-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Confused I am... Which are you kickstarting, guest os or host os? I'm guessing host os, but that's just a guess. :) It's usually best to let Windows handle the vfat formating, AFAIK mksf.vfat doesn't support anything bigger than a floppy (well anyway...) That would be my best guess for the source of the error. That, or the installers kernel is really old. Is there an option to create an unformated partition? That way when you install vmware Windows will format the partition... - -- Andrew S. Zbikowski | Bender: You just think that robots are machines built by humans to make their life's easier. Fry: Well, aren't they? Bender: I've never made anyone's life easier and you know it! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjvZk8AACgkQ/PFCAPL3hQPUJwCgi351BiHSI168AENQZ+WFSmw7 U7UAoMDi52LyzSBIwY0kQka5DozAhdmO =XU2S -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----