I've disable acceleration in the VM, I start install in text mode, with ACPI=OFF and it hangs a bit in. It checks my system, goes through software selection phase and then the HOST hangs dead hard. I can't access it all.
The VM's vmware.log end with this;
Feb 16 15:50:31: vcpu-0| SVGA: Registering IOSpace at 0x1400 (0x0000)
Feb 16 15:50:48: vcpu-0| DISK: scsi0:0 : geometry=1566/255/63
Feb 16 15:50:48: vcpu-0| SCSI0: RESET BUS
Feb 16 15:50:48: vcpu-0| DISK: scsi0:0 : geometry=1566/255/63
Feb 16 15:51:00: vcpu-0| SCSI DEVICE (scsi0:0): INQUIRY request with EVDP set
Feb 16 15:51:01: vcpu-0| SCSI DEVICE (scsi0:0): INQUIRY request with EVDP set
Feb 16 15:51:04: vcpu-0| SCSI DEVICE (scsi0:0): INQUIRY request with EVDP set
Feb 16 15:51:11: mks| MKS set guest selection request with invalid state 2
Feb 16 15:51:18: mks| MKS set guest selection request with invalid state 2
Feb 16 15:51:28: mks| MKS set guest selection request with invalid state 2
Feb 16 15:51:58: vcpu-0| SCSI DEVICE (scsi0:0): INQUIRY request with EVDP set
Feb 16 15:52:09: vcpu-0| SCSI DEVICE (scsi0:0): INQUIRY request with EVDP set
Feb 16 15:52:09: vcpu-0| SCSI DEVICE (scsi0:0): INQUIRY request with EVDP set