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OSX-KVM
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VirtualBox KVM Public Release
Yes, I recently had to compile some stuff on Windows (I'm on an AMD Linux host) and VirtualBox just wouldn't start Microsoft's Windows dev VM (the one they provide for free for Virtualbox). I ended up learning how to use qemu and it works great...and as a bonus I was able to run a hackintosh (via https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM) and it works near flawlessly, which was something I was never able to accomplish with Virtualbox (granted I haven't tried in a few years).
I'm pretty happy with Qemu now, even if it's jsut a CLI interface. I was tempted to try the virt-* stuff, but honestly it seems like one more thing to learn so I'm going to hold off until I need something like copy/paste between VMs and can't figure it out in qemu direct.
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NixThePlanet - Run macOS, Windows and more via a single Nix command + nixosModules
Working on a patch to include it as a flake input instead of vendoring it in the repo, so this should no longer be true. I use the QCOW2s for OpenCore from osx-kvm that I have not figured out how to reproduce yet https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM/blob/master/OpenCore/OpenCore.qcow2
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[PROJECT] Working on a project called ultimate-macOS-KVM!
For almost a year, I have been coding a little project in Python intended to piggyback on the framework of kholia's OSX-KVM project, known as ultimate-macOS-KVM, or ULTMOS.
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FreeBSD Bhyve Virtualization
I just researched a bit, mac os x guest vm with pcie passthrough seems possible on linux.
Dropping the links below:
https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM
https://github.com/yoonsikp/macOS-KVM-PCI-Passthrough
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VirGL
VirGL is definitely an interesting project, but all one has to do to get GPU passthrough working (from a Linux QEMU host to any guest OS) is: 1.) research a cheap, secondary GPU that is natively supported by the guest OS, 2.) plug such a secondary GPU into a PCIe slot on the host and hook it up to the primary monitor with a secondary cable (D-Sub vs. DVI, etc.), 3.) setup Linux to ignore the secondary GPU at boot and configure a QEMU VM for the GPU passthrough. The whole process takes perhaps one or two hours and as works flawlessly, with no stability issues. (Switching across the two GPU cables can be accomplished in software by using Display Data Channel /DDC/ utilities and switching keyboard/mouse can be accomplished by using evdev /event device/ passthrough.) More information: https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM/blob/master/notes.md#gpu-p...
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Mac OS Kvm Icloud
I get "verification failed" error when using https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM
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What are the current best methods for virtualizing MacOS on Linux?
I also see there is KVM-OSX which looks to be actively maintained, but I haven't heard anything about it.
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Lima: A nice way to run Linux VMs on Mac
You can use qemu/libvirt/kvm on any Linux host to run macOS pretty easily these days[1]. I run Ventura on unraid with nvidea gpu passthrough and it’s been fairly painless.
You can also run macOS in docker, but it’s ultimately running through qemu/kvm as well[2]
1. https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM
2. https://github.com/sickcodes/Docker-OSX
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Gnome browser instead of Safari
I think this could be of some use to you https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM
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I achieved to run a macOS VM on the Steam Deck in SteamOS desktop mode
i cloned that repository
HaC-Mini
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OSX-KVM on Hades Canyon with dGPU passthrough AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH dGPU
As kexts we need the usual suspects, but also Polaris22Fixup and maybe OldRadeonX4000HWLibs (it's inside the package). Also, I just used OC 0.7.6.
After many struggles I finally figured out how to achieve a OSX-KVM with a passed through AMD Radeon Vega RX Vega M GH discrete GPU. It apparently works with full graphics acceleration. What doesn't work yet is DRM, but should be fixable. Big thanks to osy's HacMini project, which basically solves the Hades Canyon as Hackintosh and from where I looked at and copied many things.
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Hades Canyon AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH GPU passthrough OSX-KVM
Next I had to define an own SSDT file for the dGPU, because changing the device-id in DeviceProperties in the config.plist wouldn't work. For this you define the device (e.g. PEGP) at the correct location (_SB.PCI0.S08) and fill in what osy did. Then compile with the iasl tool, can be done outside the VM.
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[HELP] Black Screen or garbled after Verbose Open Core Vega M GH
The GPU is a Vega M GH (see my previous post), for which I created a custom DSDT that was inspired from the working hackintosh project at https://github.com/osy/HaC-Mini. It appears with the correct vendor and device IDs just like in the HaC-Mini project. The exercise would be to understand how to get the Vega M GH running based on how HaC-Mini, but the information is sadly unclear (e.g., where is this kext coming from?).
- [HELP] SSDT for changing DeviceID has no effect
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Can't find ACPI path for PNP PCI device
What should I do? I wanted to insert the device into this script so that I hope I would be able to use it as a graphics card.
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KVM Hackintosh with Radeon RX Vega M passthrough
for reasons I would like to make a KVM-based Hackintosh such as https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM and passthrough the Radeon RX Vega M GPU via vfio, which is in my Hades Canyon NUC8i7HVK. There exists a working hackintosh project for the whole PC itself at https://github.com/osy/HaC-Mini, which I used to gather more information, but I couldn't get it together into a workable state such that I run a macOS VM in KVM.
- Which is a better option for Hackintoshing? Which would you choose?
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Micro PC suggestions
Not the question you were asking, but the NUC8i7HVK is similar form factor, with much better graphics. The HaC-Mini set-up by Osy works great (https://github.com/osy/HaC-Mini).
- M1 Mac Mini OR Intel Nuc 8705g Hades Canyon?
What are some alternatives?
macOS-Simple-KVM - Tools to set up a quick macOS VM in QEMU, accelerated by KVM.
KVM-Opencore - OpenCore disk image for running macOS VMs on Proxmox/QEMU
sosumi-snap
Polaris22Fixup - Metal driver patches for Vega M
OpenCore-Install-Guide - Repo for the OpenCore Install Guide
macOS-KVM - Streamlined macOS QEMU KVM Hackintosh configuration using OpenCore and libvirt
OSX_GVT-D - Guide to pass iGPU to MacOS KVM guest.
Single-GPU-Passthrough
barrier - Open-source KVM software
OSX-PROXMOX - Voilà, install macOS on ANY Computer! This is really and magic easiest way!
truecharts - Community App Catalog for TrueNAS SCALE [Moved to: https://github.com/truecharts/charts]
xhyve - xhyve, a lightweight OS X virtualization solution