Re: How to start up in single-user or verbose mode INSIDE a virtual machine?
In relation to# sudo nvram boot-args="-s" I guess that is for the Terminal to start the main Mac (host) in single-user mode, not the virtual Mac (guest). Right? But you can also start the main Mac (OS...
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Upgrading/uninstalling/reinstalling does not remove any Virtual Machines you've created, just like doing the same with about every other application it typically does not remove the "work product"...
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On the other hand, is it possible to access verbose mode for Mac OS X VM?I cannot find "Switching Mac OS to Verbose Mode" in the VMware Knowledge Base.Thanks.
View ArticleRe: How to start up in single-user or verbose mode INSIDE a virtual machine?
VirtualMac2009 wrote: In relation to# sudo nvram boot-args="-s" I guess that is for the Terminal to start the main Mac (host) in single-user mode, not the virtual Mac (guest). Right? Yes, that is done...
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Re: How to start up in safe boot or safe mode INSIDE a virtual machine?
Thanks, WoodyZ. Is it possible to start up in safe mode before the virtual machine boots and shows the Mac Desktop? I mean, imagine that the VM does not boot but gets stuck or something. Is it possible...
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WoodyZ, Thanks. Yet, if I open Terminal in the VM and type# sudo nvram boot-args="-s"and press the carriage return, nothing happens. If I type insteadsudo nvram boot-args="-s" then I get: WARNING:...
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Re: How to start up in single-user or verbose mode INSIDE a virtual machine?
Yet, if I open Terminal in the VM and type# sudo nvram boot-args="-s"and press the carriage return, nothing happens. Yes, something happened and at this point you now reboot so as to utilize the mode...
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My VMware Fusion has recently started exhibiting rather strange behavior. Occasionally I'll leave the computer (or will just be working in another window) and return to find that the program has...
View ArticleRe: How to start up in single-user or verbose mode INSIDE a virtual machine?
Well, I see nothing happening. The Terminal window remains on as the Desktop does. This is from the Terminal: Mac-OS-X-Server-10-6-x:~ me$ # sudo nvram boot-args="-s"Mac-OS-X-Server-10-6-x:~ me$ sudo...
View ArticleRe: How to start up in safe boot or safe mode INSIDE a virtual machine?
Is it possible to start up in safe mode before the virtual machine boots and shows the Mac Desktop? I mean, imagine that the VM does not boot but gets stuck or something. Is it possible to start up...
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Re: How to start up in single-user or verbose mode INSIDE a virtual machine?
VirtualMac2009 wrote: Well, I see nothing happening. The Terminal window remains on as the Desktop does. This is from the Terminal: Mac-OS-X-Server-10-6-x:~ me$ # sudo nvram...
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......same error under Fusion for a Windows Server 2008 R2 guest. I suspected ths would be the case. Again, Parallels does not suffer the same problem. If I get a chance I will spin up a Win8 guest on...
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Hi all folks,I got a new nice ISO Keyboard (102/105 Keys) but Fusion (the Guests) handle the ISO Keyboard like an ANSI Keybord (101/104 Keys).The key row above the space key contain 10 keys only, but...
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Same thing happen to me, I try to using both Parallels and VMware Fusion, the VMware fusion today crash again, the vm cannot copy and paste to other location, keep saying some file cannot be read and...
View ArticleRe: How to start up in single-user or verbose mode INSIDE a virtual machine?
With that it reboots into the command-line interface, but then it gets stuck there and I cannot type anything as explained above, including the screen capture "StuckAtTextCommandConsole.pdf" (above)....
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Re: How to start up in single-user or verbose mode INSIDE a virtual machine?
Do you have a proper backup of this Virtual Machine? If not, why not!? Is there User Data that needs to be recovered from this Virtual Machine?
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Re: How to start up in single-user or verbose mode INSIDE a virtual machine?
UPDATE. This is amazing. If in the stuck command-line console I type exit (I see nothing written there) and press the carriage return, it boots after a few seconds into the VM Desktop. But every time...
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Thanks. Typing in Terminalsudo nvram boot-args=""and the password when prompted afterwads, and then carriage return reboots automatically. But it gets stuck again in the command-line console.Typing...
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but if I reboot or shut down and boot, the issue persists (shows again the command-line console). In a Terminal, what it the output of the following command? I'm mainly interested to see the line that...
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