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I use it for serving cd's & cd images to vm's. Instead of having the xml file specify a specific ISO file or the physical cdrom, I define an iscsi cdrom in the xml the same for all vm's and change CD's at the iscsi server. I'm still experimenting as to the best way to define the drive in the xml, as it works great in windows VM's, but OSX I'm finding needs a restart (not full power off) to refresh a changed CD. I can install a fresh OSX from an iscsi DVD ISO, but I have to share it as a disk rather than cdrom. The iscsi target doesn't seem to handle HFS+. I'm using SCST for the iscsi target, and built libvirt 3.1.0 and Qemu 2.8.0 both with the added iscsi support, as well as some kernel modifications that I read someplace were needed. While I'm only interested in the CD images over iscsi at the moment, my VM's could theoretically use iscsi block devices from the server itself, or from some iscsi toaster like a qnap.
**VIDEO GUIDE** How to Install MacOS Mojave or High Sierra as a VM
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Hey guys,
I followed Gridrunners excellent videos and was able to install OSX Sierra on my Unraid box, but I varied a little by passing thru the gpu right from the start, no VNC. I installed MTN Lion a long time ago on my ESXi box, and it was very difficult at that time. I wanted to try on Unraid, but until I saw the videos I dreaded it. It wasn't that easy even then, and I've been looking for a better way. The Sierra install ISO I created was from some other video, but similar to Gridrunner's method where you have an HFS+ disk image named as an ISO. This does not mount as a CDROM, and if I try it's unreadable, and the plist file on IT conflicted with the new plist file on my install. Which is why you need to power off and remove it after the install. I'm sorry but the whole "install on vmware and move it to Unraid" seems to me to be even more complicated. I used my old install on ESXi to get the install from the app store, so that's really not a problem. It's the install media - it needs to be a real ISO that can be attached to the VM as an ISO. I found this script:
Which is posted here as I found it. I changed the HFS+J to HFSJ and it produced an HFS ISO osx base system disk. And now I can install OSX Sierra the easiest(in my opinion) way possible. I have the GTX750Ti passed as well as the USB controllers. I start the VM and I don't have to touch anything except the keyb & mouse attached to the VM for the entire install. After it's done I obtained the Webdriver for Nvidia from safari at the VM, installed, and did the smbios & webdriver config in clover config, rebooted and was done. (I did use the EFI mounter & clover configurator kindly provided by Gridrunner - because I'm lazy ) but I'm sure these are obtainable somewhere. Which means installing a VM can be no different from sticking a cd in just like almost everybody already knows how to do. It was as as easy as installing XP, and I'm not an OSX guy either.