AzJazz Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Hi - I am creating a clean VMWare 12.x High Sierra VM from a bootable ISO installation image that I created yesterday. The VM appears to boot up fine, but I am running into a problem during the O/S installation. As I go through the initial Apple setup, I get to the screen where it prompts me to Select the disk where you want to install macOS. However, no drive is visible, so I can't finish the installation (Screen capture attached). Also, with other WMWare OS X installations, I can't seem to get the video to go to full screen, or get the USB to work at all. How can I fix the missing installation drive issue? And, are there fixes for getting the video to go full screen and getting the USB working? Thanks! AzJazz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjg61 Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Go into Disk Utility. If you don't see the drive, exit Disk Utility and enter it again. Now, you should see the raw drive and be able to partition it for installation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzJazz Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share Posted October 10, 2017 Go into Disk Utility. If you don't see the drive, exit Disk Utility and enter it again. Now, you should see the raw drive and be able to partition it for installation Thanks, pjg61 - I had tried this before as I was flailing around aimlessly, and it didn't work. However, as I was trying your suggestion, I did accidentally figure out the solution. In the Disk Utility, there is an option for View >> Show All Devices. When I did that, I saw the VMware Virtual SATA Hard Drive Media. Then, I erased the VMWare Hard Drive. Once that finished, I reattempted the installation, and the VMWare Hard Drive was now an available target for the OS X installation. Thanks again! AzJazz P.S.: Are there any fixes for USB connectivity or display resizing? I didn't find anything when I searched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dev56 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Thanks, pjg61 - I had tried this before as I was flailing around aimlessly, and it didn't work. However, as I was trying your suggestion, I did accidentally figure out the solution. In the Disk Utility, there is an option for View >> Show All Devices. When I did that, I saw the VMware Virtual SATA Hard Drive Media. Then, I erased the VMWare Hard Drive. Once that finished, I reattempted the installation, and the VMWare Hard Drive was now an available target for the OS X installation. Thanks again! AzJazz P.S.: Are there any fixes for USB connectivity or display resizing? I didn't find anything when I searched. I was having this exact same issue and searched for hours! I finally was able to find the drive (by doing what you said) and install high sierra from a bootable iso but upon rebooting after successful installation, I get this: Don't suppose you ran into this issue or know what would be causing this? In regards to your question about changing the resolution, have you tried this: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/315765-cant-change-display-resolution-in-macos-sierra-on-vmware/ (make sure to read through the whole thread) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjg61 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Please read this short thread. I described on how to install 10.13 on VMware. http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/328343-installing-macos-high-sierra-on-vmware-workstation-1257/ The problem is that when the installer reboots into the second phase of installation, it reformats the disk to APFS (I am assuming your host is running on an SSD) and therefore, converting the HFS+ volume to APFS which is incompatible with VMware 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dev56 Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 Please read this short thread. I described on how to install 10.13 on VMware. http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/328343-installing-macos-high-sierra-on-vmware-workstation-1257/ The problem is that when the installer reboots into the second phase of installation, it reformats the disk to APFS (I am assuming your host is running on an SSD) and therefore, converting the HFS+ volume to APFS which is incompatible with VMware 12. Thanks for the clarification! I was able to get it to boot by upgrading to VMWare Player 14 though I realize this is not an option for some people. Everything seems to be working perfectly now. As far as fixing the resolution, installing VMWare Tools and running the below command fixed it for me: sudo /Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Tools/vmware-resolutionSet 1920 1080 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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