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update VirtualBox settings to match current built-in OS X template #45

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update VirtualBox settings to match current built-in OS X template
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update README to reflect that cpuidset is no longer needed
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Expand Up @@ -130,16 +130,6 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
end
```

#### Additional VM configuration for Packer

So far we've seen that the `--cpuidset` option needs to be passed to `modifyvm` as a line in the packer template if a Haswell Intel Mac is used to build the VM, at least as of VirtualBox 4.3.12. It seems to cause a VM crash on at least one older Mac, a Core 2 Duo-based 2010 Mac Mini, though did not cause issues on an Ivy Bridge 2013 iMac I tested. If it's missing on a Haswell Mac, however, the VM hangs indefinitely. This behaviour is likely to change over time as Oracle keeps up with support for OS X guests.

```json
"vboxmanage": [
["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--cpuidset", "00000001", "000306a9", "00020800", "80000201", "178bfbff"],
]
```


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"boot_wait": "2s",
"disk_size": 40960,
"guest_additions_mode": "disable",
"guest_os_type": "MacOS109_64",
"guest_os_type": "MacOS1011_64",
"hard_drive_interface": "sata",
"iso_checksum_type": "md5",
"iso_checksum": "{{user `iso_checksum`}}",
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["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--boot1", "dvd"],
["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--boot2", "disk"],
["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--chipset", "ich9"],
["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--cpuidset", "00000001", "000306a9", "00020800", "80000201", "178bfbff"],
["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--firmware", "efi"],
["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--hpet", "on"],
["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--keyboard", "usb"],
["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--memory", "2048"],
["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--mouse", "usbtablet"],
["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--vram", "9"]
["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--usbehci", "on"],
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This --usbehci option seems to be the one that causes the storageattach error I just mentioned. I can set all other values in this diff and it boots, but I get the VBoxManage error with --usbehci on.

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Hang on, I just had a thought—have you installed the VirtualBox extension pack?

I bet it’s failing because the EHCI components are separately licensed and only available in the extension pack.

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Ha! That was totally it.

["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--vram", "16"],
["storagectl", "{{.Name}}", "--name", "IDE Controller", "--remove"]
]
}
],
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"facter_version": "latest",
"hiera_version": "latest",
"install_vagrant_keys": "true",
"iso_checksum": "aff67f81dfbad7afda56c423473d61a6",
"iso_url": "OSX_InstallESD_10.9.3_13D65.dmg",
"iso_checksum": "b78fef812ca50da24381e45e56fb9285",
"iso_url": "OSX_InstallESD_10.11.1_15B42.dmg",
"password": "vagrant",
"puppet_version": "latest",
"update_system": "true",
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