Photon OS 5.0 GA Minimal or Full ISO fails to install on boot on VMware Workstation 17
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Description
Describe the bug
Error on boot of Photon 5.0 GA on VMware Workstation 17
and installation stops dead.
Photon 5.0 GA OVA does work as expected
Reproduction steps
- Start VMware Workstation 17
- New Virtual Machine, select 64-bit Photon as OS
- Attach ISO image photon-minimal-5.0-dde71ec57.x86_64.iso or photon-5.0-dde71ec57.x86_64.iso
- Boot the VM
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Expected behavior
I expected the Photon OS iso to boot and allow installation of Photon 5.0 to a new VM
Additional context
This also fails on the previous ISOs (Beta) as well
The VMware workstation version is 17.0.2 build-21581411
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Research direction
Reproduce the failure in VMware Workstation 17 using both the minimal and full Photon 5.0 GA ISOs, following the listed VM setup steps; compare this with the working OVA. Done means the ISO boots and permits installation in a new VM, with the boot error and affected ISO versions identified.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100