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This is due to the fact that OSX VMs are running in EFI boot mode only.įear not, there is a way to get it to boot: Only to notice that the iso wouldn't boot.

Since I didn't have time to place a purchase request and didn't have much time, I used a PartedMagic iso I already had in one of my Datastores.

Acquire iPartiton and let it do its magic to fix your issue (very quick).

Use PartedMagic to fix the issue (free, simple and quick).

Use the terminal to move the recovery partition so you can resize the main one (hard, error prone).

Build a VM from scratch (long and annoying).

No matter how many times you try it won't work. If you attempt to grow the disk, you will get a "Partition failed" error message in OSX "MediaKit reports partition (map) too small.". Just make sure you don't check the "Edit virtual hardware (Experimental)" box as it may blow your template up. While the templating and integration is not as great as with Windows and Linux, you can deploy VMs in a reasonably short amount of time. That means you can virtualize OSX on supported and recent hardware.

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One of the great things in vSphere 5.1 is that the Mac Pro is a fully supported server for ESXi.

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So I guess I solved the problem from above but I think I need some more help (I'm actually laughing as I write this) : I will return this god forsaken time abyss PC to the store.Resizing an OSX partition on a VM hosted on ESXi.

I press the power button and absolutely nothing happens, just like if I was trying to power on a brick. That's when I decided to try to boot from a Ubuntu install disc, with the hope that I had overcome the boot loop problem and that now osx was the problem (which is probably to be expected since this is a 100% legit osx version, not something to build hackintoshes).Īnd that's when I got that epic result : after having inserted the disc and forced the computer to reboot it turned out I'm not even able to switch my computer on anymore. I observed the same blank but switched-on screen as in step 2 but without the loop.

Then I enabled legacy support which is useful for some "old" OS then booted on the osx dongle. I first changed the way USB behaves during boot and set the computer to recognize USB as 2.0 during pre-os stage then enable USB 3.0 afterwards. On this basis, I decided it wasn't Ubuntu related and tried to toggle the settings that seemed relevant in the bios, one by one.

HP pavilion : the boot loop I described above.

Old PC : nothing, just an underscore prompt blinking on the screen (which was to be expected since it is amd-based).

As I have installed OSX mountain lion on my old Mac today (a third computer) via USB, I decided to use it as a test specimen. In order to check if it was Ubuntu related my plan was to boot from some other USB-based unix both with my old computer (that actually boots Ubuntu) and with my new HP pavilion g6 2255, then compare. But the computer "runs short of time" and reboots. Actually I don't even believe this problem is related to Ubuntu since when I press escape during step 2, I can almost access the computer boot/bios menu.

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What can I do to overcome this bootloop? I read about setting modset=0 in the boot config file, in order to circumvent the lack of drivers for some recent graphical cards, but I'm not certain that would resolve my boot loop problemĪs asked in the comment beneath, no text gets printed during the process I described. My usb key works fine as I can boot from it with another computer. I also tried to boot from a live usb key with the same results.

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I reproduced these steps with Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04 both in 32 and 64 bits either from a CD or a usb key.

a few seconds later, the screen is switched on but remains blank and dark.

I'd like to install Ubuntu on a pavilion g6 2255 but unfortunately the computer enters an endless loop during boot.