It is stuck at the below image in virt-manager

[mail-vishalgarg]

[mail-vishalgarg]

any suggestion here? How to move forward?

[notAperson535]

@mail-vishalgarg Can you try pressing enter?

[MattyInIt]

You're currently stuck at the Clover bootloader screen (Boot macOS Install from macOS Base System) inside Virt-Manager using QEMU/KVM. This is a common issue when trying to virtualize macOS. Here’s how to fix or troubleshoot this step.

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✅ Most Common Fix: Use Arrow Keys & Boot Verbosely

1. Select "Boot macOS Install from macOS Base System" using your arrow keys.
2. Press Space.
3. Select Boot with verbose (-v) and hit Enter.

This will boot macOS with verbose mode so you can see where it's stuck.

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🔧 If it hangs or reboots

If the verbose output shows it getting stuck (e.g. on Still waiting for root device, kernel panic, etc), here are common root causes:

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🔁 Fix 1: Use -vga std and remove qxl

If you didn't already change your basic.sh as I suggested earlier, do it now:

❌ Old:

-vga qxl

✅ New:

-vga std

Then re-run the script.

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🔁 Fix 2: Check BaseSystem.img Format

Make sure your BaseSystem.img is a valid raw disk image, not an ISO or .dmg. It should not be a DMG without conversion.

If you're using a .dmg, convert it with:

qemu-img convert -f raw -O raw BaseSystem.dmg BaseSystem.img

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🔁 Fix 3: Replace ich9-ahci with ide

Sometimes macOS doesn’t like ich9-ahci or SATA bus types on QEMU.

Try replacing:

-device ich9-ahci,id=sata

with simpler IDE:

# remove sata controller entirely

Then change the drive connections from bus=sata.X to:

-drive id=ESP,if=ide,format=qcow2,file=ESP.qcow2
-drive id=InstallMedia,format=raw,if=ide,file=BaseSystem.img
-drive id=SystemDisk,if=ide,file=MyDisk.qcow2

(You can keep the id= and if=ide — just ensure they’re not tied to bus=sata.X.)

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💡 Additional tips

• Make sure your CPU has VT-x/VT-d enabled in BIOS.
• Use Penryn CPU type (you're doing this correctly).
• Your MyDisk.qcow2 must be blank or pre-partitioned HFS/APFS.
• If you're using OpenCore instead of Clover, behavior may differ.

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✅ Next Step

Try booting with verbose mode (-v) so we can see where it stops.

If you're still stuck, please send a screenshot of the verbose output, or describe where it stops (last line of text), and I’ll help you debug it step-by-step.