fix(kubevirt): boot macOS VM via OVMF + OpenCore instead of SeaBIOS#9929
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fix(kubevirt): boot macOS VM via OVMF + OpenCore instead of SeaBIOS#9929
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The macos-builder VM was stuck in SeaBIOS because no firmware.bootloader was set, so KubeVirt defaulted to SeaBIOS — which cannot load macOS. Switched to OVMF (UEFI) firmware with secureBoot disabled, enabled the SMM feature required by OVMF, and added an OpenCore bootloader disk (uploaded as a CDI DataVolume) ahead of the rootdisk in the boot order. Provisioning docs updated with the new OpenCore.qcow2 upload step from the OSX-KVM project.
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macos-builderwas getting stuck in SeaBIOS because nofirmware.bootloaderwas set, so KubeVirt fell back to BIOS — macOS cannot boot from SeaBIOS at allsecureBoot: falseand enabled the SMM feature (required by OVMF regardless of secure boot)opencore (1) → rootdisk (2) → BaseSystem iso (3)virtctl image-upload dv macos-opencorestep usingOpenCore.qcow2from the OSX-KVM repoTest plan
OpenCore.qcow2from OSX-KVM viavirtctl image-upload dv macos-opencoreangelscriptappvirtctl start macos-builder -n angelscriptvirtctl vnc macos-builder -n angelscript— confirm OpenCore boot picker appears (no more SeaBIOS)Ref #9896