It's not really a question: just sharing my experiences with the macOS users in the class.
TL;DR Don't upgrade to the latest version of macOS Big Sur if you still want to be able to do the labs :)
There is currently no stable version of Virtualbox that will work with macOS Big Sur 11.0.1:
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/19795#comment:57 (last comment on that ticket was 4 hours ago).
I, unfortunately, did the upgrade, and now I cannot boot a single VM from Virtualbox.
The fix seems to upgrade to a test version of VM (x.17), but in order to do this, you'll have to downgrade the security on your mac...quite a boring procedure I might add.
Do not upgrade to macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 if you want virtualbox to work
by David Dieulivol -
Number of replies: 5
In reply to David Dieulivol
Re: Do not upgrade to macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 if you want virtualbox to work
by Andrea Veneziano -
Hi,
I'm using Virtualbox 6.1.16 r140961 on macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 without any problem ;)
In reply to Andrea Veneziano
Re: Do not upgrade to macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 if you want virtualbox to work
by David Dieulivol -
Good for you then :). I had the same versions as you did, and it started crashing all of a sudden...
In reply to Andrea Veneziano
Re: Do not upgrade to macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 if you want virtualbox to work
Me too
In reply to David Dieulivol
Re: Do not upgrade to macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 if you want virtualbox to work
by David Dieulivol -
In case it's crashing like it did for me, the steps described in this thread worked for me (https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/19795#comment:57).
1. Disable SIP on your mac: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/disabling_and_enabling_system_integrity_protection
2. Get the latest test version of Virtualbox (I have 6.1.17 r141652 (Qt5.6.3))
3. Install it, restart your computer, and hopefully, it should all work out.
Cheers.
In reply to David Dieulivol
Re: Do not upgrade to macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 if you want virtualbox to work
by Sébastien Ollquist -
Also note that you can install your VM on the latest version of VMware fusion 12 pro (free with epfl student license) and it also works :)
