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Why does VMware crash during startup?

April 26, 2017crash startup vmware

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Why does VMware crash during startup?

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VMware tries to use shared writable mmap for paging files but it can’t detect that it’s not always supported. Workaround: Set “mainMem.useNamedFile=FALSE” in the .vmx file. It will disable paging files and VMware will work fine, often with much better performance. Status: The VMware bug has been fixed in all hosted products (Workstation, Fusion, Player, …) released after Jan 30th 2008. Alternatively use Linux kernel 2.6.26 or later.