How to make MacOS kvm start from NVMe ssd?

[frodr]

I am running a MacOS kvm with a primary vdisk and a nvme ssd passed thru (the controller). I have cloned the nvme drive with Carbon Copy Cloner. How do I make the nvme ssd the startup drive?

 

Very happy for any help. 

 

 

Supermicro X11DAI-N, version 1.02 | AMI 3.1 | dual Xeon Silver 4116 | 64 MB RAM | 4 x WD SSD in RAID 10 Cache l Unraid 6.72 l Quadro RTX4000 for Plex docker l GTX 1070 for MacOS kvm l Samsung 970 Pro nvme for MacOS kvm

Edited September 22, 2019 by frodr

[david279]

Add this too where you have the nvme device

 

   <boot order='1'/>

[frodr]

15 minutes ago, david279 said:

Add this too where you have the nvme device

 

   <boot order='1'/>

Thanks.

 

This is the only text added to the xml with reference to the nvme controller:

 

<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <source>
        <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x1a' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
      </source>
    </hostdev>

 

Can you tell me where it should be added, please?

 

 

[david279]

You can put it in before the address line. 

[frodr]

5 minutes ago, david279 said:

You can put it in before the address line. 

Like this?

 

<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <source>

        <boot order='1'/>
        <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x1a' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
      </source>
    </hostdev>

 

 

 

 

[david279]

That should work

[frodr]

6 minutes ago, david279 said:

That should work

I got this message.

 

High up in the xml it says:

 

<os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-3.1'>hvm</type>
    <loader readonly='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/qemu/ovmf-x64/OVMF_CODE-pure-efi.fd</loader>
    <nvram>/etc/libvirt/qemu/nvram/b6d807ac-76fd-78a5-3710-fe431bb5832b_VARS-pure-efi.fd</nvram>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
  </os>

 

With a reference to current/old bott drive.

 

[david279]

Yeah you will have to remove the other boot line. I had a nvme passed throughto a VM before so I went thru this.

[frodr]

5 minutes ago, david279 said:

Yeah you will have to remove the other boot line. I had a nvme passed throughto a VM before so I went thru this.

Removed:

 <boot dev='hd'/>

 

Still the same error message: internal error...........

 

 

[david279]

Try it under the address line

[frodr]

3 hours ago, david279 said:

Try it under the address line

Removing the boot line in the OS section, I can same the xml file and start up the kvm. But I cannot connect, assuming that the nvme id not starting. I have set the <boot order='1'/> over, under, in between, etc. 

 

What does the 1 refer to?

 

 

[david279]

It sets the nvme drive as the boot drive for the VM. Without it you will just boot to the UEFI Shell.

[frodr]

Strange things happened. Setting <boot order='1'/> just above the address domain line, and the xml would not update. Trying again with  <boot order='1'/> above source and the xml was able to update. Then checking the xml, and the <boot order='1'/> was under the <source> line. 

 

<hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
      <source>

        <boot order='1'/>
        <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x1a' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
      </source>
    </hostdev>

 

The <boot order='1'/> line also moved when introduced vdisk again. And did not go away changing the xml in Form View. I was not able to save the kvm after this. I will have to make a new kvm from scratch. 

 

Thanks for the help so far, I will be back in a day or three. 

 

Cheers,

 

 

 

[frodr]

Hi,

 

New MacOS kvm is up and running, Nvidia GPU and nvme ssd are passthrough, and works fine. 

 

I would like to passthrough usb and boot from the nvme ssd as well.

 

In the xml form view a USB Aten International is selectable, but I can not connect to the kvm (it starts) when enabled. Disabling it, and I can again connect to the kvm. It is no pci usb in the server, only the onboard ones. System Devices show different usb devices, how can I pass some of them through?

 

The other topic is how to boot from the nvme ssd. A MacOS spesific setup of SIO`s Windows solution would be nice. 

 

Appreciate any help.

 

 

 

Edited September 25, 2019 by frodr

[frodr]

No one?