I have a new Mac Mini system (Quad Core i7, 16GB Memory) runnning ESXi 5, on which I am running a few Linux VMs. I am now trying to install Mac OS X v8 in another VM, and have run into problems.
I followed the standard installation process in the VMware KB. The initial installation goes fine. It reboots once, then finishes the installation. After that, it reboots again into what should be the initial system setup. But, it hangs forever at the gray boot screen with the white Apple logo. The spinner just keeps going and going.. I left it running last night, and in the morning it was still in the same state.
I deleted the first VM and did a clean re-install, but got the same result.
Is there anything else needed to get Mac OS X to boot?