I saw “Unable to create the installation media” (无法创建安装介质) when creating VM right after download macOS High Sierra installer from Mac App Store.
To solve this:
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$ diskutil list /dev/disk0 (internal, physical): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.3 GB disk0 1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1 2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 500.1 GB disk0s2 /dev/disk1 (synthesized): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: APFS Container Scheme - +500.1 GB disk1 Physical Store disk0s2 1: APFS Volume Macintosh HD 311.1 GB disk1s1 2: APFS Volume Preboot 19.4 MB disk1s2 3: APFS Volume Recovery 509.8 MB disk1s3 4: APFS Volume VM 3.2 GB disk1s4 /dev/disk2 (disk image): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme +9.3 GB disk2 1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk2s1 2: Apple_HFS InstallESD 9.0 GB disk2s2 |
You can see an installation image named InstallESD is mounted.
Just eject this whole disk and retry VMware Fusion creation.
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$ hdiutil eject /dev/disk2 "disk2" unmounted. "disk2" ejected. $ diskutil list /dev/disk0 (internal, physical): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.3 GB disk0 1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1 2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 500.1 GB disk0s2 /dev/disk1 (synthesized): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: APFS Container Scheme - +500.1 GB disk1 Physical Store disk0s2 1: APFS Volume Macintosh HD 311.1 GB disk1s1 2: APFS Volume Preboot 19.4 MB disk1s2 3: APFS Volume Recovery 509.8 MB disk1s3 4: APFS Volume VM 3.2 GB disk1s4 |
VMware Fusion “Unable to create the installation media” by @sskaje: https://sskaje.me/2018/02/vmware-fusion-unable-create-installation-media/
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