VMWare tools ESX4 for Windows 7 x64
I originally posted this article on the VMWare Communities site back on May 27, 2009.
While checking out the new Windows 7 release from Microsoft I couldn't seem to get the VMWare tools to install and it kept generating the error:
"Error: 25030. Setup failed to load a kernel driver (vmrawdsk)"
At that point it would roll back the install.
Hoping for some help I posted a question on the site but managed to solve my own problem before I got a reply. The fix was:
When the Windows 7 VM was provisioned I didn't notice that it only gave itself 4MB of video RAM.
Once I changed the setting to 128MB (the max) I was able to install the VMWare tools with no issues. Still no 3D support but otherwise working.
Also, and I don't know if this is important or not. I did the install when accessing the console through the Tomcat web access, instead of through the regular console access.
So my settings:
Guest OS- Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit) (experimental), Video Memory 128mb, CPU's 4 (Q6600 chip), RAM 1GB (I can make it 2GB)
Anyone else install it?
Another member listed his fix also:
"I noticed that it does not require to change the display RAM. In my case i changed my resolution from 800x600 to 1024x768. I then again tried installing VMware tools from From Virtual machine menu and installation went pretty smooth."
Update 15 Oct 2009. Over 2046 people have visited the link.


Fiddling with the memory,
Fiddling with the memory,