I was trying to get a Unix VM up and running on Virtualbox using my Windows 11 Host Machine. After setting up the VM, I tried to locate the boot.efi file manually because the boot loader and startup.nsh couldn't locate them. Instead of boot screen, my VM froze for several seconds and I was met with this crash.
I tried to look for the answers online and I've tried the following:
- Changed my CPU profile to that of Intel CPU
- Disabled Hyper-V using bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off command
However I couldn't get the VM to boot even after following those fixes.
Help would be appreciated, thanks.
Critical Error when starting boot.efi
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Re: Critical Error when starting boot.efi
Apart from all the errors in allocation of resources (i.e. allocating more RAM and CPUs to the VM than are available]; and that you appear to have Hyper-V enabled which severely impacts vm performance in VirtualBox 6.1.34; running macOS in a VM on non-Apple hardware is NOT supported for Licensing reasons - see viewtopic.php?f=6&t=92649
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mpack
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Re: Critical Error when starting boot.efi
Unix eh? We don't allow discussion of MacOS guests on non-Apple hardware (note: OP has Acer Aspire A515-45).
FAQ: MacOS Guests on non-Apple hardware.
FAQ: MacOS Guests on non-Apple hardware.