Cleared pcbios data and it booted

solidworks-vmfix.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/bash
+# Adapted from https://outerrim.dev/posts/solidworks-vm/
+# Execute as "solidworks-vmfix.sh [vmname]"
+VMNAME=$1
+rand9="abcdefghi" #any 9 character string
+rand20="abdcefghijklmnopqrst" #any 20 character string
+rand8="abcdefgh" #any 8 character string
+boottype="efi" #efi or pcibios
+echo "Setting up $boottype settings that Solidworks is checking for on VM $VMNAME"
+echo "You can check settings by typing:  vboxmanage getextradata $VMNAME enumerate"
+
+VBoxManage setextradata $VMNAME "VBoxInternal/Devices/$boottype/0/Config/DmiBIOSVendor" "American Megatrends Inc"
+VBoxManage setextradata $VMNAME "VBoxInternal/Devices/$boottype/0/Config/DmiBIOSVersion" "2.1.0"
+VBoxManage setextradata $VMNAME "VBoxInternal/Devices/$boottype/0/Config/DmiSystemVendor" "ASUSTek Computer"
+VBoxManage setextradata $VMNAME "VBoxInternal/Devices/$boottype/0/Config/DmiSystemSerial" $rand9
+
+## if you have to clear them out, leave the value empty
+#vboxmanage setextradata $VMNAME "VBoxInternal/Devices/$boottype/0/Config/DmiBIOSVendor"
+#VBoxManage setextradata $VMNAME "VBoxInternal/Devices/$boottype/0/Config/DmiBIOSVersion"
+#VBoxManage setextradata $VMNAME "VBoxInternal/Devices/$boottype/0/Config/DmiSystemVendor"
+#VBoxManage setextradata $VMNAME "VBoxInternal/Devices/$boottype/0/Config/DmiSystemSerial"
+
+
+
+# VBoxManage setextradata $VMNAME "VBoxInternal/Devices/ahci/0/Config/Port0/SerialNumber" $rand20
+
+# VBoxManage setextradata $VMNAME "VBoxInternal/Devices/ahci/0/Config/Port0/FirmwareRevision" $rand8
+# VBoxManage setextradata $VMNAME "VBoxInternal/Devices/ahci/0/Config/Port0/ModelNumber" "SEAGATE ST3750525AS"