title: install errors on astrisknow 6.12-64bit on vmware workstation 8
body: <p>I'm using asterisk and trying to implement a test environment for testing asterisk functionalities on VM. I'm using VMware workstation 8 and trying to install AsteriskNOW 6.12-64 bit vi iso downloaded for following location.</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.asterisk.org/downloads/asterisknow" rel="nofollow">http://www.asterisk.org/downloads/asterisknow</a></p>
  
  <p>Now I'm stuck in the middle of: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Installing VMware Tools,please wait...
    mount : special device /dev/hda does not exist
    mount : block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read only</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>after that forever waiting.</p>
  
  <p>This is taking too long and never ending. I tried to install several times and the result is same. I also noticed that the starting the install the following error is displayed, however it lets you to continue:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Unsupported hardware detected.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>This hardware (or a combination thereof ) is not supported by centos. {note that I'm using a typical VM in VMware}</p>
  
  <p>I tried browsing google for a solution but couldn't find a solution. Please help and let me know if this is the best way to start with asterisk.</p>