Opened 10 years ago
Closed 5 years ago
#14139 closed defect (obsolete)
Can't install OS X from virtual disk
| Reported by: | Charles B. Mc Kennie | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | VMM | Version: | VirtualBox 4.3.28 |
| Keywords: | OSX install VD | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | Mac OS X |
Description
Apple published an article on converting “Install OS X . . . :” application into a bootable disk, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372 [Create a bootable installer for OS X Mavericks or Yosemite - Apple Support]
To test this, I did the following
- Created Virtual Disk, size 10GB. with .VMDK format, dynamically allocated, not split into files less than 2GB
- Initialised the .VMDK file in an OS X Virtual Machine
- With VM shutdown, removed, with Keep, the .VMDK from the VM and moved the file to a testing folder
- Mounted the .VMDK file onto OS X Desktop, refer to https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=64343 [Virtual Disk Mounting tools].
- Followed the directions of Apple’s article
- Crafted a new OS X VM with the .VMDK boot disk as SATA disk 0 and a new .VDI as SATA disk 1
- Requested VirtualBox to boot the VM
The Virtual Machine failed to boot, dropping into the UEFI Shell.
Tried same steps with a .VDI virtual disk with same results.
After considering, stopped VirtualBox and started VMWare Fusion. I was able to complete an OS X installation from the same .VMDK virtual disk
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Change History (6)
by , 10 years ago
| Attachment: | console.png added |
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comment:3 by , 5 years ago
| Resolution: | → obsolete |
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| Status: | new → closed |
macOS guest support has much improved in 6.1 and no activity for over 5 years, closing.
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