Vbox Additions For Mac Os X

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The following section describes known problems with this release of Oracle VM VirtualBox. Unless marked otherwise, these issues are planned to be fixed in later releases.

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  • The following Guest SMP (multiprocessor) limitations exist:

    • Poor performance with 32-bit guests on AMD CPUs. This affects mainly Windows and Oracle Solaris guests, but possibly also some Linux kernel revisions. Partially solved for 32-bit Windows NT, 2000, XP, and 2003 guests. Requires the Guest Additions to be installed.

    • Poor performance with 32-bit guests on certain Intel CPU models that do not include virtual APIC hardware optimization support. This affects mainly Windows and Oracle Solaris guests, but possibly also some Linux kernel revisions. Partially solved for 32-bit Windows NT, 2000, XP, and 2003 guests. Requires the Guest Additions to be installed.

  • NX (no execute, data execution prevention) only works for guests running on 64-bit hosts and requires that hardware virtualization be enabled.

  • Guest control. On Windows guests, a process started using the guest control execute support will not be able to display a graphical user interface unless the user account under which it is running is currently logged in and has a desktop session.

    Also, to use accounts without or with an empty password, the guest's group policy must be changed. To do so, open the group policy editor on the command line by typing gpedit.msc, open the key Computer ConfigurationWindows SettingsSecurity SettingsLocal PoliciesSecurity Options and change the value of Accounts: Limit local account use of blank passwords to console logon only to Disabled.

  • Compacting virtual disk images is limited to VDI files. The VBoxManage modifymedium --compact command is currently only implemented for VDI files. At the moment the only way to optimize the size of a virtual disk images in other formats, such as VMDK or VHD, is to clone the image and then use the cloned image in the VM configuration.

  • OVF import/export:

    • OVF localization, with multiple languages in a single OVF file, is not yet supported.

    • Some OVF sections like StartupSection, DeploymentOptionSection, and InstallSection are ignored.

    • OVF environment documents, including their property sections and appliance configuration with ISO images, are not yet supported.

    • Remote files using HTTP or other mechanisms are not yet supported.

  • Neither scale mode nor seamless mode work correctly with guests using OpenGL 3D features, such as with Compiz-enabled window managers.

  • The RDP server in the Oracle VM VirtualBox extension pack supports only audio streams in format 22.05kHz stereo 16-bit. If the RDP client requests any other audio format there will be no audio.

  • Preserving the aspect ratio in scale mode works only on Windows hosts and on Mac OS X hosts.

  • On Mac OS X hosts, the following features are not yet implemented:

    • Numlock emulation

    • CPU frequency metric

    • Memory ballooning

  • Mac OS X guests:

    • Mac OS X guests can only run on a certain host hardware. For details about license and host hardware limitations. See Section 3.1.1, “Mac OS X Guests” and check the Apple software license conditions.

    • Oracle VM VirtualBox does not provide Guest Additions for Mac OS X at this time.

    • The graphics resolution currently defaults to 1024x768 as Mac OS X falls back to the built-in EFI display support. See Section 3.14.1, “Video Modes in EFI” for more information on how to change EFI video modes.

    • Mac OS X guests only work with one CPU assigned to the VM. Support for SMP will be provided in a future release.

    • Depending on your system and version of Mac OS X, you might experience guest hangs after some time. This can be fixed by turning off energy saving. Set the timeout to 'Never' in the system preferences.

    • By default, the Oracle VM VirtualBox EFI enables debug output of the Mac OS X kernel to help you diagnose boot problems. Note that there is a lot of output and not all errors are fatal. They would also show when using a physical Apple Macintosh computer. You can turn off these messages by using the following command:

      To revert to the previous behavior, use the following command:

    • It is currently not possible to start a Mac OS X guest in safe mode by specifying the -x option in VBoxInternal2/EfiBootArgs extradata.

  • Oracle Solaris hosts:

    • USB support on Oracle Solaris hosts requires Oracle Solaris 11 version snv_124 or later. Webcams and other isochronous devices are known to have poor performance.

    • Host Webcam passthrough is restricted to 640x480 frames at 20 frames per second due to limitations in the Oracle Solaris V4L2 API. This may be addressed in a future Oracle Solaris release.

    • No ACPI information, such as battery status or power source, is reported to the guest.

    • No support for using wireless adapters with bridged networking.

    • Crossbow-based bridged networking on Oracle Solaris 11 hosts does not work directly with aggregate links. However, you can use dladm to manually create a VNIC over the aggregate link and use that with a VM. This limitation does not exist in Oracle Solaris 11u1 build 17 and later.

  • Neither virtio nor Intel PRO/1000 drivers for Windows XP guests support segmentation offloading. Therefore Windows XP guests have slower transmission rates comparing to other guest types. Refer to MS Knowledge base article 842264 for additional information.

  • Guest Additions for OS/2. Seamless windows and automatic guest resizing will probably never be implemented due to inherent limitations of the OS/2 graphics system.

  • Some guest operating systems predating ATAPI CD-ROMs may exhibit long delays or entirely fail to boot in certain configurations. This is most likely to happen when an IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM exists alone on a primary or secondary IDE channel.

    Affected operating systems are MS OS/2 1.21: fails to boot with an error message referencing COUNTRY.SYS and MS OS/2 1.3: long boot delays. To avoid such problems, disable the emulated IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM. The guest OS cannot use this device, anyway.

Because Oracle VM VirtualBox is designed to provide a generic virtualization environment for x86 systems, it can run operating systems (OSes) of any kind. However, Oracle VM VirtualBox focuses on the following guest systems:

  • Windows NT 4.0:

    • Fully supports all versions, editions, and service packs. Note that you might encounter issues with some older service packs, so install at least service pack 6a.

    • Guest Additions are available with a limited feature set.

  • Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10 (non-Insider Preview releases), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019:

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    • Fully supports all versions, editions, and service packs, including 64-bit versions.

    • Note that you must enable hardware virtualization when running at least Windows 8.

    • Guest Additions are available.

  • MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME:

    • Limited testing has been performed.

    • Use beyond legacy installation mechanisms is not recommended.

    • Guest Additions are not available.

  • Linux 2.4:

    Limited support.

  • Linux 2.6:

    • Fully supports all versions and editions, both 32-bit and 64-bit.

    • For best performance, use at least Linux kernel version 2.6.13.

    • Guest Additions are available.

    Certain Linux kernel releases have bugs that prevent them from executing in a virtual environment. See Buggy Linux 2.6 Kernel Versions.

  • Linux 3.x and later:

    • Fully supports all versions and editions, both 32-bit and 64-bit.

    • Guest Additions are available.

  • Oracle Solaris 10 and Oracle Solaris 11:

    • Fully supports all versions starting with Oracle Solaris 10 8/08 and Oracle Solaris 11.

    • Supports 64-bit prior to Oracle Solaris 11 11/11, and 32-bit.

    • Guest Additions are available.

  • FreeBSD:

    • Limited support.

    • Note that you must enable hardware virtualization when running FreeBSD.

    • Guest Additions are not available.

  • OpenBSD:

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    • Supports at least version 3.7.

    • Note that you must enable hardware virtualization when running OpenBSD.

    • Guest Additions are not available.

  • OS/2 Warp 4.5:

    • Only MCP2 is supported. Other OS/2 versions might not work.

    • Note that you must enable hardware virtualization when running OS/2 Warp 4.5.

    • Guest Additions are available with a limited feature set. See Known Limitations.

  • Mac OS X:

    • Oracle VM VirtualBox 3.2 added experimental support for Mac OS X guests, with restrictions. See Section 3.1.1, “Mac OS X Guests” and Known Limitations.

    • Guest Additions are not available.

Oracle VM VirtualBox enables you to install and execute unmodified versions of Mac OS X guests on supported host hardware. Note that this feature is experimental and thus unsupported.

Oracle VM VirtualBox is the first product to provide the modern PC architecture expected by OS X without requiring any of the modifications used by competing virtualization solutions. For example, some competing solutions perform modifications to the Mac OS X install DVDs, such as a different boot loader and replaced files.

Vbox Guest Addition

Be aware of the following important issues before you attempt to install a Mac OS X guest:

  • Mac OS X is commercial, licensed software and contains both license and technical restrictions that limit its use to certain hardware and usage scenarios. You must understand and comply with these restrictions.

    In particular, Apple prohibits the installation of most versions of Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware.

    These license restrictions are also enforced on a technical level. Mac OS X verifies that it is running on Apple hardware. Most DVDs that accompany Apple hardware check for the exact model. These restrictions are not circumvented by Oracle VM VirtualBox and continue to apply.

  • Only CPUs that are known and tested by Apple are supported. As a result, if your Intel CPU is newer than the Mac OS X build, or if you have a non-Intel CPU, you will likely encounter a panic during bootup with an 'Unsupported CPU' exception.

    Ensure that you use the Mac OS X DVD that comes with your Apple hardware.

  • The Mac OS X installer expects the hard disk to be partitioned. So, the installer will not offer a partition selection to you. Before you can install the software successfully, start the Disk Utility from the Tools menu and partition the hard disk. Close the Disk Utility and proceed with the installation.

  • In addition, Mac OS X support in Oracle VM VirtualBox is an experimental feature. See Known Limitations.

Vbox Guest Additions For Mac Os X

Be sure to enable I/O APIC for virtual machines that you intend to use in 64-bit mode. This is especially true for 64-bit Windows VMs. See Section 3.4.2, “Advanced Tab”. For 64-bit Windows guests, ensure that the VM uses the Intel networking device because there is no 64-bit driver support for the AMD PCNet card. See Section 6.1, “Virtual Networking Hardware”.

Mac Os X Versions

If you use the Create VM wizard of the VirtualBox Manager, Oracle VM VirtualBox automatically uses the correct settings for each selected 64-bit OS type. See Section 1.7, “Creating Your First Virtual Machine”.

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