So I took the frowny-face’s advice and searched for the HAL_INITIALIZATION_FAILED error. As it turns out, this error occurs because Server 2012 will not install on ESXi 4.1. Looks like we won’t be running any Server 2012 for a while then! I’ll just have to play with it on my VMware Workstation 9 install.
You must install Space Odyssey plugin first before HAL can work. 🙂
I even tried singing… “Daisy… Daisy… give me your answer do.”