Ubuntu 15.10 running on i5-6500 CPU.
Fedora 24 running on i5-6500 CPU.
Tested with QEMU 2.4.1 and QEMU 2.5.
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Download OS X El Capitan or macOS Sierra installer from Apple App Store.
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Run the ISO creation script, making sure to use 'sudo'.
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Copy the ISO from your Mac to your KVM machine.
See boot.sh file for an alternate to the following virsh method.
virsh --connect qemu:///system define macOS-libvirt.xml
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Redefine HDD/DVD sources in virt-manager.
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Start the VM in virt-manager and hit return in the console window.
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After booting, the initial language selection should show up.
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After selecting the language, fire-up the Disk Utility ...
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... and initialize the new harddisk.
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After disk initialization, open a terminal window (in the Utilities menu) and recursively copy the /Extra folder to the newly initialized target volume using
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When done, quit Terminal.
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Now, you can continue with the installation as usual
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When finished, the VM will reboot automatically and the first time setup continues as usual.
Host machine may need the following tweak for this to work,
echo 1 > /sys/module/kvm/parameters/ignore_msrs
Type the following in the bootloader if the guest VM fails to boot (some older ISO images may require this),
"KernelBooter_kexts"="Yes" "CsrActiveConfig"="103"
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Fritz Elfert (felfert) - cleanups, better documentation, and nicer ISO creation script
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Ian McDowell (IMcD23) - more documentation, and better ISO creation script
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voobscout - libvirt XML file