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Advertisements How to install Snow Leopard in VMWARE 7 and Windows host? Virtualization of Snow Leopard (Client) is not officially supported/allowed by any virtualization solution. However a few modifications to the.vmx file and use a modified install disk as this will save a lot of trouble.
Let me clear Apple licensing does not allow for the virtualization of OSX Client on any hardware and only allows for the virtualization OSX server on Apple hardware. Anything else is in violation of the license agreement. This article is for informational purposes only, you can never achieve full utilization of Mac OS X on VMWARE. So if you like the Mac then go ahead and buy a Mac. Also Check — for sound, graphics related mods after installation. More Article of Interest.
Requirements. VMWARE 7 and Windows XP, Vista or 7. Retail DVD of Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6. Intel Based Machine, AMD isn’t supported. Patience, a Cup of coffee or Energy drink whatever you like.
A pre-made Snow Leopard VMDK, dariwnsnow.iso Download ( ), ( ) Or Instructions Step One: Launch VMWARE Workstation and load the.vmx that came with the package you downloaded above. Now edit virtual machine settings for advance options. Step Two: Edit the VMWARE settings eg: Memory, Processor, Networking Adaptors etc. Select CD/DVD drive options and in Connection select Use ISO image file and browse the DarwinSnow.iso Step Three: Now power on the virtual machine and keep your finger on F8 key.
Hit F8 very quickly on your Keyboard you will be prompted with the following screen Step Four: Like Boot 132 method now you need to replace the boot cd with the Snow Leopard Retail Install DVD. Right click on the CD icon in bottom of the VMWARE windows and click on Settings option. Now change the options from ISO image to use physical drive and make sure you have Retail DVD already installed. Save and Exit Step Five: Now navigate to boot screen and press “C” on your keyboard to select “Boot DVD”, again press F8 for advance options and type -v at the boot prompt then hit enter for booting with verbose mode. Step Six: Now wait for 2-3 minutes and your Installation screen will appear. Now you can install Snow Leopard as usual.
Before choosing the destination open Disk Utility and erase your Vmware HDD in to “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)” format type. Under customization deselect printer drivers and language translations for trouble free installation.Once installation finishes your virtual machine will reboot automatically. Step Seven: Follow Step Two again “Select CD/DVD drive options and in Connection select Use ISO image file and browse the DarwinSnow.iso” now you can boot in to Snow Leopard you may need to force restart 2-3 times if Kernel Panic happens, once machine boot successfully you can set your preference etc. Credits Major credit goes to Prasys a.k.a.
Pradessh you can follow prasys on Twitter and his blog. You can follow us on twitter You can also subscribe to our. Known Issues. At step 3 when I am supposed to hit f8 I keep getting a repeated error message: “EBIOS read error: Error 0x31 Block 0 Sectors 4” The boot menu still comes up and i can continue to step 5 when I punch in -v to start with diagnostic message but when I do it starts to load and VMWare has a error message pop up that says “A fault has occurred causing a virtual CPU to enter the shutdown state.
If this fault had occurred outside of a virtual machine, it would have caused the physical machine to restart. The shutdown state can be reached by incorrectly configuring the virtual machine, a bug in the guest operating system, or a problem in VMware Workstation.Click OK to restart the virtual machine or Cancel to power off the virtual machine.” I have tried for a few months to get this to work with no avail. Does anyone know what to do? I am having the same problem as MDH.
Here are my steps: 1. Open Mac OS X Server 10.6 (experimental) 2. Set the CD/DVD drive to the darwinsnow.iso file. Power it up, hit F8 to get the boot options 4.
Click on the cd icon in the bottom right corner, then Settings 5. Set the CD/DVD drive to my CDROM drive and set the device status to “Connect” (I have my Snow Leopard 10.6.3 disc in the drive at this point). Exit Settings, type ‘c’, hit f8 when it prompts me and then type ‘-v’ and hit enter. At this point it runs a bunch of code and then gives me the following popup: “A virtual CPU has entered the shutdown state.
This would have caused a physical machine to restart. This can be caused by an incorrect configuration of the virtual machine, a bug in the operating system or a problem in the VMware Workstation software. Press OK to restart the virtual machine or Cancel to power off the virtual machine.” If I restart it gives me ‘Operating System not found’ What am I doing wrong? I have a Toshiba R835-P56X with an i5-2410M processor on Windows 7 64bit. Hi, I have a fairly new Sony Vaio laptop. Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, 8GB RAM, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 video card, Intell quad core i5 CPU M580 @ 2.67 GHz. So I think it should be able to run Snow Leopard 10.6.3, which I bought.
I’m using VMware Workstation 7.1.3 build-324285. I am not able to get past step 5. When I try that step it begins the verbose install for a few seconds and then it stops with the following error: “A virtual CPU has entered the shutdown state. This would have caused a physical machine to restart” Is my problem that this setup is for 10.6 but I have the 10.6.3 retail DVD?
I have gone into the BIOS to make sure the virtualization function was enabled, btw. Help is appreciated! Hi all, I wanted OSX so I could try doing some dev work for the ipad. Unfortunately I don’t have cash for a new Mac so this was really my best option. I’m running Workstation 7.1.3 build 324285 on Win7 x64. My processor is an i7-930 and I have 12GB of RAM installed. First try was from a DVD I had burned from an ISO, no dice.
I tried a DMG file converted to ISO, no dice. I tried a DMG burned to disk by a friends Mac, no dice. I then bought an actual retail disk and BOOM the installer started working. However I got a kernel panic near the end of the install. I went back and read the directions and realized I needed to kill off the printer drivers and language packs. BOOM install complete.
Then I got the ACPI-SMC error that everyone has mentioned. Thank you so much for that fix guys. I’m rockin and rolling now. My retail OSX version is 10.6.3. Next up is to go through all the tweaks listed here and elsewhere As of this posting, version 10.6.6 is available. I’m going to hold off on upgrading until I hear that it is safe Thank you so much for these instructions. Just to share with you guys, There are 2 perspective I tested: 1) Windows 7 64bit as Host run VMWare Workstation – Virtualize SnowLeopard 10.6 using the darwin-iso Followed the instructions given in this guide and quite successful.
2) SnowLeopard 10.6 as Host run VMWare Fusion – Virtualize SnowLeopard SERVER 10.6 directly. Very straight forward and quite successful. A few problems which many people will have using VLC player. I think you cannot do it. You have audio and then black screen. I tried using Quicktime 7 and using “Perian for Quicktime” to view.avi files.
That means you use Quicktime to view AVI. FLV and Mkv, I don’t think it is possible.
I believe those using pure macs or hackintosh often use VLC Player to view various video files. It is still not that good for Quicktime and there are some issues of video sometimes in slow motion. The video is not very clear as it does not handle the refresh rates. It is not good in fullscreen and you should view it like 640 size or around there. I have installed 10.6.3 (Leopard) in a VMware Workstation 7 VM and have the strange behaviour that I cannot boot from my Virtual Hard-disk. It requires the VMware tools image (darwin.iso) to be mounted and booted from there. It ejects (disconnects) this image after a successfull read.
If this image (darwin.iso) is not mounted I get ‘Operating System not found’ i.e. The hard-disk is not bootable. I have used the fdisk tool in a telnet session with the root account to re-write the MBR. I also used the Disk Utility with no success.
How do I transfer the boot partition to the hard-disk? I have only one disk with no additional partitions. Tried the process out and after a little research and tid bit of tweaking it is working great. Mind you of course I’m still getting the shutdown Kernel Panic but I can deal. And for the record; Resource whores like Final Cut Pro are not exactly the best thing to run in a VM, mainly due to simple math.
If your machine is already taking on the toll of running windows 7 as well as a 2nd operating system Final Cut Pro might be the process that brakes the camel’s back. Granted I have seen the motherboards that support up to 32 Gigs of RAM though if you were going to throw that much money into it, you might as well just buy an iMac or Mac Pro that way you don’t have the added fear that the next update will render your system obsolete. How about a Sun VirtualBox Image? Let’s ask the real question.
What does it really take to run Final Cut Pro in MAC OS on iNTEL or AMD Sun VirtualBox? What Processor(s) and up specifically. An 8080-80186 with 1k of gold ram vs a 68000 with 64k (okay I am kidding. Uh, q6600 or AMD xx bla you know the drillz drilz) How much ram specifically for that specific processor(s) (answer in a combination or dont’ answer at all) What motherboards have you been using with it?
(optional I guess – relevant if your HARDWARE is working though!) Of course some information is better than no information, and a lot of folks these days seem to be snobby little snits, as much as I hate the iPad I don’t wish bad for apple, on the contrary, I’d like to see it hardened to the core. Perhaps like the PS3 it’s impossible.
For extra credit: Why did the PS3 get crippled? Couldn’t have been the brute force cracking ability could it? (Mods: No I don’t want “cracked software” Buy your stuff! But know what I am saying for many reasons on many levels.). Hi folks i just tried this method and am having some problems after loading the darwin iso, When i select the.iso image of OSX and click connect it just asks for a cd to be inserted over and over again?
The version im using is OSX snow leapord 10.6.2 and it is an.iso file. I have tried mounting this with a number of different tools and got various results.
Virtual cd – mounts cd but does not show up under windows and wont work to install daemon tools lite- will not mount the image for some reason throws a windows error. Poweriso- mounting the image does not work it simply says the disc is not a supported format? If i click open and select the iso image i can see the contents of the disc???
My question like many others on here is why after loading the.iso file does it not load and loop with: insert CD You should eject this CD and insert an OS X disc Do you wan to continue booting this CD (probably won’t work)? Or the cd drive disconnects. What is the problem here nobody has answered the question and this is the only problem im having, is it my.iso image or do i need a.dmg file? Win7 VM WS 7.x intel core2 QUAD 6600 It would be nice if someone could post an answer on this problem. Tried on two different Fujitsu Siemens pc’s.
– One pc has Intel p4 3.06GHz CPU with host operating system Windows XP Professional. – The second pc has Intel Core Duo 2.0GHz with Windows 7 Ultimate. I’ve tried install Mac OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard DVD from iso image (don’t know if it’s the retail or whatever it is but found it from this page and with the help from Mac OS X Darwin version 2.0 from the same page. Been useing VMware Player 3 and VMware workstation 7.0 build 203739. Also tried with Sun VirtualBox latest build.
In the case when useing VMware following ocure: “Invalid front-side bus frequency 66000000 Hz” CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system When useing Sun VirtualBox almost the same happen: “Invalid front-side bus frequency 45 Hz” CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system If there is’nt any simple solutions in how to solve this CPU problem when makeing an install from scratch, there probably wont be anything else to do than try get one copy from one already installed virtual harddisk to continue with – perhaps the cpu issue might disapear. As I said before, everything is working, except mic and webcam. I tried to begin with the camera, but till i found no way to begin. And everything goes worse because i’m a very beginner in mac os, so my only friend is the online help. I gotta say that i found no place where to install new hardware -something like Windows Device Manager.
Does anyone know how do i do to install my microphone and webcam, or at least where to start from? Thanx Mobin i did nothing but the instructions. The only difference is that i had no retail DVD, but the ISO image of it. Is anybody here having as much fun as myself with the Boot Menu? C: Boot DVD h: Boot first Hard Disk e: Eject DVD your choice: c You should eject this CD and insert an OS X disc Do you wan to continue booting this CD (probably won’t work)?
We’re talking an original Apple Mac OS X disk. The one I point at in VMWare after the initial F8. Any clues on how to overcome this bizarre behavior? Will VMWare only take.iso files or copied disks? ? Best of luck to you all Above is all the kick I’m getting with Apple. Perhaps a mod can remove all my previous posts to solve all my problems only 3 real things needed to be done: “Invalid front-side bus frequency 6600000 Hz” problem: set guestOS = “darwin10” in the.vmx file in the directory/partition you installed your OSX VM.
Hanging on AppleATADISKQUEUEManager: converted the dmg to an ISO using PowerISO and it was fine from there. Mouse not working: In VMware I had to right click on my Snow Leopard VM and click settings, then the options tab then devices, and then I had to add a USB controller. After that, it’s all good and runs a treat. Here’s a tip if you want higher res: Set the following in your vmx file: svga.maxWidth = “1920” svga.maxHeight = “1200” I used the native resolution of my monitor, I suggest you guys do the same. Then you power your Snow Leopard VM and open TextEdit (just type it into finder) and then file-open and navigate to /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist Add the following lines (you should be able to tell where to put them): Graphics Mode 1920x1200x32 obviously you can set a different string if your monitor has different resolution. Save the file to your desktop, make sure you add the.plist extention and ignore the warning that says you should save it as.txt open /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration and drag your modified com.apple.Boot.plist into it, you’ll have to enter your password. Restart and voila, native resolution in full-screen mode ?.
Hello, I’m with iso and dmg files for Snow Leopard. I converted the original dmg file, as well as the expanded version, to iso, but they both ended up as similar files. And I tried to run the Snow Leopard Disc as a virtual drive, but it does not work, at the menu when they ask you boot from 1. Forget what’s supposed to be here then you press some letter (i think c is for the disk drive), whenever i press c i keep getting the same menu repeating itself, coz it can’t find the disk. Why is it like that?
Oh btw, I am using a Pentium 4 processor. Great post, got this running.
A few notes that might help some people. I too got stuck at the AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement but after a few reboots it booted correctly. I can’t really reproduce this reliably and I’m not sure why it sometimes doesn’t work. It seems that after you finally get it to boot successfully it doesn’t happen on subsequent reboots.
However after updating OSX from 10.6.0 – 10.6.1 it happened again. Once again it eventually came up, however when I updated to 10.6.2 I could no longer get past this error.
I tried safe mode, clearing the kext cache a few other tricks to no avail. I’d recomend not updating to 10.6.2 without first making a backup or snapshot if you’re seeing this same error. For now I’m gong to stick with 10.6.1 Regarding screen resolution you can edit /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist and add a key called “Graphics Mode” and a string of the resolution you want like 1280x1024x32@60 then save the file and reboot. This will force the resolution you want on restart. It’s working great for full screen res on my machine As for performance I’m getting very good results on Win Xp using Vmware Player 3. My desktop is about 2 years old, it’s a custom rig with a 3.0Ghz Intel E8400 processor and 2GB of RAM.
With my OsX virtual machinge only having 1GB of ram available to is, this outscored my macbook pro with 4g and a 2.2ghz core duo in Xbench. All and all the UI is snappy and responsive, applications open quickly and run well. I was able to use 64 bit handbrake to rip a dvd about twice as fast as my MBP can so I’m pretty happy with the results. The last thing I’d love to resolve is the lack of sound so I can test out Final Cut.
Anyone solved the sound issue? Thanks again for a great post. @zeros I downloaded the file and put it in my root folder (which I believe is just “/” on the file location, right?) I then went into terminal and put exactly what you had. When I shut down it gave me the kernel panic, but I expected that.
However, what I did not expect is that when I restarted, on the screen with the apple logo, it gave me a message saying: Please contact the Voodoo Kernel dev-team with a photo of the information printed below, along with a description of your system configuration and what you were doing at the time the kernel panic occurred. I will attach a link to a screen shot of what happened. My system config is 4096MB of RAM, 250GB Virtual expanding Hard Drive, 1 CPU with 4 cores.
Other than that, everything is unaltered from the original setup. Here is the screenie.
For those that keep getting the “Mac OS X is not supported with software virtualization. To run Mac OS X you need a host on which VMware Fusion supports hardware virtualization.” error.
I was having the same thing, it means your processor does not support virtualization, you would probably get the same thing on if you try to use virtual pc with xp mode on windows 7. So I was really curious why my intel core 2 duo processor did not support it. Then I was checking out my BIOS Settings, and the virtualization feature was off on my BIOS. I did not even know it had that option, so try to see if that fixes your problem, if you don’t have any setting about virtualization it could be because your processor does not support it.
As I am writing this post MAC OS X 10.6 is installing as a virtual machine, hopefully it works. THANK YOU!!!!!
As i told you on twitter there are other issues: 1. Doesn’t always load, stuck at the circle of death, you have to restart a lot. After upgrading to 10.6.2 it took 15 minutes to load snow leopard.
Many people who upgraded can’t control the mouse anymore, it moves but doesn’t click ( happened with me but after upgrading safari to latest version ) 4. It never shut down or restart successfully from the system you have to shut down from vmware. I think that this version works more stable on free Vmware Player 3. I also hope you can share how to force quit the system. Thanks for the tutorial. I wrote how to do this on another site a couple months ago, you need to get a kernel and edit a file to stop the dmg error and the kernel panic get this file get it in your mac environment on the root then open the console and put this in sudo pico /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist Make it look like this Kernel hd(0,2)/machkernel.voodoo.alpha3 Kernel Flags rd=disk0s2 now your dmg files will open and you can even run pwnage tool (previous post removed all the signs.
I already published similar steps to run, obviously VMware workstation is not a free product. This time, let’s install and run Mac OS X on your PC with free product VMware Player 3.
You can run Mac OS X on any X86 Intel or AMD computers having enough of RAM to run Mac virtual machine by this method. Installation is not much differing than. Follow the steps, 1). ( It’s a torrent download) 2). It’s a free product. 3) Extract the downloaded image file. ( it will be creating Mac VMware VMX file and VMware disk files) 4) Start VMware player.
5) Click on Open a Virtual machine. 6) Browse for ‘ Mac OS X Leopard ‘ VMX file on the extracted location. Select and press open. 7) Once clicked open, you can see the following summary screen. By default, it’s not required to change any settings here. But still you can change anything if you want, like increasing memory size. 8) You have to play around with processor virtualization option if virtualization is enabled on your PC BIOS.
You can check whether virtualization is enabled or not on motherboard by running tools in Windows OS. 9) My working Mac virtual machine processor settings show as below.
(Already I disabled virtualization in BIOS) It worked fine even after selected two processors. 10) That’s it. Start Mac Virtual machine by pressing Start VM.
I’m sure it will boot and work fine. If it hangs with Mac logo, you must check processor virtualization and disable it. In fact, it worked better than in VMware workstation as mentioned in previous post. This is just for testing and enjoying with Mac. This is the easiest method to run Mac OS X on PC based on X 86. 11) Mac OS X VMware image admin password The Mac admin password is ‘ password’. Password worked with administration tasks.
12) USB access in Mac OS X VMware image My USB drive working fine in Mac VMware virtual machine. It can be accessed inside virtual machine without any difficulties. 13) Network in Mac OS X VMware image Just for network test, I selected NAT as network adapter type in virtual machine option. Network is OK in this image. Mac virtual machine started communicating outside world through NAT. 14) That’s it. I showed all above steps on my Intel X 86 Core 2 Duo computer.
Enjoy the Mac OS X on your PC. To get better performance, please buy Apple hardware with original latest Mac. Thanks to your tutorial, I was able to get 10.5.5 installed and running on Win7 Pro, 32-bit, on VMware Player 4.0.1 w/1GB ram, 30GB disk. However, in an attempt to update the Safari browser, I chose to use the auto update feature to update to 10.5.8.
Everything was going fine until the system asked me to restart the machine which I did successfully. Unfortunately, now when after selecting to play the Mac VM, a greyed-out screen briefly appears saying “You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button.” then quickly disappears – taking VMware Player along with it! How can I get the OS to wait long enough to allow me to give it restart it is requesting? Is there an alternative that would accomplish the same? Any assistance in solving this problem would be greatly appreciated!