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Subject: Re: 9.0-RELEASE amd64: No Boot on VMWare Workstation
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On 5/14/2012 22:18, Larry Rosenman wrote:
> Is there a known issue with 9.0-RELEASE on amd64 VMWare Workstation?

Since nobody has chimed in I felt I should:

I use FreeBSD 9.0 routinely under VMWare Workstation without issue (my 
current VMWare Workstation version is 8.0.0 which is slightly out of 
date, 8.0.3 is available).

> I tried to build a new VM on my new Lenovo W520 Laptop (Windows 7
> Pro/64-Bit, 16G ram) and it gets to the Beastie menu, and times out, then
> dies.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> What can I provide?

The version of VMWare Workstation you are running.

> And, is there an issue with 9 in general, or could I install 8.3 and then
> source update it to 9 or 10?

I build test VMs for 9 and do test upgrades from 6.x, 7.x and 8.x to 9 
using VMWare Workstation on my desktop and laptop without issue.