# Install rocky 10 on vmware failure

**URL:** <https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/install-rocky-10-on-vmware-failure/18905>\
**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Tags:** rocky-linux-10\
**Created:** [June 23, 2025, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/install-rocky-10-on-vmware-failure/18905 "2025-06-23T07:59:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![aaadddzxc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@aaadddzxc](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/aaadddzxc)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/install-rocky-10-on-vmware-failure/18905/1 "2025-06-23T07:59:16Z")

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Installing Rocky Linux 10 on VMware was unsuccessful; it keeps getting stuck like this after loading the image.

host:win11 x64 24h2,vmware 17.6.3

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**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 9:59am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/install-rocky-10-on-vmware-failure/18905/2 "2025-06-23T09:59:24Z")

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Ah the fun and joy of propriertary software like VMware.

I use VMware ESXi and version 8.0 patch 3 and I can install Rocky 10 with a EL9 template. I expect the problem is VMware doesn’t support installing EL10 machines in VMware Workstation Pro. You’ll prob need to wait for a new version of VMware Workstation to be released.

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**Author:** ![sspencerwire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@sspencerwire](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/sspencerwire)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/install-rocky-10-on-vmware-failure/18905/3 "2025-06-23T13:54:10Z")

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Hi @aaadddzxc and @iwalker:

This is a Known Issue in 10: See [this from the release notes](https://docs.rockylinux.org/release_notes/10_0/#grey-screen-after-bootup-of-installation-media) for a workaround.

Good luck!  
Steve

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**Author:** ![aaadddzxc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@aaadddzxc](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/aaadddzxc)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 3:46am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/install-rocky-10-on-vmware-failure/18905/4 "2025-06-24T03:46:14Z")

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> [@aaadddzxc](#):
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> VMware was unsuccessful

thanks.  
it will be normal after turning off 3D acceleration

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**Author:** ![joy0100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee59a6/32.png) [@joy0100](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/joy0100)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/install-rocky-10-on-vmware-failure/18905/5 "2025-07-03T11:09:16Z")

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Confirmed working with VMware workstation pro 17.  
17.6.2 build-24409262

Thanks about the 3D acceleration info

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**Author:** ![mandrews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@mandrews](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/mandrews)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2025, 2:59am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/install-rocky-10-on-vmware-failure/18905/6 "2025-07-13T02:59:03Z")

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That worked for me. Thank you!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/1X/91b7219eec10e30013422e4df76c1d898711a5d5.svg) [@system](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 2:59am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/install-rocky-10-on-vmware-failure/18905/7 "2025-09-11T02:59:59Z")

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