Fall off a cliff (well no don't fall off a cliff). Try to wonder what spectrum Portal is trying to comply with. SELECT THESE: Kernel 9.7.0, ACPI fix, Old PS/2 drivers, ICH fix (This list is off my memory, please tell me if this combo fails! Also I don't know how to get sound working).Erase the disc using 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)' (this should be default), with whatever name you like.Skip past the welcome, license, etc until you get to the destination selection screen.Type in: '-v -f busratio=10 cpus=1' without the quotes (your mileage may vary, maybe try 7 instead?).As soon as the 'press any key to load Mac OS X or F8' screen comes up, press F8.Go to the network adapter page and change it to bridged.Set the RAM to something you like, at least 512M.Edit the VM (this can be done through the wizard if you're using Workstation).
As VMware Workstation is quite similar, this tutorial is expected to work under it as well.
This method has been tested on VMware Player 3.0.1 with iDeneb 1.6 lite. Thanks to this tutorial for some pointers.