Can't install OS X from virtual disk

[Charles B. Mc Kennie]

Apple published an article on converting “Install OS X . . . :” application into a bootable disk, ​https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372 [Create a bootable installer for OS X Mavericks or Yosemite - Apple Support]

To test this, I did the following

1. Created Virtual Disk, size 10GB. with .VMDK format, dynamically allocated, not split into files less than 2GB

2. Initialised the .VMDK file in an OS X Virtual Machine

3. With VM shutdown, removed, with Keep, the .VMDK from the VM and moved the file to a testing folder

4. Mounted the .VMDK file onto OS X Desktop, refer to ​https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=64343 [Virtual Disk Mounting tools].

5. Followed the directions of Apple’s article

6. Crafted a new OS X VM with the .VMDK boot disk as SATA disk 0 and a new .VDI as SATA disk 1

7. Requested VirtualBox to boot the VM

The Virtual Machine failed to boot, dropping into the UEFI Shell.

Tried same steps with a .VDI virtual disk with same results.

After considering, stopped VirtualBox and started VMWare Fusion. I was able to complete an OS X installation from the same .VMDK virtual disk

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virtual console

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forum post ​https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=67793

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Log file

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virtual console

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tsk

I forgot the log!

Here from a recreate, log file and its console

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macOS guest support has much improved in 6.1 and no activity for over 5 years, closing.