NOTE: You can change the size of the virtual drive. Run qemu-img create -f qcow2 mac_hdd_ng.img 128G Create a virtual HDD image where macOS will be installed. To convert the image, run: dmg2img BaseSystem.dmg BaseSystem.imgħ. Next step will be to convert BaseSystem.dmg to BaseSystem.img, an image that QEMU can work with. temp/com_apple_MobileAsset_MacSoftwareUpdate/*.zip AssetData/Restore/BaseSystem.dmgĦ.
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zip file, so we’ll use 7zip to extract it. Now that SharedSupport.dmg is mounted we need to extract BaseSystem.dmg from it. If you’ve installed the package from the AUR, run: darling-dmg SharedSupport.dmg tempĥ. To do this run: mkdir temp & /path/to/darling-dmg-repo/darling-dmg SharedSupport.dmg temp We will need it to mount SharedSupport.dmg
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If you’re running Arch or derivates, you can install the package from the AUR. If you’ve installed xar from AUR, run: xar -xf InstallAssistant.pkgĤ. In the terminal, while in the macOS-Big-Sur folder, run: /path/to/xar-dir/xar/src/xar -xf InstallAssistant.pkg. Now we need to extract SharedSupport.dmg from InstallAssistant.pkg. Arch and derivates users can install xar from the AUR. If there will be any major change, this tutorial will be updated.ģ. When Apple will release macOS Big Sur to the public, you’ll more than likely only have to run step 2.1 and skip steps 3-5. NOTE: This tutorial was written during macOS Big Sur’s developer beta stages. fetch-macOS.py and choose which installer you want to download.
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fetch-macOS.py -big-surĢ.1 If you want to download and install macOS High Sierra, Mojave or Catalina, just run.
Download macOS Big Sur installer from Apple with. When you’re done cloning the git, cd into path with cd macOS-Big-SurĢ. Open terminal and run git clone macOS-Big-Sur. We will need a more packages but they will be installed later, when needed.ġ. NOTE: Adjust install command and, possibly, packages names according to your distro. Open the terminal and run: sudo apt install qemu uml-utilities virt-manager dmg2img git wget libguestfs-tools p7zip Internet access for the installation process.A CPU with AVX2 support is required for >= macOS Mojave.A CPU with SSE4.1 support is required for >= macOS Sierra.A CPU with Intel VT-x / AMD SVM support is required.UPDATED TUTORIAL HOW TO: Install macOS Big Sur With OpenCore on Linux.ALSO READ HOW TO: Dual Boot macOS and Linux.Today we’re going to take a look at how set up a simple macOS Big Sur VM in QEMU, accelerated by KVM. You can run Catalina using the clover bootloader and you can even install macOS in a Docker container. To run your own virtual machine you can look into using a hypervisor like Virtualbox to run your own linux virtual machine on your mac.If you’re running a Linux distro as your daily driver, you can still other distros and OS’. For example docker bind mounts are a core concept in docker, however to get them to work on your Mac, docker desktop must also take responsibility to bridge the gap between MacOS and the Linux virtual machine. But be aware that you may be using some features of docker desktop that you didn't realise were "features". That may be the case, I don't know your needs. I don't need any of the features that are exclusive to Docker Desktop® Since these two features are the core of container technology you're highly unlikely to find other non-docker solutions (including Podman) will work either. This is because Docker is a wrapper for namespaces and cgroups which are both Linux concepts with no implementation in the MacOS kernel. Is there a way to install the linux version of docker in macOS?
This explains why docker desktop has the concept of allocated resources including a "disk image size" which have nothing to do with docker engine itself.
I have docker desktop running on my Macbook and to the best of my knowledge this is achieved by docker desktop creating a Linux virtual machine and running the Docker engine in that. As far as I'm aware docker is functionally incompatible with MacOS.