Mac OS X Sierra ISO Boot "Not in text mode!"

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Gamered1337
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Mac OS X Sierra ISO Boot "Not in text mode!"

Post by Gamered1337 »

Hello,
I've recently encountered a problem whilst attempting to get a bootable Mac OS X Sierra to work on VB. This problem has occurred for several hours. I've tried reinstalling the ISO for the mac, tried redoing the commands that let it successfully work, and a bunch of other troubleshooting stuff, however nothing worked. After a few seconds of booting up the system, it immediately turns to Guru Meditation mode. I'm not a huge expert at reading crash logs, but I've noticed there was this one small piece of code which had terminated the system. Not sure what happened here.

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00:00:03.889909 read mode     : 0     write mode: 0
00:00:03.889910 set/reset data: 00    S/R enable: 00
00:00:03.889910 color compare : 00    read map  : 0
00:00:03.889911 rotate        : 0     function  : 0
00:00:03.889911 don't care    : 0F    bit mask  : FF
00:00:03.889912 seq plane mask: 0F    chain-4   : on
00:00:03.889913 !!
00:00:03.889913 !! {vgasr}
00:00:03.889913 !!
00:00:03.889914 VGA Sequencer (3C5): SR index 3C4:00
00:00:03.889914  SR00:03 SR01:01 SR02:0F SR03:00 SR04:0A
00:00:03.889916 !!
00:00:03.889916 !! {vgatext}
00:00:03.889916 !!
00:00:03.889917 Not in text mode!
00:00:03.889917 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
00:13:18.501239 GUI: User request to power VM off on Guru Meditation.
00:13:18.501252 GUI: Passing request to power VM off from machine-logic to UI session.
00:13:18.501256 GUI: Powering VM down on UI session power off request...
00:13:18.501802 Console: Machine state changed to 'Stopping'
00:13:18.501991 Console::powerDown(): A request to power off the VM has been issued (mMachineState=Stopping, InUninit=0)
00:13:18.502001 Display::handleDisplayResize: uScreenId=0 pvVRAM=000000000b830000 w=1024 h=768 bpp=32 cbLine=0x1000 flags=0x0
00:13:18.502019 GUI: UIFrameBufferPrivate::NotifyChange: Screen=0, Origin=0x0, Size=1024x768, Sending to async-handler
00:13:18.502127 Changing the VM state from 'GURU_MEDITATION' to 'POWERING_OFF'
00:13:18.502137 ****************** Guest state at power off for VCpu 1 ******************
I believe the "00:00:03.889917 Not in text mode!" string caused the system to change into Guru Meditation. Not 100% certain, however.

Many thanks for helping.
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Re: Mac OS X Sierra ISO Boot "Not in text mode!"

Post by socratis »

Gamered1337 wrote:I'm not a huge expert at reading crash logs... Not sure what happened here.
Well, let us help then ;)

Start the VM (cold boot), let it crash, close the VM window, right-click in the VM in VirtualBox Manager, Show Log, save ONLY the first VBox.log, ZIP it and attach it to your response.
Do NOT send me Personal Messages (PMs) for troubleshooting, they are simply deleted.
Do NOT reply with the "QUOTE" button, please use the "POST REPLY", at the bottom of the form.
If you obfuscate any information requested, I will obfuscate my response. These are virtual UUIDs, not real ones.
Gamered1337
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Re: Mac OS X Sierra ISO Boot "Not in text mode!"

Post by Gamered1337 »

Here you go.
(Apologies about that; somehow the forum didn't allow me to send it last time.)
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socratis
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Re: Mac OS X Sierra ISO Boot "Not in text mode!"

Post by socratis »

VirtualBox VM 5.1.22 r115126 win.amd64 (Apr 28 2017 16:35:24) release log
00:00:01.217980 OS Product: Windows 10
00:00:01.243707 DMI Product Name: System Product Name
First of all, you posted on the "OSX Hosts" section. You do not have an OSX Host, you have a Windows Host. Unfortunately for you OSX guests are only supported on Apple hardware (which you do not have). See: Important notice regarding Mac OS X as Guest.
Do NOT send me Personal Messages (PMs) for troubleshooting, they are simply deleted.
Do NOT reply with the "QUOTE" button, please use the "POST REPLY", at the bottom of the form.
If you obfuscate any information requested, I will obfuscate my response. These are virtual UUIDs, not real ones.
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