Clover / MacOS El Capitan VM continually reboot

[rbm]

Hi, I used spaceinvader's Macinabox to install a VM on my Unraid server that runs MacOS 10.11 "El Capitan".  I installed using a Time Machine restoration to the OS vdisk.  That booted properly and ran correctly first time.  I performed a controlled shutdown and, using the Edit feature of the VM, changed memory from 4096MB to 8192MB.  Upon restarting the VM, the system fails to boot.  It flips back and forth between showing the Clover bootloader and the initial Apple logo.  No progress bar is displayed and control returns to Clover after a few seconds.  I attempted to restore the configuration back to 4096MB but the same problem occurs.  Can someone please help me to restore operation of this machine?

 

<!--

	WARNING: THIS IS AN AUTO-GENERATED FILE. CHANGES TO IT ARE LIKELY TO BE

	OVERWRITTEN AND LOST. Changes to this xml configuration should be made using:

	  virsh edit MacinaboxHighSierra

	or other application using the libvirt API.

	-->



	<domain type='kvm'>

	  <name>MacinaboxHighSierra</name>

	  <uuid>9ae51750-1144-42ee-b5ce-3cd2286e59ed</uuid>

	  <description>MacOS High Sierra</description>

	  <metadata>

	    <vmtemplate xmlns="unraid" name="Windows 10" icon="default.png" os="HighSierra"/>

	  </metadata>

	  <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory>

	  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory>

	  <memoryBacking>

	    <nosharepages/>

	  </memoryBacking>

	  <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu>

	  <cputune>

	    <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='0'/>

	    <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='1'/>

	  </cputune>

	  <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/9ae51750-1144-42ee-b5ce-3cd2286e59ed_VARS-pure-efi.fd</nvram>

	  </os>

	  <features>

	    <acpi/>

	    <apic/>

	  </features>

	  <cpu mode='host-passthrough' check='none'>

	    <topology sockets='1' cores='1' threads='2'/>

	  </cpu>

	  <clock offset='utc'>

	    <timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/>

	    <timer name='pit' tickpolicy='delay'/>

	    <timer name='hpet' present='no'/>

	  </clock>

	  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>

	  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>

	  <on_crash>restart</on_crash>

	  <devices>

	    <emulator>/usr/local/sbin/qemu</emulator>

	    <disk type='file' device='disk'>

	      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='writeback'/>

	      <source file='/mnt/user/domains/MacinaboxHighSierra/Clover.qcow2'/>

	      <target dev='hdc' bus='sata'/>

	      <boot order='1'/>

	      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='2'/>

	    </disk>

	    <disk type='file' device='disk'>

	      <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='writeback'/>

	      <source file='/mnt/user/domains/MacinaboxHighSierra/HighSierra-install.img'/>

	      <target dev='hdd' bus='sata'/>

	      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='3'/>

	    </disk>

	    <disk type='file' device='disk'>

	      <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='writeback'/>

	      <source file='/mnt/user/domains/MacinaboxHighSierra/macos_disk.img'/>

	      <target dev='hde' bus='sata'/>

	      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='4'/>

	    </disk>

	    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-ehci1'>

	      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x7'/>

	    </controller>

	    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci1'>

	      <master startport='0'/>

	      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>

	    </controller>

	    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci2'>

	      <master startport='2'/>

	      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x1' multifunction='on'/>

	    </controller>

	    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci3'>

	      <master startport='4'/>

	      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x2'/>

	    </controller>

	    <controller type='pci' index='3' model='pcie-root-port'>

	      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>

	      <target chassis='3' port='0x12'/>

	      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x2'/>

	    </controller>

	    <controller type='pci' index='4' model='pcie-root-port'>

	      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>

	      <target chassis='4' port='0x13'/>

	      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x3'/>

	    </controller>

	    <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'>

	      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>

	    </controller>

	    <controller type='sata' index='0'>

	      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1f' function='0x2'/>

	    </controller>

	    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'/>

	    <controller type='pci' index='1' model='pcie-root-port'>

	      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>

	      <target chassis='1' port='0x10'/>

	      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>

	    </controller>

	    <controller type='pci' index='2' model='pcie-root-port'>

	      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>

	      <target chassis='2' port='0x11'/>

	      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x1'/>

	    </controller>

	    <interface type='bridge'>

	      <mac address='52:54:00:9c:78:36'/>

	      <source bridge='br0'/>

	      <model type='virtio'/>

	      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>

	    </interface>

	    <serial type='pty'>

	      <target type='isa-serial' port='0'>

	        <model name='isa-serial'/>

	      </target>

	    </serial>

	    <console type='pty'>

	      <target type='serial' port='0'/>

	    </console>

	    <channel type='unix'>

	      <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/>

	      <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/>

	    </channel>

	    <input type='tablet' bus='usb'>

	      <address type='usb' bus='0' port='1'/>

	    </input>

	    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>

	    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>

	    <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes' websocket='-1' listen='0.0.0.0' keymap='en-us'>

	      <listen type='address' address='0.0.0.0'/>

	    </graphics>

	    <video>

	      <model type='qxl' ram='65536' vram='65536' vgamem='16384' heads='1' primary='yes'/>

	      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>

	    </video>

	    <memballoon model='virtio'>

	      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x03' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>

	    </memballoon>

	  </devices>

	</domain>[/CODE]

Edited December 24, 2019 by rbm
new problem

[1812]

your loader and nvram files are wrong. they changed when you changed ram amounts. they should point to the files in the macinabox folder.

[rbm]

Understand.  But I guess I'll have to reinstall because I don't have a backup of the XML file to understand what the original files were called.

 

If I want to increase memory size of the VM without risking breakage like this, what is the best way to change the value?  Manual editing of the XML?  The default size is 4GB and I want 8GB.