VMWare 16 with AMD Zen2 CPU Possible?

[macist 0]

Has anyone tried and had any success to boot with a AMD Zen2 CPU from VMWare 16 esp. under Windows ?

[spakk 1,831]

6 hours ago, macist said:

Has anyone tried and had any success to boot with a AMD Zen2 CPU from VMWare 16 esp. under Windows ?

look here: https://www.geekrar.com/install-macos-catalina-on-vmware-on-amd-systems/

[KellyK 4]

On 9/30/2020 at 9:07 AM, spakk said:

look here: https://www.geekrar.com/install-macos-catalina-on-vmware-on-amd-systems/

The instructions do not work for VMWare v16.

[spakk 1,831]

7 hours ago, KellyK said:

The instructions do not work for VMWare v16.

Install VMware workstation 15.5 (trial version) as described and follow the instructions exactly, then it will work.

[KellyK 4]

12 hours ago, spakk said:

Install VMware workstation 15.5 (trial version) as described and follow the instructions exactly, then it will work.

 

OP's post is about VMWare 16, not VMWare 15.5!

[macist 0]

Yeah I am curious about if anyone can successfully boot with VMware 16 for AMD Zen2 CPU's...

 

When I checked the VMWare 16 release notes, can't see any big changes there. So hopefully someone can come up with a solution to boot.

[spakk 1,831]

3 hours ago, macist said:

Yeah I am curious about if anyone can successfully boot with VMware 16 for AMD Zen2 CPU's...

 

When I checked the VMWare 16 release notes, can't see any big changes there. So hopefully someone can come up with a solution to boot.

there is currently no unlocker for VMware Workstation 16, so I wrote you in my post mentioned above that you should test it with version 15.5. Where is the problem?

[KellyK 4]

15 hours ago, spakk said:

there is currently no unlocker for VMware Workstation 16, so I wrote you in my post mentioned above that you should test it with version 15.5. Where is the problem?

 

The only version that works for AMD CPUs is version 15.1 and below. Anything above that WILL NOT WORK!

[spakk 1,831]

On 10/4/2020 at 7:25 AM, KellyK said:

 

The only version that works for AMD CPUs is version 15.1 and below. Anything above that WILL NOT WORK!

then you have to patch the "unlocker" source code if this source is public or contact one of the developers here on insanelymac to update this unlocker