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ubuntu 16.10 doesn't work in virtual machine. gets installed though, when powered on, gives error "guest os has disabled cpu, please power down or restart" though upgrade vm of ubuntu 16.04 16.10 same happens. please help!

all previous versions of ubuntu work fine on vmware.

i had same problem. solution modify vm config file , disable cpu id masking. found solution on youtube video.

  1. edit ubuntu vm configuration file (.vmx)

  2. add following line

    cpuid.1.eax = "0000:0000:0000:0001:0000:0110:1010:0101" 
  3. save configuration file

  4. power on ubuntu vm

source: https://youtu.be/s7tc90njqa4

guide: find .vmx file on osx


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