The Virtual Machine cannot be started

Discussion in 'macOS Virtual Machine' started by Hendo63, May 26, 2014.

  1. Hendo63

    Hendo63 Bit poster

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    Basically it says it can only run on Leopard or Tiger. On this Mac I have Mountain Lion.

    Does it with either Mountain Lion or Mavericks VMs
    It gives Problem ID 397. The solution prvided doesn't help either.

    PARALLELS V9.

    ANY IDEAS?
     
  2. Ram@Parallels

    Ram@Parallels Parallels Support

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  3. Mervin@Parallels

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    Hello Hendo63,

    Please follow the steps provided below:

    1) Open the Terminal (Finder/Applications/Utilities/Terminal)
    2) Execute the following commands:

    sudo nvram 8BE4DF61-93CA-11d2-AA0D-00E098032B8C:BootCurrent=1
    or
    sudo nvram 8BE4DF61-93CA-11d2-AA0D-00E098032B8C:BootCurrent and check how it goes !
     
  4. Hendo63

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    Thanks for the replies.

    Of course I'm Mountain Lion 64 Bit, I'm just trying to create a virtual Mountain Lion for testing on my Mac and getting the message stated.

    What does the sudo nvram command you suggest actually do?
     
  5. Abdul@Parallels

    Abdul@Parallels Parallels Support

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    Hi Hendo63,

    The "sudo nvram" Sets the nvram boot-args on the current machine to boot-args. This flag should only be used on the target machine (which is contrary to all other usage cases, when it is used on the host). If boot-args is not passed, the tool will prompt the user as to which boot-args are to be set.
     

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