[[Support] Linuxserver.io - netboot.xyz]

I finally found a way to boot isos for UEFI boot. I modified boot.cfg from NETBOOT.XYZ:

 

item option_iso ${space} Option Iso

:option_iso
set url http://192.168.1.202:80/Option Iso
sanboot ${url}/Some_iso.iso

Make sure not to use spaces in your image file. Also this method helps for booting Windows isos, but still cannot locate drivers. I think I saw the workaround somewhere in this thread.

[Mellanox Infiniband Support?]

I would like know this too

[Disable serial port in VM template to avoid Black screen on Big Sur]

Unfortunately yes. I attempted creating DSDT/SSDT, tried importing the device path to config.plist, updating kexts, sorting them by specific order, trying patches, playing with drivers, breaking everything, start over multiple times, etc. Everything that I was able to find instructions for - I attempted. The reason why I was insisting on w7000 is because it is a single slot GPU, (I am already utilizing bifurcation card on my x10drh-ct so PCIe slots are scarce) way more powerful than GTX 645 and way less expensive than WX 4100/5100 even though not as powerful.

[Disable serial port in VM template to avoid Black screen on Big Sur]

Hey, thank you for reaching out. After disabling the serial and isa bus from the config.plist file - I determined that they are indeed necessary. More important - I cannot turn off the VM from UnRaid's dashboard if I have them disabled. After many trial and error my only solution was to use an RX580 or GTX 645 instead of w7000 so I can utilize the audio from DP.

[Disable serial port in VM template to avoid Black screen on Big Sur]

Hello all, I have the following issue: I am trying to boot a Big Sur Macinabox Hackintosh with FirePro W7000 hosted on a SuperMicro X10DRH-CT.  Once I map the audio to the same bus as the GPU as shown below - I get a black screen:

 <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <driver name='vfio'/>
      <source>
        <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x85' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
      </source>
      <alias name='hostdev0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x03' slot='0x00' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>
    </hostdev>
    <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <driver name='vfio'/>
      <source>
        <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x85' slot='0x00' function='0x1'/>
      </source>
      <alias name='hostdev1'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x03' slot='0x00' function='0x1'/>
    </hostdev>

The monitor is on, however, I receive no image (no mouse pointer, nothing). The only sign on life is switching the CAPS lock. I even cannot remote to the VM. I tried to isolate the device path of the GFX and the HDE - no luck:



Somewhere I read that a person from this Reddit Post had related issues, and the fix was to disable Serial port in BIOS. How do I disable Serial port in XML? I can see below that they are detected in Hackintool:



and with gfxutil:



Every time I remove the Serial entry in XML it is being reinserted after safe. Here is my XML snippet with serial port entries:

 

    <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'>
      <alias name='virtio-serial0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x1'/>
    </controller>
    <interface type='bridge'>
      <mac address='52:54:00:b6:02:d5'/>
      <source bridge='br0'/>
      <target dev='vnet2'/>
      <model type='vmxnet3'/>
      <alias name='net0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </interface>
    <channel type='unix'>
      <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0' state='disconnected'/>
      <alias name='channel0'/>
      <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/>
    </channel>

Also - I have a macinabox Mojave hackintosh image which I booted with the same EFI partition and used the same XML VM setup. The HDMI audio worked until I updated Mohave to Big Sur. Thank you in advance!

 

[SuperMicro X10DRH-C]

I have this same board. You will have to setup the LSI 3108 to JBOD is either IPMI or the firmware settings upon boot. Worked out the box for me. No flashing needed.

[[Support] SpaceinvaderOne - Macinabox]

19 hours ago, Strom12 said:

Hello everybody, I need your expertise, please.

As described in the tutorial SpaceInvader One, I followed all the steps to install the MacOs Vm. If I start the VM and start the VNC, I can also boot the Catalina-opencore.img. When I press Enter to boot the image, the apple appears. However, there is no loading bar and nothing else happens. What am I doing wrong? Should I post the * .xml?

 

Thanks a lot!

 

@Space Invader One. You are my Unraid Hero 🙂 Thank you for all your Tutorials!!!

Have you installed and ran the user scripts?

[[Support] SpaceinvaderOne - Macinabox]

21 minutes ago, ghost82 said:

 

Change xml disc part to:
 

    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none' io='native' discard='unmap'/>
      <source dev='/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ADATA_SU635_2K432L1D97NG' index='1'/>
      <backingStore/>
      <target dev='hda' bus='sata'/>
      <alias name='sata0-0-1'/>
      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='1'/>
    </disk>

 

Add qemu custom arg at the bottom of the xml:

  <qemu:commandline>
    <qemu:arg value='-set'/>
    <qemu:arg value='device.sata0-0-1.rotation_rate=1'/>
  </qemu:commandline>
</domain>

 

Start mac os, start terminal and type "sudo trimforce enable", follow indications, reboot and you should have trim enabled.

This may be needed after each mac os update, at least it's how it behaves with my disc files.

Thank you! That worked like a charm!!

 

[[Support] SpaceinvaderOne - Macinabox]

Hello All, I don't know from where to start so I will describe my system, its state and the concerns I have:

My system's details:
I have successfully installed BigSur on my SuperMicro x9drh-if with x2 e5-2670v2 with total of 52GB ECC RAM with passthrough to GTX 645 and ASM1142 for USB controller. I did not included a BT+WIFI simply because I don't need it and I don't want to waste my PCIE slots. Icloud, iMessage and FaceTime were configured successfully and accessible.

My concerns:
MY SSD is ADATA SU635 and its passthrough to the OS via Unassigned Devices and is running at "SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)" connected to the integrated SATA controller. The OS, however, is detecting the SSD as rotational drive and "sudo trimforce enable" does not make any change which was expected, but attempted. I am afraid that my system will not be trimming my SSD. In the xml the drive is passed as SATA:

 <disk type='block' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='writeback'/>
      <source dev='/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ADATA_SU635_2K432L1D97NG' index='1'/>
      <backingStore/>
      <target dev='hda' bus='sata'/>
      <alias name='sata0-0-1'/>
      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='1'/>
    </disk>

I have tried passing the drive as SCSI and VirtIO, however, only with SATA I can boot the drive.
How can I make my primary drive being detected as SSD and not as rotational drive so I can have it being trimmed by the system?

[MacOS VM Drops USB PCIE after boot]

Hey cagemaster. Please check if the link below will help you: