MacOS Monterey 12.3.1 install failed when installing from Recovery disk

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KonstantinB6

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I'm getting the attached error toward the end of a MacOS Monterey installation on a guest VM. I chose the "install from recovery partition" option at the start. Is there another approach I can take to install MacOS as a VM?
 

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So it sounds like Parallels can't currently be used with the latest version of Monterey? Can someone from the Parallels team please chime in?
 
I also tried download the Monterey install app and using that for the install but Parallels fails when converting it to a disk image to be used for the install. I was able to install a Big Sur VM using its installer app but I haven't tried updating that VM to Monterey yet.
 
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KonstantinB6 said:
Awesome, thanks @eliotw! We have the app file. You mentioned converting it to an image, is there a tool for that?
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After you download the installer app from that link, run it and it installs the "Big Sur" app in your Applications folder, then select that when installing a new VM and Parallels automatically converts it to some disk image and uses it for the actual VM install (that part is all under the covers except for the pop-up that tells you it's doing it).
 
Yes I'm on Intel too and I used the same exact version but ran into that error. This is pretty frustrating as a paying Parallels customer. Currently I have no way of setting up a MacOS VM.
 
KonstantinB6 said:
Yes I'm on Intel too and I used the same exact version but ran into that error. This is pretty frustrating as a paying Parallels customer. Currently I have no way of setting up a MacOS VM.
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It is frustrating, not sure why BigSur isn't working for you. Here a method I just used to convert the Big Sur app to an ISO so that Parallels doesn't try to do that itself. It worked and I was able to install a new VM using the ISO. These are the ClI commands you'd enter in the Terminal app:
hdiutil create -o /tmp/BigSur -size 14000m -volname BigSur -layout SPUD -fs HFS+J
hdiutil attach /tmp/BigSur.dmg -noverify -mountpoint /Volumes/BigSur
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/BigSur
sync
hdiutil detach "/Volumes/Install macOS Big Sur"
hdiutil detach "/Volumes/Install macOS Big Sur" -force
hdiutil convert /tmp/BigSur.dmg -format UDTO -o /tmp/BigSur.cdr
mv /tmp/BigSur.cdr ~/Desktop/BigSur.iso

I created a new VM in Parallels and manually chose the BigSur.iso file (from the Desktop) and when Parallels says it can't detect the OS type, continued and chose MacOS
(Note the second "detach" cmd with the -force option is only needed if the previous one returns an error)

Good luck!
 
You're awesome @eliotw! If only the Parallels team was as helpful as you are ;)

Do I need to convert the .pkg file I downloaded into a .dmg file? If so, how did you do that?
 
KonstantinB6 said:
You're awesome @eliotw! If only the Parallels team was as helpful as you are ;)

Do I need to convert the .pkg file I downloaded into a .dmg file? If so, how did you do that?
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You first need to run the .pkg file and it creates the "Install macOS Big Sur" app in Applications. The first "hdiutil" cmd above creates the /tmp/BigSur.dmg file.
 
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