OS X El Capitan - Boot Failed. EFI DVD/CDROM

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  1. FarhanA

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    I am trying to install El Capitan *Public* beta version (available here) in Parallels Desktop version 10.2.2. I followed this tutorial to create the bootable dmg and mounted it in a new VM that I created following that tutorial (OS X type with no USB 3.0 and other configuration changes). When I start the VM it says...

    Boot Failed. EFI Hard Drive
    Boot Failed. EFI DVD/CDROM


    ...and then falls to EFI Shell as shown below. Any ideas on how to fix this?
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  2. FarhanA

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    Anyone?
     
  3. ReneB2

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  4. FarhanA

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    Thanks, ReneB2! It's a long workaround, but I can put up with it :) I am installing Yosemite from the recovery partition and will report back once I am able to upgrade.
     
  5. FarhanA

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    Different problem. For some reason my primary HD in the VM has a corrupt partition. When I repair disk it says...

    Invalid B-Tree node size
    The volume could not be verified completely.

    For some reason I can't boot into recovery. I tried Cmd+R without any luck, and then tried this method, but I don't see com.apple.recovery.boot on any of the partitions :(
     
  6. FarhanA

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    After a reinstall I was able to get recovery to boot, but erasing the base HD and reinstalling OS X Yosemite still results in similar issues with the primary hard disk. I have a late 15" 2013 Macbook Pro and all other virtual machines seem to work fine. Even with Yosemite the install works fine and it runs OK, but when I go to upgrade to El Capitan then it complains that it cannot continue because it cannot verify the disk. Any ideas?
     
  7. RoelandR

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    in Parallels Desktop Version 11.0.1 (31277) the default is to disable the efi boot (see the xml in config.vps file inside the vm package)
    <Bios dyn_lists="">
    <EfiEnabled>0</EfiEnabled>
    </Bios>
    you could try to place in the boot menu vm.bios.efi=0 or vm.bios.efi=1
    use the vm configure menu >> the tab hardware >> select boot order >> Advanced Settings.
    In my case the file system check (I tried to upgrade from a vm based on 10.10.5 recovery disk)
    is stil detecting the VM hdd as corrupted.
    using the GM did not work either, it doesn't contain a bootable partition or is not compatible with latest Parallels Desktop.
    I only succeeded on using the Developer Beta.
     
    Last edited: Sep 15, 2015
  8. michiboa

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