Install El Capitan in Parallels 12 VM in Sierra

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VincentP4

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I have a late 2016 MBP with the latest Parallels ( 12 ) and would like to install an El Capitan Virtual machine. Can I do it? How?
 
This looks like the article I tried previously, but was unsuccessful. I will give it a second attempt and pay closer detailed to attention, in case I made a mistake.

Is installing El Capitan in a parallels 12 virtual machine meant to be supported?
 
Paraphrasing the error, it failed complaining that the installer could not be verified is corrupt. I have since gone to the App Store, but am unable to download a new copy of the installer since I am running sierra on a late 2016 MacBook Pro.

Any suggestions? I have found an installer through bit torrent, but I'm not overly optimistic.
 
I managed to locate an El Capitan installer from a backup and had success with that. Thanks!!

Is there a way to install on a physical hard drive partition for speed?
 
VincentP4 said:
I managed to locate an El Capitan installer from a backup and had success with that. Thanks!!
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Glad to know you were able to get it working.
VincentP4 said:
Is there a way to install on a physical hard drive partition for speed?
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Installing an OS under Parallels Desktop means we're creating a virtual machine, which is just a file. The concept of partitioning a hard drive is irrelevant here. If this doesn't answer your question, then please rephrase it.
 
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