39091906: 10.13.4 Installer can not be used to upgrade a 10.12.6 Virtual Machine

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Description

Summary: Unable to use macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 (b17E199) full installer to upgrade an existing 10.12.6 virtual machine running in VMware Fusion to 10.13.4. The following error is given: “You may not install to this volume because the computer is missing a firmware partition”. As a 10.13.3 (b17D47) can be used to upgrade a VM, it seems the issue was introduced with 10.13.4.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Using VMware Fusion 8.5.8 or 10.1.1 running on a macOS 10.12.6 host, create a virtual machine with a 10.12.6 guest OS. The guest OS should have one hard drive and use the recommended hardware configuration.
2. Install the VMware Fusion tools in the 10.12.6 guest
3. Download the 10.13.4 installer from the App Store
4. Launch Install macOS High Sierra.app and follow the onscreen instruction to begin an upgrade on the guest OS' hard drive.

Expected Results: The OS upgrade installer should proceed with the upgrade from 10.12.6 to 10.13.4.

Actual Results: Attempt to select the guest OS' hard drive as the target for the upgrade. The installer will give the following error:

“You may not install to this volume because the computer is missing a firmware partition”

Able to duplicate the same results:

• With the CLI startosinstall command
• Using an installer media created with createinstallmedia
• After booting to the Recovery Partition [on the guest OS/VM] and repairing the internal drive
• With an existing 10.12.6 VM and a newly created 10.12.6 VM
• With VMware Fusion 8.5.8 and 10.1.1

Version/Build: 17E199

Configuration: VMware Fusion Pro 10.1.1 virtual machine running on a macOS 10.12.6 host

- Product Version: 10.13.4 b17E199 Created: 2018-04-02T00:44:08.004630 Originated: 2018-04-01T00:00:00 Open Radar Link: http://www.openradar.me/39091906

[satoshi75nakamoto]

I've got the exact same issue.

[ileitch]

Also affecting me, if anyone knows of a workaround I'd love to hear it!

[Zeus64]

same for me, i have "You may not install to this volume because the computer is missing a firmware partition" :(

[Zeus64]

if the 10.13.3 work, how to get the 10.13.3 ?

[zhangyuanyang]

I also met the same problem. Can anyone help me?

[ileitch]

Luckily someone on our team had the 10.13.0 installer on their laptop, we used that to install, and the upgrade from 10.13.0 to 10.13.4 was successful. I don't believe Apple themselves provide old versions of macOS, at least I wasn't able to find them anywhere.

[Mtze]

Same thing here

[avgent]

Same thing here... But where can I find a 10.13.0 installer ?

[Zeus64]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49777347/how-to-install-a-version-of-macos-10-13-but-lower-than-10-13-4

[Hazoomo]

Same Problem , Please any one solved it . Where can we get 10.13.0 installer ?

[Defcon0]

Same here :-(

[ahmedmoorsi]

same problem here , any help ?

[Defcon0]

I ended up setting up a new VM with High Sierra.

[tibbus]

There's a solution for vmware fusion here : https://communities.vmware.com/thread/586127 but it didn't worked on Windows 10, it works to install the update, but it doesn't boot up after that, luckily I had a BACKUP, so be careful ! :)