Calling The YaST Module 'Inst_Autoinit Has Failed

Earlier today I was just trying to install OpenSuse to my VMWare Workstation 10.

And guess what, I was presented with the below screen:

Hmm, it says calling the YaST module 'inst_autoinit has failed.

For those who are unsure what YaST is, it stands for Yet Another System Tool.

As I suspected, within my VM workstation, mounting the original ISO image seemed to create another CD/DVD drive, with the autoinst mounted. There is another autoinst.flp file being mounted in the floppy drive.

To resolve this, power off your VM first.

Remove the CD/DVD drive using the autoinst.iso, as well as the floppy drive having autoinst.flp mounted.

Leave the original installation ISO image mounted. Do not remove it.

Compare the screenshot below with the above if you are having any problems in removing the said CD/DVD and floppy drive.

Click OK, and power on the VM again. You should get to the correct installation page. Choose Installation.

Specify the boot options as below:

insecure=1

Now, you should be able to install OpenSUSE 13.1 normally.

Thanks!