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Is there a way to import the already installed Sierra from my hard disk into a VM?


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Hi, 

 

I am not into that topic and google magic does not apply because everyone tries to tell me how to make a fresh install of Sierra in a VM what I know but don't want to.

 

Instead, I'd like to run my existing installation of Sierra from the harddisk in VM-Ware or Virtualbox when I'm working in Windows X. I have it all set up here with player, tools and unlocker, but it does not compute yet.

 

Reasons for running the hackintosh installation are obvious: Skip 25GB virtual disk image and have your Sierra all set up and configured as you like it. 

 

Is it even possible or does it mess around with bootcaches etc? I know it used to work back in 10.4.8. but dunno about Sierra. 

 

Thanks in advance for any hint pointing me in the right direction. :) 

 

 

 

 

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Hi pippox0,

 

In the past i used Acronis True image.
I have created an image from windows of OSX partition -> tib file. Then i have converted tib to Vhd.

 

thanks for your reply!  :) This seems to be an interesting idea but currently no option for me because I'm lacking on SSD space.  :(

 

My progress: So far I'm able to boot the physical hackintosh recovery partition vanilla when pointing a new boot entry in VMware BIOS. But no dice and KP with the main installation. It's either a "wrong firmware" error when I use Clover, (SMC Version = 0 in .vmx) or I get a KP when I try to boot without (well, pretty obvious but sometimes weird hacked machine magic make things possible one never thought of :D). A bigger problem seems to be the Windows rights-management with Apple Bootcamp HFS+ drivers. I don't want to use the Paragon drivers because VMWare don't like it and they are not very reliable. 

 

So I came to the conclusion to use my physical recovery, set up a new virtual Disk and install xcode there to work with. And take my time to figure out how to work around the rest. When (if) I figured it out, I'll post a tutorial.

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Ok, got it working. I now can boot my native hackintosh partition in a Windows VM. 

 

If someone has the same idea, I will explain, as soon as I have time. :) 

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On 8/1/2017 at 4:55 AM, xtraa said:

Ok, got it working. I now can boot my native hackintosh partition in a Windows VM. 

 

If someone has the same idea, I will explain, as soon as I have time. :) 

Do you have the time to explain? I'm glad I found this post because I have been working for days trying to get VM Workstation 14 on windows 10 to run my hackintosh ssd drive... No matter what I try I get a VMWare error "Error while powering on: Insufficient permissions." 

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