Use MacOSX for testing purposes on a vm

[Sir-robin10]

Hello

So I have not that much experience with vm's and stuff but I can run like a winsows server etc... from my proxmox installation, so I was wondering if I could like run mac OS on proxmox.

I have an .iso file from a friend of mine, which works like a charm on his virtual box. Now when I just configure my VM for macOS as I did for my windows VM, it doesn't work. It never boots into the ISO

Here are my settings I used for the VM;

Then the overview;

This does create the VM as expected in ProxMox, however, when I boot the VM, I get the following;

From that point, it just keeps booting....

Anyone who has an idea on how I could fix this?

 

[Alwin]

Qemu couldn't read from the ISO image, it may be faulty.

 

[LnxBil]

We cannot give advice to run MacOS on non-MacOS hardware, which is not allowed due to their EULA, but there exist a lot of projects out there that work flawlessly. Just search for it and you will get lucky.

 

[Proxmox India]

Well let me give you a hint. you need to use clover iso and boot of it. I have got it working flawlessly on Proxmox for testing purposes

 

[fabiosun]

Your VM config is wrong
Use q35 and OVMF bios
then you need a proper iso (it is an img /iso) of your preferred bootloader
I use Opencore which I prefer to clover

 

[Thomas Naujokat]

Following the giude from Nick Sherlock I tried to install a macOS catalina VM using opencore. But I only come forward until I must switch to the macos-installer in the opencore boot picker after the first reboot (the macos base system is preselected) because I do not get access to the keyboard/mouse in the boot picker.

My .conf entries are added:

args: -device isa-applesmc,osk="..." -smbios type=2 |
-cpu host,kvm=on,vendor=GenuineIntel,+kvm_pv_unhalt,+kvm_pv_eoi,+hypervisor,+invtsc
balloon: 0
bios: ovmf
boot: cdn
bootdisk: ide2
cores: 4
cpu: Penryn
efidisk0: local-lvm:vm-104-disk-1,size=128K
ide0: local:iso/Catalina-installer.iso,cache=unsafe,size=2096496K
ide2: local:iso/OpenCore.iso,cache=unsafe
machine: q35
memory: 8192
name: Catalina
net0: vmxnet3=0A:38:86:53:93:8B,bridge=vmbr0,firewall=1
numa: 0
ostype: other
sata1: local-lvm:vm-104-disk-0,cache=writeback,size=64G
scsihw: virtio-scsi-pci
smbios1: uuid=63a484c7-3558-46f3-8e11-118f0e215fe3
sockets: 1
usb0: host=046d:c714 [Logitech DiNovo]
usb1: host=046d:c713 [Logitech DiNovo]
usb2: host=046d:c024 [USB cable mouse]
vga: qxl

EDIT:
Now it is possible but cannot really say why.

 

[Kevin8786]

Did you ever figure out what your issue was? I have the same problem...
once the initial install is done I cannot move the mouse to select "macOS Installer"
<Tab> on the keyboard does not work either.
The only key I can select is <enter> which takes me back to the "MacOS Utilities"

 

[Kevin8786]

<Tab> and arrow seems to have worked for me...

 

[Sir-robin10]

<Tab> and arrow seems to have worked for me...

You should be able to just only use your keyboard at that stage. Never figured out what the problem was, but I have a working macos vm now

 

[r.jochum]

@Kevin8786 try a different browser

 

[jarekmor]

You should be able to just only use your keyboard at that stage. Never figured out what the problem was, but I have a working macos vm now

I think some args parameters are missing and the USB keyboard and mouse can not be attached during the boot process:

-smbios type=2 -device usb-kbd,bus=ehci.0,port=2

 

[chamseddine]

https://manjaro.site/how-to-install-macos-catalina-on-proxmox-using-opencore-boot-loader/

https://www.nicksherlock.com/2020/04/installing-macos-catalina-on-proxmox-with-opencore/