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Hi, I'm running virtualbox v5.2.18 and trying to install macOS High Sierra from iso. I ran through all the steps in the install guide pinned to this forum section and it's been on the step of "validate_root_image: validating root dmg /macOS Install Data/BaseSyste.dmg" for about 1.5 hours. Is there something I can do to get it to move past this step?

log attached

ZenJim wrote:I'm running virtualbox v5.2.18

5.2.20 is out, consider upgrading.

ZenJim wrote:trying to install macOS High Sierra from iso

Where did you get the ISO from?

ZenJim wrote:in the install guide pinned to this forum section

You have more than 1 post and you're a member for more than 1 days. Can you post the link so that we have no misunderstandings to what you refer to?

ZenJim wrote:and it's been on the step of "validate_root_image: validating root dmg /macOS Install Data/BaseSyste.dmg" for about 1.5 hours

If that's from the log you provided, I don't see:

1. a mounted ISO,
2. 1.5 hours of logging,
3. the VM being shut down completely before grabbing the log.

Hi

I've not upgraded to 5.2.20 because it was crashing to much for me and I was forced to downgrade.
here's the link from the pinned posting of the install guide:
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=85631

the install guide says to eject the iso in step 5
I let it run all night and it's still stuck on that same step of "validate_root_image: validating root dmg /macOS Install Data/BaseSyste.dmg"

I just now shutdown the vm and attached the newest log

I had gotten the High Sierra from a friend, but decided to download Mojave from Apple Store and make my own iso.
I used the steps in this article to make the iso: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/VirtualBo ... e/Mac_OS_X
but it kept making the iso into an iso.cdr. I renamed it to just iso extension. But when I tried to boot to it, it would but to the EFI shell.
so I followed the steps in this article: https://tylermade.net/2017/10/05/how-to ... installer/
and it also put the .iso.cdr extension but I also renamed it to just the .iso extension. I booted to it and it booted properly to the install. However, it kept getting stuck during the boot up process. I then reread the article viewtopic.php?f=22&t=85631 on how to install macOS and saw the part "Accept the defaults, with the exception of RAM, number of vCPUs and amount of HD." I had chosen the default 1 cpu. I changed it to 2 cpus and it booted to the installer just fine.
However, the keyboard and mouse don't work.
I found the following last entries in the log:

00:00:06.473577 EFI: Adding variable 7c436110-ab2a-4bbb-a880-fe41995c9f82::'platform-uuid' fAttrib=0x7 cbValue=0x10
00:00:06.487188 EHCI: USB Suspended
00:00:06.487290 EHCI: Hardware reset
00:00:07.424590 AHCI#0: Reset the HBA
00:00:07.424622 VD#0: Cancelling all active requests
00:00:07.883999 EHCI: Hardware reset
00:00:07.884077 EHCI: USB Operational
00:00:07.968054 EHCI: USB Suspended
00:00:08.973303 EHCI: USB Operational
00:00:09.056639 EHCI: USB Suspended


so for some reason it appears to be suspending the USB making keyboard and mouse unusable.
I've shutdown the guest and attached full logs

ok, I fixed the USB issue by changing the settings to USB 3.0 instead of the default 2.0
Installation is proceeding now...

ZenJim wrote:ok, I fixed the USB issue by changing the settings to USB 3.0 instead of the default 2.0

The instructions were amended to reflect that oversight.

ZenJim wrote:I used the steps in this article to make the iso ...

ZenJim wrote:so I followed the steps in this article...

On the top of the article "[HowTo] Install OSX 10.13 in a VM" that you quoted, there is a link to another article: [HowTo] Create OSX ISO from the OSX Install app. That works too...

I was able to get it to proceed with the installation, but now on reboot it keeps booting to the UEFI shell.
I tried exiting the UEFI shell and resetting system but that didn't help.

any ideas? Latest logs attached

macOS Mojave-2018-10-26-10-46-03.log.zip

Are you trying to install 10.14 as a guest? Forget it, not yet supported.
See: macOS 10.14 Mojave Guest and APFS Support.

well poo. OK, and High Sierra is no longer available from the App Store, so no go on this project.

thanks!

I decided to try the High Sierra iso that my friend gave me, using the lessons learned during this project and I successfully got it to install and I'm on the desktop!

thanks for the help, you can mark this resolved.

Glad you got it going. Marking as [Resolved].