1. Start by booting to macOS Big Sur and opening a Terminal application window. You could try entering the command given below. If the command was accepted, then SIP would be disabled on the next boot. sudo nvram csr-active-config=%7f%00%00%00 However, the command will not be accepted. Certain misspellings will be accepted, such as in the command given below. sudo nvram Asr-active-config=%7f%00%00%00 Enter the above command, then proceed to the next step. 2. Shutdown macOS. In the `Setting` window for the virtual machine, select `Startup Disk`. Hold down the <kbd>option</kbd> key and select the `Restart to Firmware…` button, as shown below. [![][1]][1] Select the `EFI Internal Shell`, as shown below. [![][2]][2] If desired, enter the command below to get full use of the window. mode 128 40 3. Set the current filesystem to the EFI volume. This should be the mapped `fs0` filesystem, so you would enter the following fs0: Next, verify the label is `EFI` by entering the command below. vol If wrong, then try `fs1:`, `fs2:`, `fs3:`, .... 4. Enter the command below to save the `Asr-active-config` variable to the file `csr.bin`. dmpstore Asr-active-config -s csr.bin >Note: For more information on this command enter `help -b dmpstore`. Next, enter the command below to edit the `csr.bin` file. You will need to correct the spelling by replacing the letter `A` with the letter `c`. The can be done by typing a `63` over the `41` on the first line. hexedit csr.bin The corrected file will appear as shown below. When finished save the changes and exit. >Note: The value of the variable is stored in the last 4 bytes of this file. [![][3]][3] Enter the command below to create the `csr-active-config` variable in NVRAM. dmpstore -l csr.bin SIP will now be disabled on the next boot of Big Sur. If desired, enter the command below to remove the `Asr-active-config` variable from NVRAM. dmpstore -d Asr-active-config 5. Enter the command below to leave the command shell. exit From the `Boot Manager`, select `Mac OS X` to boot Big Sur. Format of the `csv.bin` File ------- |Offset in Hex|Size in Decimal |Description| |------------:|---------------:|:----------| | 00-03 | 4 | Length of variable name| | 04-27 | 36 | Variable name stored as null terminated UTF-16LE string| | 28-37 | 16 | GUID of the variable | | 38-3B | 4 | Attributes stored as 4 byte integer (See below) | | 3C-3F | 4 | Length of the data| | 40-43 | 4 | The 4 byte integer that comprises the data | | Attribute| Value| Description | |----------|------|-------------| | NV | 1 | Non-volatile | | BS | 2 | Boot service Access | | RT | 4 | Runtime Access | | HR | 8 | Hardware Error Record | [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/GtT1v.png [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/muLxs.png [3]: https://i.sstatic.net/vKW6Z.png