DMI string too long when creating MacOS guest

[alexblond2005]

This message appears when trying to boot a new VM with standard parameters for Macos:

00:00:00.599 VMSetError: One of the DMI strings is too long. Check all bios/Dmi* configuration entries. At least 358 bytes are needed but there is no space for more than 352 bytes

Appears only in EFI mode

[Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca]

I also gets this problem with Mac OSX guest on Vbox 4.0 under Windows. However, this does not happen in Linux. The same machine in Linux works flawless. I just created a brand new Mac OSX vm, without disk, no config changed, and on boot I got this problem. It must be related to something that EFI uses in Windows but not in Linux. I guess logs info are useless but these lines:

00:00:02.344 DMI: Using DmiSystemProduct from host: 00:00:02.349 DMI: Using DmiSystemVersion from host:

Maybe my SystemProduct/Version overflows vbox limit.

[Klaus Espenlaub]

Apple's licensing conditions do not allow running OSX on non-Apple hardware.

[Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca]

How about ​http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system)|Darwin?

In Linux, the same VM, same vbox, on the same HW runs flawless. Seems to be a windows port bug for EFI support.

IMHO, the use of the tool should not matter, whether legal or not, when there is a bug.

[Frank Mehnert]

Yes, this can be considered a bug but not a blocker.

[Frank Mehnert]

Please reopen if still relevant with VBox 4.3.2.