Error with new sequoia image

[matzuk]

Hey folks,

I wanted to try a Virtual machine with the new MacOS version on the board.
Pulling was successful: docker pull ghcr.io/cirruslabs/macos-sequoia-vanilla:15.1-beta-1
However, any attempt to run or clone this VM fails with the following error:

Error: dataCorrupted(Swift.DecodingError.Context(codingPath: [CodingKeys(stringValue: "hardwareModel", intValue: nil)], debugDescription: "", underlyingError: nil))

The Host's MacOS version is 14.4.1.

[edigaryev]

Related to #851.

[matzuk]

@edigaryev I guess it should be fixed, but it is not. Right? Am I doing something wrong?

[fkorotkov]

We started building the images on Sequoia again to support Apple Login (see #722). Since there is a public beta now we decided to switch.

You can download the *.ipsw for Sequoia and build it locally via tart create --from-ipsw UniversalMac_15.1_24B5009l_Restore.ipsw sequpia

[matzuk]

@fkorotkov got it, thank you!

[iby]

Should building work on Sonoma, though? I can't seem to run the latest OCI from cirruslabs/macos-image-templates, nor I can build my own from IPSW… 🤔

tart create --from-ipsw UniversalMac_15.1_24B5024e_Restore.ipsw seq1
Installing OS...
0%
Error: A software update is required to complete the installation. Installation requires a software update.

Just updated Sonoma to latest stable release – still getting the software update error.

[edigaryev]

@iby you need to install latest version of Xcode, see #514 for more details.

16.1 beta worked for me when installing UniversalMac_15.0_24A5327a_Restore.ipsw.

The installation of UniversalMac_15.1_24B5024e_Restore.ipsw, however, seems to crash with the following entry in the Console app:

com.apple.Virtua@80000000: AppleUSBUserHCIUserClient::hardwareException: type 2 (IOUSBHostCIExceptionTypeTerminated)

I'm getting this on Sonoma 14.6.1, it could be due to the fact that it expects a Sequoia on the host.

[iby]

@edigaryev thanks for the tip! Sounds like there's no way to run the latest Sequoia on Sonoma? Or am I missing something?

I'm wondering, because earlier Sequoia versions could be ran on Sonoma… but we couldn't upgrade from within guest because it was lacking a restore partition… so, if I create an older version from IPSW with restore partition and upgrade to the latest Beta? Or is there a more straight forward approach?

[edigaryev]

The installation of UniversalMac_15.1_24B5024e_Restore.ipsw, however, seems to crash with the following entry in the Console app:

This seems to be now fixed in 15.1 beta 3 (24B5035e) and the installation works just fine on Sonoma 14.6.1.