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cannot install OSX 10.7 Lion VM in VBox on OSX 10.9
Posted: 2. Dec 2014, 00:54
by khambrecht
Hi folks,
I have VBox running on OSX 10.9 Mavericks on a MacBook Pro (Model MacBookPro11,1). Try to install VM with 10.7 Lion, but VM get stuck on booting from InstallESD.dmg:
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.Loading kernel cache file '\kernelcache'...
...................
root device uuid is 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'
Does anyone have an idea?
Thanks,
Kai.
Re: cannot install OSX 10.7 Lion VM in VBox on OSX 10.9
Posted: 2. Dec 2014, 06:26
by ChipMcK
On what level/version of VirtualBox are you attempting this ?
And
Minimum information needed for assistance.
Re: cannot install OSX 10.7 Lion VM in VBox on OSX 10.9
Posted: 2. Dec 2014, 09:01
by khambrecht
ah, sorry.
VirtualBox is 4.3.18
Guest Logfile is attached.
Re: cannot install OSX 10.7 Lion VM in VBox on OSX 10.9
Posted: 2. Dec 2014, 11:05
by socratis
Take a look at the
OSX on OSX thread. Chances are that your computer is too "new" to support 10.7. There are workarounds, including changing the CPU that is presented to the guest. Search for "cpuidset rpmurray" and you'll find a couple of pointers. No guarantees.
Re: cannot install OSX 10.7 Lion VM in VBox on OSX 10.9
Posted: 2. Dec 2014, 12:05
by khambrecht
looks like tweaking cpu info did the trick:
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VBoxManage modifyvm <vmname> --cpuidset 00000001 000006fb 00000800 80000209 078bfbff
thanks.
Re: cannot install OSX 10.7 Lion VM in VBox on OSX 10.9
Posted: 2. Dec 2014, 12:41
by socratis
Hey! Glad it worked for you!
Re: cannot install OSX 10.7 Lion VM in VBox on OSX 10.9
Posted: 17. Dec 2014, 11:20
by aqua_lung
I've also ran into this problem after upgrading my macbook, 10.7 ran fine on my 2010 model but I'm unable to boot my 10.7 VM on my newer 2012 macbook pro.
khambrecht wrote:looks like tweaking cpu info did the trick:
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VBoxManage modifyvm <vmname> --cpuidset 00000001 000006fb 00000800 80000209 078bfbff
thanks.
This did the trick too, thanks!