Mac OS X guests need PIIX3 chipset

[Johan Walles]

Hi!

Try this:

1. Create a new VM.
2. Tell Virtualbox the guest will be a "Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks (64 bit)"
3. Finish creating the VM...
4. When done, open the VM settings and look in System / Chipset.

Current results:

• The VM has gotten an ICH9 chipset and can't boot.

Expected results:

• The VM should have gotten a PIIX3 chipset with which the OS can boot.

I did get a working VM eventually by following these instructions: ​http://ntk.me/2012/09/07/os-x-on-os-x/

Also, the "Guest type" field in this bug tracker doesn't contain any "OSX desktop" field so I choose "other".

[Frank Mehnert]

The ICH9 chipset is used by intention. Please attach a VBox.log file of such a VM session.

[Frank Mehnert]

Please be also aware that with more than ~3.5G guest RAM, VBox EFI guests with ICH9 don't boot. But that problem is handled in #11103.