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Convert El Capitan DMG For Use with Oracle VirtualBox on Mac OSX
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Modified version of this script - http://ifreaky.net/os-x-10-11-el-capitan-in-virtual-boxvmwareparallels-desktop/ | |
| # Fixed typos and logic | |
| # This will require about 30GB of space | |
| # The process will take roughly 3 minutes on a MacBook Retina 2015 with 512GB SSD | |
| # It will definitely take longer on slower computers... | |
| cd ~/Desktop | |
| sudo gem install iesd | |
| iesd -i /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ 10.11\ Developer\ Beta.app -o el-capitan.dmg -t BaseSystem | |
| hdiutil convert el-capitan.dmg -format UDSP -o el-capitan.sparseimage | |
| hdiutil mount /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ 10.11\ Developer\ Beta.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg | |
| hdiutil mount el-capitan.sparseimage | |
| cp /Volumes/OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/BaseSystem.* /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System/ | |
| # We use the finder to eject here, based on this OSX Daily tip | |
| # http://osxdaily.com/2014/05/22/eject-all-mounted-volumes-command-line-mac/ | |
| osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to eject (every disk whose ejectable is true)' | |
| hdiutil convert el-capitan.sparseimage -format UDZO -o OSX_VM.dmg | |
| rm -rf ~/Desktop/el-capitan.dmg | |
| rm -rf ~/Desktop/el-capitan.sparseimage |
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Interesting, tried this out but couldn't get it to boot in my Vbox.. Fiddled around with the settings a bit but no dice.
Using Virtualbox 5.0.4, added the OSX_VM.dmg to the storage, set the CPU to 8 processors and vRam to 128. I tested both chipset options but nothing proved successful and EFI on and off. How were you able to get this up and running?
//edit Should've checked the original link. Apparently this still worked with the developer beta, but not the public beta, or in my case, the GM candidate.