I had to reformat with disk utilities inside the VM the main-HDD again.Ħ. (or so) inside there is a "boot.efi" (or so)ĥ. blablabla" (it is the install.vmdk) go to folder. When UEFI startup shows up, I typed "exit", wenn to "Boot Maintaince." (or so) and there "Boot from File". In the VirtualBox I added this vmdk to the mass media as another "drive" (like the main hdd)Ĥ. VBoxManage convertfromraw /dev/sdX install.vmdk -format vmdkģ. you need hfsprog hfsutils hfsplus installed) dev/sda or /dev/sdb, look it up in disks utility from Mint. I converted on the MacBookAir (running Mint 20) this USB Stick to a vmdk with (replace sdX with your driveletter from the USB Stick p.e.
#Mac el capitan iso for virtualbox mac
We used an old 10.6 Mac to create a bootable "El Capitan"-Installation USB Stick from the "El Capitan" dmg (called InstallMacOSX.dmg).Ģ. Oct 2020, 09:06Īlthough I cant remember all file names and so on exactly, this should help you:ġ. I created a new VM with 2 CPUs 2GB RAM 128 MB Video-RAM, PIIX3-Chipset, no Floppy-Disk, clean 30GB vmdk.Ĥ, When I boot, I get the UEFIv2.2 Interactive Shell and thats it.Īny help is very appreciated, thank you! weltenspiegel Posts: 2 Joined: 19. I downloaded InstallMacOSX.dmg (for El Capitan) and used "dmg2iso" on Linux to convert it to iso.Ģ.
#Mac el capitan iso for virtualbox install
It was quite a ride to get Mint running on the Apple (we upgraded to a OWC 512GB SSD and to get it recognized by System ROM, we had to do first a clean Catalina Install).īut now I hoped at least that a VirtualBox Install would be easy, but no.ġ. We moved our computers to Linux Mint, but until she gets used to GIMP and co she wants to keep using occasionally her licenced, but quite old Adobe CS6.įirst of all: I hope we dont violate the Apple licence, as we want to run El Capitan (last version compatible with Adobe CS6) on a Linux Mint Host running on Apple Hardware. You can delete the file.My wife is using a MacbookAir6,1 for a bit of internet and private graphics stuff.
Use the final ElCapitan.iso as installer iso and attach it to the virtual SATA Port 1. Open Terminal, chmod the script and execute it: chmod +x ~/Desktop/prepare_elcapitan_cdr.shĭetach elcap.dmg from the VM.
Paste the content in a text editor to a new document as plain text and save it as prepare_elcapitan_cdr.sh on your desktop. # Rename the ISO and move it to the desktop Hdiutil convert -format UDTO -o ElCapitan.iso Hdiutil detach /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System Rm /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Installation/PackagesĬp -rp /Volumes/esd/Packages /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/InstallationĬp -rp /Volumes/esd/BaseSystem.chunklist /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System/Ĭp -rp /Volumes/esd/BaseSystem.dmg /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System/ # Remove Package link and replace with actual files Hdiutil attach -noverify -nobrowse -mountpoint /Volumes/isoĪsr restore -source /Volumes/esd/BaseSystem.dmg -target /Volumes/iso -noprompt -noverify -erase Hdiutil create -o ElCapitan.cdr -size 8000m -layout SPUD -fs HFS+J Hdiutil attach "/Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg" -noverify -nobrowse -mountpoint /Volumes/esd the user name in the last line and the path to Install OS X El Capitan.app (and the inner InstallESD.dmg file) in the 6th line): #!/bin/bash To create a bootable file use the following script. The dmg file (Install OS X El Capitan.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg) is no bootable image.