[转]Install Windows Server 2012 in VMware Workstation

本文转自：http://kb4you.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/install-windows-server-2012-in-vmware-workstation-2/

This procedure describes how to install Windows Server 2012 in VMware Workstation. The following versions are used:

• VMware Workstation Technology Preview 2012 e.x.p Build-646643
• Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate Datacenter Build 8400

In VMware Workstation Technology Preview 2012 create a new VM with the following settings:

• New Virtual Machine
• Custom (advanced)
• Workstation Tech Preview
• Select “I will install the operating system later”
• Select “Microsoft Windows” and select as version “Windows 8 x64”
• Set the Name and Location
• Minimal 1 processor, 1 core
• 2048 MB memory
• Select “Use network address translation (NAT)”
• Select “LSI Logic SAS”
• Create a new virtual disk
• SCSI
• 60 GB disk size
• Leave default disk file
• Finish
• After the VM is created, edit virtual Machine settings and browse for  the Windows Server 2012 ISO in the the CD/DVD option

• Remove the VM from VMware Workstation by clicking on the X icon

• Edit the VMX file (i use Notepad++)  and add the following line  to the end to of the VMX file:

vmGenCounter.enable = FALSE

• Add the VM back to VMware Workstation by clicking on the *.VMX file
• During the installation choose the Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate (Server wit GUI)

• When the installation is ready you have a working Windows Server 2012 server

• Install VMware tools