I have downloaded VM in my Mac OS M1 but I'm getting error while starting the VM.

[vinaya]

This is in the VBOX.log file :

UW PICO 5.09 File: VBox.log

00:00:02.449278 VirtualBox VM 7.0.6_BETA4 r155176 darwin.arm64 (Jan 11 2023 15:33:16) release log 00:00:02.449279 Log opened 2023-03-03T00:53:14.682090000Z 00:00:02.449279 Build Type: release 00:00:02.449286 OS Product: Darwin 00:00:02.449289 OS Release: 22.2.0 00:00:02.449292 OS Version: Darwin Kernel Version 22.2.0: Fri Nov 11 02:04:44 PST 2022; root:xnu-8792.61.2~4/RELEASE_ARM64_T8103 00:00:02.449334 Firmware type: failed - VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED 00:00:02.449343 Host RAM: 16384MB (16.0GB) total, 7295MB (7.1GB) available 00:00:02.449344 Executable: /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VirtualBoxVM 00:00:02.449344 Process ID: 25537 00:00:02.449344 Package type: DARWIN_64BITS_GENERIC 00:00:02.450297 Installed Extension Packs: 00:00:02.450307 None installed! 00:00:02.450836 Console: Machine state changed to 'Starting' 00:00:02.450946 Qt version: 6.3.0 00:00:02.452156 SUP: In driverless mode. 00:00:02.454137 Guest OS type: 'Ubuntu_64' 00:00:02.456501 fHMForced=true - No raw-mode support in this build! 00:00:02.465822 File system of '/Users/vinayanayak/VirtualBox VMs/ism6562-dev-sp23-smith/ism6562-dev-sp23-smith-disk002.iso' (DVD) is apfs 00:00:02.470355 File system of '/Users/vinayanayak/VirtualBox VMs/ism6562-dev-sp23-smith/ism6562-dev-sp23-smith-disk001.vdi' is apfs 00:00:02.475836 GUI: UIMachineLogicFullscreen::sltHandleNativeFullscreenWillEnter: Machine-window #0 will enter native fullscreen 00:00:02.483610 Audio: Detected default audio driver type is 'CoreAudio' 00:00:02.493481 Shared Clipboard: Service loaded 00:00:02.493513 Shared Clipboard: Mode: Bidirectional 00:00:02.493559 Shared Clipboard: Service running in normal mode 00:00:02.494309 Drag and drop service loaded 00:00:02.494320 Drag and drop mode: Off 00:00:02.497806 * CFGM dump * 00:00:02.497810 / (level 0) 00:00:02.497812 CpuExecutionCap <integer> = 0x0000000000000064 (100) 00:00:02.497813 EnablePAE <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1) 00:00:02.497814 HMEnabled <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1) 00:00:02.497814 MemBalloonSize <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0, 0 B) 00:00:02.497816 Name <string> = "ism6562-dev-sp23-smith" (cb=23) 00:00:02.497816 NumCPUs <integer> = 0x000000000000000a (10) 00:00:02.497817 PageFusionAllowed <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0) 00:00:02.497817 RamHoleSize <integer> = 0x0000000020000000 (536 870 912, 512.0 MiB) 00:00:02.497818 RamSize <integer> = 0x0000000200000000 (8 589 934 592, 8.0 GiB) 00:00:02.497818 TimerMillies <integer> = 0x000000000000000a (10) 00:00:02.497819 UUID <bytes> = "b4 b2 ef b1 4e a7 48 49 87 25 53 18 e5 7b bc 44" (cb=16) 00:00:02.497820 00:00:02.497821 CPUM/ (level 1) 00:00:02.497821 Enable64bit <integer> = 0x0000000000000001 (1) 00:00:02.497822 GuestCpuName <string> = "host" (cb=5) 00:00:02.497822 NestedHWVirt <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0) 00:00:02.497822 PortableCpuIdLevel <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0) 00:00:02.497823 SpecCtrl <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0) 00:00:02.497823 00:00:02.497823 CPUM/IsaExts/ (level 2) 00:00:02.497824 00:00:02.497824 DBGC/ (level 1) 00:00:02.497824 GlobalInitScript <string> = "/Users/vinayanayak/Library/VirtualBox/dbgc-init" (cb=48) 00:00:02.497824 HistoryFile <string> = "/Users/vinayanayak/Library/VirtualBox/dbgc-history" (cb=51) 00:00:02.497825 LocalInitScript <string> = "/Users/vinayanayak/VirtualBox VMs/ism6562-dev-sp23-smith/dbgc-init" (cb=67) 00:00:02.497825 00:00:02.497825 DBGF/ (level 1)

[vinaya]

error

[RonChish]

any feedback on this one, I seem to be having the same challenge too.

[fth0]

For the general state of the VirtualBox 7.0.6_BETA4 Developer preview for macOS / Arm64 (M1/M2) hosts, see ​M1/M2 Mac 7.0 Beta Status.

[aeichner]

VirtualBox on Apple Silicon is a developer preview and not officially supported yet, please refrain from opening bug reports in this bugtracker.

[agilegame]

Replying to aeichner:

VirtualBox ​slice masters on Apple Silicon is a developer preview and not officially supported yet, please refrain from opening bug reports in this bugtracker.

Got it! Thanks for the heads-up. I’ll hold off on reporting any issues until VirtualBox is officially supported on Apple Silicon.