematic for a number of reasons so the integrity check is critical.
BTW - Also, if you run into disk problems during installation, it’s never practical to troubleshoot whatever happened.
Always delete/discard and start over.
I did run a md5 check and the torrent download for the .iso was exact.
I have done guest installs try’s with a Burned DVD and the install with the torrent .iso and both skipped the install and moved directly to trying to boot from the disk. lol.
Something failed during install but it went straight to the ‘boot from disk.’
Remember I have installed and run 3 other Linux distro’s with same computer/VMWorkStation application.
I use uTorrent 3.3 and have up/down stats in the TB range.
I ran a complete chkdsk /f and all is well.
MD5sum is correct in the compare.
I have used same default layout as the 3 distro’s that worked first time.
And yes when the install fails I delete from VMWorkStation and from Documents/VirtualMachines folder.
I’ve even done a CCleaner and reboot before I try to install Guest again.
I do appreciate your help TSU.
I’ve been using this forum for years, looks like Novel deletes your account if you don’t log in for 6 months or so.
Anyway, once I power on the VM openSuSE 13.2 begins like a good install, and briefly see the install screen with the 'hit F2 for setup" but before I can hit F2 it says “Welcome” and then it is hung up till I power the VM down.
I delete in two places and begin again.
Don’t know what else to do.
> I’ve been using this forum for years, looks like Novel deletes your
> account if you don’t log in for 6 months or so.
Dunno about that, I find it strange.
> Anyway, once I power on the VM openSuSE 13.2 begins like a good install,
> and briefly see the install screen with the 'hit F2 for setup" but
> before I can hit F2 it says “Welcome” and then it is hung up till I
> power the VM down.
> I delete in two places and begin again.
> Don’t know what else to do.
Try installing from the full dvd, instead of the live.
I can not replicate your situation, I don’t have a windows machine on
which to run vmware. In this Linux host, I have installed, using
vmplayer, a 13.2 guest without problems, though.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
I’ve tried installing Only from the torrent download .ISO && from a Burned DVD from this .ISO.
Both the .ISO and DVD have been checked and have no errors.
But they both failed once the VM was powered on. The install just drops out and ‘Welcome’ screen and then booting from disc.
If anyone reads my OP from the top you see what I have done. I could post a pastebin of the error log for VM install, but it is quite verbose.
LMK. and again thanks for the intelligent posts to me…you guys are great and I love this distro, been using openSuSE for almost 8 years and only command line linux I have used before it.
On 2014-11-30 18:26, ChetanG wrote:
>
> robin_listas;2679856 Wrote:
>> Try installing from the full dvd, instead of the live.
> I’ve tried installing Only from the torrent download .ISO && from a
> Burned DVD from this .ISO.
>
> Both the .ISO and DVD have been checked and have no errors.
I mean the 4.7 GB ISO, not the 800 MB ISO. NOT the live.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
Just d/l the Network install iso and may be seeing what you’re seeing.
It seems the network ISO is downloading something at about 500kb/sec, intermittently 1.2Mb/sec although at the moment I believe I have plenty of additional bandwidth available.
The screen is <not> all black,
It’s actually black with 3 green dots…
I may try to capture some packets to try to see what is actually being d/l, but what I’m seeing isn’t likely a virtualisation related problem, I suspect it’s a more general problem with the iso that is throttling a large download only appears to be frozen or stuck.
Ah…
As I’ve been writing this post, the install progessed to an actual install screen.
At approx 500-550kb/sec, the download was about 20 min, so I suspect that the main OSS repo was d/l.
Perhaps the real problem is that the 3 green dots aren’t animated, so the User doesn’t know that there is actual activity or the install had failed.
> Curiously, as I am currently downloading the network install, I see no
> references to a LiveCD, so maybe a problem was discovered or isn’t
> recommended.
+++—————————————————————————
Some alternative media (eg. live and rescue systems) are also available,
although they are less tested and recommended for only limited use.
Click here to display these alternative versions.
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You click there, and you see them
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
Regarding what I’m seeing,
I will submit a bug.
If you see something different than what I described, you may require some troubleshooting and possibly a bug submit as well.
On 2014-12-01 01:06, tsu2 wrote:
>
> Just d/l the Network install iso and may be seeing what you’re seeing.
>
> It seems the network ISO is downloading something at about 500kb/sec,
> intermittently 1.2Mb/sec although at the moment I believe I have plenty
> of additional bandwidth available.
>
> The screen is <not> all black,
> It’s actually black with 3 green dots…
I don’t know about 13.2, but on earlier versions that CD first download
the installation image itself, which is not in the CD (I don’t
understand why not; perhaps so that any of those CDs can install any
release). Later it has to download the repositories metadata. I suppose
that means oss, non-oss, and perhaps the update repos.
I can not imagine why limit the speed, unless you chanced to hit a
mirror with a cap (there are some).
> I may try to capture some packets to try to see what is actually being
> d/l, but what I’m seeing isn’t likely a virtualisation related problem,
vmware can limit the download speed available to each guest. It is a
configurable option. Maybe you activated it without noticing?
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
I have downloaded the 13.2 .ISO full size DVD via uTorrent and it checks out fine via md5 and sha1.
I burned the full size DVD from the .ISO and it was fine after checking it.
But like I have said in the above posts…Once the install screen comes up it freezes and offers no way to edit or move down the choices and then skips to the “Welcome” and then dies.
I am downloading the Direct Download for full 4.7 DVD 64 13.2 from the site now.
I already have the uTorrent downoad for full 4.7 DVD 64 13.2 from the site and have tried over 20 times to install via .ISO and burned DVD with same exact result…
There is no way to interact with the process once VM is powered on, it jumps install to welcome screen then to boot from disc and then end.
Perhaps this direct download will be different some how, but doesn’t make logical sense that it would.
Next if this fails I will download the network version, but don’t know why that would make a difference.
Other Linux distro’s install fine in guest VM on my laptop with Win7 Ultimate.
On Mon, 01 Dec 2014 06:06:02 +0000, ChetanG wrote:
> I am downloading the Direct Download for full 4.7 DVD 64 13.2 from the
> site now.
>
> I already have the uTorrent downoad for full 4.7 DVD 64 13.2 from the
> site and have tried over 20 times to install via .ISO and burned DVD
> with same exact result…
>
> There is no way to interact with the process once VM is powered on, it
> jumps install to welcome screen then to boot from disc and then end.
>
> Perhaps this direct download will be different some how, but doesn’t
> make logical sense that it would.
>
> Next if this fails I will download the network version, but don’t know
> why that would make a difference.
>
> Other Linux distro’s install fine in guest VM on my laptop with Win7
> Ultimate.
If the checksums from the torrent match, then direct download vs. torrent
isn’t going to change anything.
Can you tell in Workstation 10 if the VM is capturing the keyboard/mouse?
Does it work in VMware Player (which IIRC comes with Workstation)?
Have you tried (sorry if you mentioned this elsewhere in the thread and I
missed it) just mounting the ISO in the VM, rather than burning to a DVD?
> Can you tell in Workstation 10 if the VM is capturing the keyboard/mouse?
Since the install and boot from disc never actually finish, and always same dumb error of “unrecoverable error (vcpu-0)” which means the process did not complete, and did in fact jump the install phase.
So,no, the keyboard and mouse are not captured.
I have tried installing from the 4.7 .ISO.
I have tried installing from the 4.7 gb Burned DVD.
And it does exactly the same thing…“unrecoverable error (vcpu-0)”.
I have tried the ‘typical’ install which is every default setting and I have done it with 4 GB memory and 20 GB disc with one file/ and with multiple files.
But I get the same error.
> Does it work in VMware Player (which IIRC comes with Workstation)?
I installed VMPlayer on the Win8 Desktop ('cause to install on same pc with VMware Work Station 10; would make me uninstal it; and I have 3 working VM’s on it.)
I get same exact error on the Win8 machine with VMPlayer…“unrecoverable error (vcpu-0)”. This was install from the .ISO 4.7 GB 13.2
> Have you tried (sorry if you mentioned this elsewhere in the thread and I
missed it) just mounting the ISO in the VM, rather than burning to a DVD?
Yes, I have done both many, many times with same error.
I am able to install other full 64 bit Linux distro’s with no problems…not sure what is happening.
These are my steps to install.
Yes, there are a few things I do that’s not default from experience.
Click “New Virtual Machine…”
Result: “Welcome to the New Virtual Machine Wizard”
Set the Radio button to “Custom(advanced”
Click “Next>” button
Result: “Choose the Virtual Machine Hardware Compatibility”
Accept defaults which should be Workstation 10.0
Click “Next>” button
Result: “Guest Operating System Installation” This may be important
I never point to an install source immediately. Since forever, there have been small anomalies associated with the default setting. Instead,
Select the Radio Button “I will install the operating system later”
Click “Next>” button
Result: “Select a Guest Operating System”
Select radio button “Linux” and dropdown “OpenSUSE 64-bit”
Click “Next>” button
Result “Name the Virtual Machine”
Give the machine a custom name and if necessary modify the path
Click “Next>” button
Result Processor Configuration
Accept defaults.
As I’ve described elsewhere, these are only <virtual> configurations so typically there is no point to changing the defaults, only reason to do so is very old software which is written and compiled to run <very> serially, and so needs to be manually instructed to spawn a separate process on different processors, and even this is not absolute.
Click “Next>” button
Result Memory for the Virtual Machine
You can accept the default for a very minimal system although even then I often bump it up at least to a full 1GB.
Recommend 2GB for minimal desktops like LXDE and XFCE.
Recommend 4GB for KDE
Recommend add at least one 1GB to the Desktop requirement if you intend to add online repositories (I do advise adding the Main Update repo at least at this time)
Click “Next>” button
Result Network Type
The default “NAT” is usually most universally appropriate for portability between physical networks
Use bridged networking if you need to connect to this machine from a remote machine
Use Host Only networking if you only want local Guests and the Host to access this Guest
This is not a critical setting which can typically be changed at any time(including during runtime) particularly if you’re using DHCP, but must be able to access whatever network install source you may be using
Click “Next>” button
Result Select I/O Controller Types
Accept the default (LSI Logic)
Click “Next>” button
Result Select a Disk Type
You’ll probably want to accept the default (SCSI), won’t describe differences here
Click “Next>” button
Result Select a Disk
Accept default “Create a new virtual disk” unless you have reason to do otherwise
Click “Next>” button
Result Specify a Disk Capacity
Accept the default size unless you have reason to do otherwise.
Personally, I select “Store virtual disk as a single file” because I don’t deal with 32-bit file systems which limit file sizes to 2GB, and this simplifies maintenance a bit.
Click “Next>” button
Result Specify Disk file
Accept the default unless you have reason to do otherwise
Click “Next>” button
Result “Ready to Create Virtual Machine”
**Now, **Click “Customize Hardware” button and point the CD/DVD to your ISO installer file
You can also review the other hardware configuration for possible modifications
Hey TSU, thank you so much for your help and full list of what you did to install your distro!
I did exactly what you listed above except for waiting till end of create VM to point to the .ISO.
I even created the VM with no reference to the .ISO and saved and shutdown the VMWare WorkStation 10.
Then restarted the application and then pointed the new VM to the .ISO (which I copied to the root C:\ for minimal namespace.)
Still fail and same error.
I will have to be happy with openSUSE 12.2 KDE which installed easily.
and again thanks for the intelligent posts to me…you guys are great and I love this distro, been using openSuSE for almost 8 years and only command line linux I have used before it.
