Fortigate VM64 - 7.0 build will not boot in VMWare Workstation Pro 16

[Sonseerhay]

Hello, I've installed VMWare workstation Pro 16 (hypervisor) and have also installed Fortigate VM64 build 7.0 (VM).  No matter what I do, my hypervisor can not (will not) boot the kernel.  The error says "disk usage has changed... can not format log disk... check if disk has been installed."  Can someone shine some light on what this means.  I've logged into FortiCloud and downloaded the OVF files of several builds: 6.4.5 and 7. Neither build will load into my VM.  Any suggestions?

[abarushka]

Hello,

VMWare Workstation Pro 16 is not officially supported hypervisor to run FortiGate.

[nichold1]

is this still the case ?

[wangzqk_digitalchina]

me too, but I have tried, when use windows 10, workstation pro 16 without any issue, 7.0 build can boot, and older build, but on windows 11, only workstation pro 17 can run 7.2 build or later, when run 7.0 build, it will be restart automaticly, always restart, I have no idea at all.