/OSX-KVM

Running Mac OS X 10.11.6 El Capitan on KVM + QEMU

Primary LanguageShell

Host System Details

Ubuntu 15.10 running on i5-6500 CPU.

Fedora 24 running on i5-6500 CPU.

Tested with QEMU 2.4.1 and QEMU 2.5.

ISO Creation

  • Download OS X El Capitan or macOS Sierra installer from Apple App Store.

  • Run the ISO creation script, making sure to use 'sudo'.

  • Copy the ISO from your Mac to your KVM machine.

Installation

See boot.sh file for an alternate to the following virsh method.

virsh --connect qemu:///system define macOS-libvirt.xml

  • Redefine HDD/DVD sources in virt-manager.

  • Start the VM in virt-manager and hit return in the console window.

  • After booting, the initial language selection should show up. screenshot_01

  • After selecting the language, fire-up the Disk Utility ... screenshot_02

  • ... and initialize the new harddisk. screenshot_03 screenshot_04

  • After disk initialization, open a terminal window (in the Utilities menu) and recursively copy the /Extra folder to the newly initialized target volume using

     cp -av /Extra "/Volumes/NewVolumeName"

  • When done, quit Terminal. screenshot_05

  • Now, you can continue with the installation as usual screenshot_06

  • When finished, the VM will reboot automatically and the first time setup continues as usual. screenshot_07

Debugging

Host machine may need the following tweak for this to work,

echo 1 > /sys/module/kvm/parameters/ignore_msrs

Type the following in the bootloader if the guest VM fails to boot (some older ISO images may require this),

"KernelBooter_kexts"="Yes" "CsrActiveConfig"="103"

Credits

  • Fritz Elfert (felfert) - cleanups, better documentation, and nicer ISO creation script

  • Ian McDowell (IMcD23) - more documentation, and better ISO creation script

  • voobscout - libvirt XML file

References