A good summary is provided by schrodingercat on that same page.

Running the new os in a virtualized environment is the way to go.

The only problem is, sometimes the new OS will not install on the current version of VMware Fusion or Parallels Desktop.

Some reports say that after installing VM tools the system boots fine YMMV.

Parallels Tools VM can get stuck on a black screen after the reboot.

Keyboard Login Issues Getting reports that VMs are not accepting certain keys.

You need to hold FN key to make them work.

ApplicationsInstall macOS Beta.appContentsResourcescreateinstallmedia --nointeraction --volume Volumesinstallbuild.

Dmg To Vmware Mac Compatibility Note

Mac Compatibility Note if the hw.model is not supported for Big Sur the install will fail.

You can fake it by setting a different hw.model and board-id.

Be sure to check the compatibility list here.

I did a fresh install of Catalina 10.15.4 in a new VM, copied the macOS Beta installer to the VM, and ran the installer.

Note that I did not install the VMware Tools to the VM prior to installing macOS Beta.

I had a prior Catalina VM with the Tools installed, and upgrading to the macOS Beta resulted in failures at the login screen after the Beta upgrade.

So do the Beta upgrade on a fresh Catalina install and it should work fine (at least from 10.15.4).

Please note, if I added board-id.reflectHost TRUE to the.vmx, the Fusion refused to boot the VM with an error that the vmx file is corrupted.

Download Beta 6. Set the following values set under Hardware Boot Order Advanced Settings Boot Flags.

Create a 2nd admin account.

Big Sur install.

Some users are saying that they cant login with the original account.

You can get the correct hardware values by running the following commands.

Used createinstallmedia to target an empty 12GB.dmg on the host Mounted the.dmg as a disc to the 10.15 VM.

Booted directly to the Installer disc (change boot order in Parallels).

Erased the disk as APFS in 10.16 Recovery Initiated install (disconnected disc after first reboot).

When it reboots at the end of the install App it simply fails half way through the Appple Logo boot process (progress bar about half way) and goes back and reboots again in loop.

However on Big Sur systems, Fusion operates entirely without kexts.

Dmg To Vmware Download Beta 2

Can I just use System Preferences Software Update Will that work, or do I need to download Beta 2 externally again and make a new installer and a new VM.

Clicking the area where the clock would be, crashes the OS, and takes me back to the login screen.

I recommend that everyone who is encountering this issue log a feedback report with Apple so that they can take a look at it (I dont think its Parallels-relatedIve seen and heard reports that its happening on Fusion as well but it would be nice to have that verified).

I have to say I am a bit confused about the role of the VM Tools, it is not clear to me whether they do harm on the host system or the client VM.

Install Mac Dmg To Vmware