Doesn't work with High Sierra beta 2 with APFS

[nicbedford]

When I run fusion-make-bootcamp on high sierra beta 2 all I get is an empty Boot Camp.XXXXXX folder on the desktop, no errors displayed

[mikew]

No real surprise here, you're running beta software after all. PR welcome if this is still an issue on official release.

[nicbedford]

Been digging a little further, I'm guessing this is the root cause of the issue

Sandbox: vmware-rawdiskCr(28140) System Policy: deny file-read-data /dev/disk0
Violation: System Policy: deny file-read-data /dev/disk0
MetaData: {"build":"Mac OS X 10.13 (17A291m)","action":"deny","target":["dev","disk0"],"hardware":"Mac","platform_binary":"no","profile":"unknown","process":"vmware-rawdiskCr","op":"file-read-data"}

Process: vmware-rawdiskCr [28140]
Path: /Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-rawdiskCreator
Load Address: 0x10d689000
Identifier: vmware-rawdiskCreator
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: x86_64 (Native)
Parent Process: sudo [28139]
Responsible: /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app/Contents/MacOS/Terminal [400]
User ID: 0

Date/Time: 2017-07-06 19:49:02.258 GMT+1
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.13 (17A291m)
Report Version: 8

Thread 0 (id: 563818):
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fffa6eb7d6a __open + 10
1 vmware-rawdiskCreator 0x000000010d689fc6
2 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fffa6d69ff9 start + 1
3 vmware-rawdiskCreator 0x0000000000000006

Binary Images:
0x10d689000 - 0x10d809fff vmware-rawdiskCreator (0) <0a69e465-d271-3dfc-8830-597c2f88905d> /Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-rawdiskCreator
0x7fffa6d69000 - 0x7fffa6d84ffb libdyld.dylib (513.2) /usr/lib/system/libdyld.dylib
0x7fffa6e9c000 - 0x7fffa6ec1ff7 libsystem_kernel.dylib (4481.0.0.1.1) <6d4ca4c4-82d1-3c58-b383-b6fd3c789de7> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_kernel.dylib

[mikew]

Oh wow, thanks for digging into this! Looks like they've tightened up the security of raw disk access. I wonder if running `vmware-rawdiskCreator` with sudo yields anything different. Hopefully we won't have to disable SIP just to get this working.

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On Jul 6, 2017, at 3:53 PM, Nic Bedford ***@***.***> wrote: Been digging a little further, I'm guessing this is the root cause of the issue Sandbox: vmware-rawdiskCr(28140) System Policy: deny file-read-data /dev/disk0 Violation: System Policy: deny file-read-data /dev/disk0 MetaData: {"build":"Mac OS X 10.13 (17A291m)","action":"deny","target":["dev","disk0"],"hardware":"Mac","platform_binary":"no","profile":"unknown","process":"vmware-rawdiskCr","op":"file-read-data"} Process: vmware-rawdiskCr [28140] Path: /Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-rawdiskCreator Load Address: 0x10d689000 Identifier: vmware-rawdiskCreator Version: ??? (???) Code Type: x86_64 (Native) Parent Process: sudo [28139] Responsible: /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app/Contents/MacOS/Terminal [400] User ID: 0 Date/Time: 2017-07-06 19:49:02.258 GMT+1 OS Version: Mac OS X 10.13 (17A291m) Report Version: 8 Thread 0 (id: 563818): 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fffa6eb7d6a __open + 10 1 vmware-rawdiskCreator 0x000000010d689fc6 2 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fffa6d69ff9 start + 1 3 vmware-rawdiskCreator 0x0000000000000006 Binary Images: 0x10d689000 - 0x10d809fff vmware-rawdiskCreator (0) <0a69e465-d271-3dfc-8830-597c2f88905d> /Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-rawdiskCreator 0x7fffa6d69000 - 0x7fffa6d84ffb libdyld.dylib (513.2) /usr/lib/system/libdyld.dylib 0x7fffa6e9c000 - 0x7fffa6ec1ff7 libsystem_kernel.dylib (4481.0.0.1.1) <6d4ca4c4-82d1-3c58-b383-b6fd3c789de7> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_kernel.dylib — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#4 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAASeY14_FpGJWWe5DVHH8Bn8KylOetBks5sLS0ugaJpZM4OOt86>.

[C4Wiz]

diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         440.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:       Microsoft Basic Data Windows 10              59.9 GB    disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +440.0 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume macOS High Sierra       362.3 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 21.0 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                519.7 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      2.1 GB     disk1s4

sudo /Applications/VMware\ Fusion\ Tech\ Preview.app/Contents/Library/vmware-rawdiskCreator hasBootCamp /dev/disk0
Unable to open "/dev/disk0": 1

[C4Wiz]

Fusion Tech Preview works perfectly creating and running bootcamp with SIP Disabled

i then tried to re enable SIP with --without fs and it still works

[felipedrumond]

Hi there... Yesterday I installed the release of MacOS High Sierra and the very first thing I tried was to launch my Windows 10 from the boot camp partition via VMware. Occurred this error:

"Cannot open the disk '/Users/felipe/VMware/Boot Camp.vmwarevm/Boot Camp.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.
Module 'Disk' power on failed.
Failed to start the virtual machine."

I was able to boot from the boot camp partition and run my Windows 10, but I couldn't tell boot camp app inside Windows 10 to restart the machine using the MacOS, which is not a huge problem at all. The problem is that I can't launch my Windows 10 from the VMware!

Fortunately, restoring the Time Machine to MacOS Sierra put everything back. @mikew, would your software fix this in High Sierra?

[mikew]

This very issue is about the fact that this script doesn't work at all in High Sierra. You can give it a try but it looks like they've hardened some security around disks in High Sierra.

Luckily, @C4Wiz mentions that the Fusion Tech Preview is working fine on High Sierra. Maybe give that a shot? I'm still waiting to upgrade my machines.

You can get the VMWare Fusion Tech Preview here.

[felipedrumond]

Thanks @mikew!
The Fusion 10 is about to be released early in October, I'm going to wait for it instead of installing High Sierra one more time.
Cheers!

[C4Wiz]

Luckily, @C4Wiz mentions that the Fusion Tech Preview is working fine on High Sierra. Maybe give that a shot? I'm still waiting to upgrade my machines.

But you MUST Disable SIP

[wegotoeleven]

FYI, on macOS Catalina, you need to grant com.vmware.DiskHelper full disk access, in Security and Privacy for this to work: