New Version of VB on macOS Catalina 10.15.7 gives errors

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KaliUser
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New Version of VB on macOS Catalina 10.15.7 gives errors

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Hello VirtualBox Users,

I used VirtualBox 6.1 for Kali Linux and everything was fine. Then I updated to VirtualBox 7 and neither the old Kali 2022.2 VM nor the latest Kali 2022.4 worked. I always got errors like in the attached image, while trying many solutions from the internet, like changing memory parameters or stuff. The only solution which worked was to go back to VirtualBox Version 6.1.
Errors from booting Kali in VB 7
Errors from booting Kali in VB 7
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Does anyone have a similar problem?
granada29
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Re: New Version of VB on macOS Catalina 10.15.7 gives errors

Post by granada29 »

I had a similar problem running VirtualBox 7.x on a 2012 Mac Mini with Catalina. In the end I decided to stick with VirtualBox 6.1.x which is running fine.

The Hypervisor engine built into Catalina will not be updated by Apple and I very much doubt that Oracle will spend much time making VirtualBox run on an obsolete OS.

Your decision to roll back to VirtualBox 6.1 is probably the best option.
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