Sierra guest on Sierra host: "still waiting for root device"

[Sohle]

Hello,

I need some help by installing macOS Sierra in VirtualBox.

System Host: Macbook Pro (Late 2016); i7 2,9, Intel HD 530, Radeon Pro 460, 16GB, Sierra 10.12.3, VirtualBox 5.1.14

That's what I tried to install Sierra in VirtualBox:
1. Create a bootable USB-Stick.
2. Put the content of the USB-Stick into a .dmg-file to load it as a medium/dvd with VirtualBox.
3. Create a VDI-file and set the options to Mac OS X (10.11 El Captain 64bit)
4. When I start the VM it boots and after loading/checking some device I get the error "still waiting for root device"

Here is a screen of the error. Also a problem is the graphical fault in the VM:

VirtualBox_macOS Sierra_14_02_2017_22_40_21.png (27.42 KiB) Viewed 5199 times

I tried to google and tried some ideas but nothing helps. Little bit confusing...

It would be nice if someone a an idea what I can do to get the VM start with Sierra.
Thank's!

Sohle

[socratis]

With the VM shut down completely (not paused or saved), right-click on the VirtualBox Manager and select "Show Log". Save the "VBox.log" (just the first one), ZIP it and attach it in your response (see the "Upload attachment" tab below the reply form).

I'd also like to know how you created the USB and how you put the contents in a bootable DMG. Most certainly that's where the problem is, but I'd have to look at the log as well to know.

[Sohle]

Hi @socratis,

thanks for giving me a reply. I have attached the log as zip-file.

To create the dmg-file I followed these instructions by apple (you can find the instructions with google "apple HT201372"; sry but I can't post the link because I'm a new user). I used terminal with that commands adapted to my path.

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sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app

After that I used the disk utility: click on the usb-stick and choose File > New Image > Image of usb-stick. So I got my dmg-file which I loaded into VM.

Hope my informations will help to find an answer...

Sohle

[ChipMcK]

To create the dmg-file I followed these instructions by apple (you can find the instructions with google "apple HT201372"; sry but I can't post the link because I'm a new user). I used terminal with that commands adapted to my path.

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sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app

After that I used the disk utility: click on the usb-stick and choose File > New Image > Image of usb-stick. So I got my dmg-file which I loaded into VM.

As you noticed, does not work.
Rather than creating a .dmg file, you need to copy the USB stick image onto/into a virtual HDD, a .vdi, file.

Much easier to accomplish: [Howto] Create OSX ISO from the OSX Install app, by socratis.

[Sohle]

I made a new image file with instruction at the link posted from @ChipMcK. It works now. Thank you guys for helping and thanks @socratis for spending time for making that instructions...

You can close the topic.

Sohle

[ChipMcK]

I think socratis will be pleased with your compliment.

When he has the time, he should be posting it in section Howtos and Tutorials

[socratis]

When he has the time, he should be posting it in section Howtos and Tutorials

I would like to have a couple of things done to the scripts, mainly unify them. Then, I will. Now it's sort of alpha testing. As far as I know Sohle was the first one to try it (at least publicly). Thanks ChipMcK.
Sohle, glad I could help.