QE/CI IS NOT SUPPORTED IT WILL NOT WORK THAT MEANS THAT THE FOLLOWING INCOMPLETE LIST OF APPS WILL NOT WORK
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Prerequisites…
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VMware Workstation 7/ VMware Player 3
Previous boot-132 experience
Retail Snow Leopard 29.99 DVD (as an ISO or pressed DVD)
A pre-made Snow Leopard VMDK (included)
dariwn_snow.iso (included)
Intel Core/i7/i5 (i5 is only supported in 10.6.2) Based Processor with VT-x
Download the VMware image and darwin_snow.iso from here (Rapidshare mirror 1) or here (Mediafire mirror 2) or here (Megaupload mirror 3) (Rapidshare Mirror #4 – thanks iGuru)
More after the jump !
—– Step 1 —–
preparing the image
Open VMware, load the vmx that came with the tbz2
Edit the VMware settings to match your needs (only applicable for Workstation 7)
eg: Extra networking adaptors, shared folders, etc….
Set the darwin_snow.iso as the cdrom media.
Save your settings
—– Step 2 —–
Installing
Start up your OS X VM
Hit F8 very quickly on your Keyboard you will be prompted with the following screen
Right click on the cdrom icon and choose settings
Select your snow leopard DVD/ISO
Make sure that connected is ticked
Click Save
Hit “C” on your keyboard to select “Boot DVD”
Hit F8 and enter -v at the boot prompt then hit enter
Install Snow Leopard as normal
If you get stuck with no destination to select
Click on Utilities -> Disk Utility
Click on the VMware HDD on the left
Click on erase on the right side
choose the format type to “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)”
set the name to Macintosh HD
Click on “Erase”
then close Disk Utility and you should be able to continue
Complete the install as normal
reboot**
**note:
FakeSMC causes kernel panics on reboot/shutdown in Snow Leopard in VMware for some reason. Just ignore the Kernel panics and use the VMware reset button.
— From kenokabe —
If you change smc.present = "TRUE" to smc.present = "FALSE" in the vmx the KP goes away
Thanks kenokabe!
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—- Post Install —-
TAKE A SNAPSHOT before updating or making any other changes to the VM.
Use Apple Software Update to go to the latest version
Reboot
Take a Snapshot
Mount the darwin_snow.iso as the virtual cdrom
Install VMware Tools
Reboot
—- Installing Sound —-
Take a snapshot of the VM
Extract the file EnsoniqAudioPCI.mpkg.tar.gz from the Snowy_Vmware_files.tbz2 archive
Run the pkg and choose both options
Reboot
—- Caveats —-
It seems that for some reason it takes about 10 reboots before Snow Leopard will boot normally into the VM. you will get stuck at the apple logo for about 3-4 reboots, then you will get to the dekstop but only get the beachball of death. Keep rebooting and eventually you will get to the registration form, once the registration form loads you will be smooth sailing from now on.
If you receive this message “Mac OS X is not supported with software virtualization. To run Mac OS X you need a host on which VMware Player/Workstation supports hardware virtualization.”
Please go into your Bios and enable hardware virtualization (Please refer to your Motherboard manual for instructions).
— From Coluwyvurne —
I found a sort of fix for those of you that updated to 10.6.2 and find that the keyboard/mouse takes longer to start responding in the guest Snow Leopard.
When Snow Leopard loads into the desktop, press Ctrl+Shift, and either from VM>Removable Devices or the bar along the bottom of the window, disconnect the Universal USB input, and it will disconnect your keyboard and mouse, and reconnect it immediately and become responsive.
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Beats waiting for 5 minutes for it to start working.
You will always need to use the darwin_snow.iso to boot your VM but this is a small price to pay for having Snow Leopard in a VM right?
—- How to make the boot-132 cd. —-
You will need to have a copy of FakeSMC for Snow Leopard
First take the darwin.iso from VMware Fusion3 from “/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/isoimages”, modify it to allow booting of OS X client
sed "s/ServerVersion.plist/SystemVersion.plist/g" darwin.iso
Mount the image and copy all the files into a folder on the computer eg: ~/vmware/Desktop/Snow_darwin_iso.
Create an initrd with the following command
hdiutil create -size 5m -type UDIF -fs HFS -layout SPUD -volname initrd initrd.dmg -ov -quiet
Move the dmg to an img
mv initrd.dmg initrd.img
Mount the newly created initrd and the supplied VMware initrd
sudo hdiutil attach initrd.img
sudo hdiutil attach ~/vmware/Desktop/Snow_darwin_iso/.hidendir/initrd.img
copy the contents from the original initrd to the new initrd
sudo cp -Rp "/Volumes/RAM Disk/" /Volumes/initrd/
Now add the extra extensions (fakeSMC) to the initrd
sudo cp -Rp fakesmc.kext "/Volumes/initrd/Library/Application Support/DarwinBoot/Extra/Extensions/"
unmount both of the initrd’s
sudo hdiutil eject "/Volumes/RAM Disk/"
sudo hdiutil eject /Volumes/initrd/
Replace the supplied initrd with the new initrd
sudo cp -Rp initrd.img ~vmware/Desktop/Snow_darwin_iso/.hiddendir/
build the new ISO
sudo hdiutil makehybrid -o darwin_snow.iso ~vmware/Desktop/Snow_darwin_iso/ -iso -hfs -joliet -eltorito-boot ~vmware/Desktop/Snow_darwin_iso/.hiddendir/cdpreboot -no-emul-boot -hfs-volume-name "VMware Tools" -joliet-volume-name "VMware Tools"
you now have a boot-132 cd that will boot a retail SL DVD in VMware
Snow Leopard (Vanilla Kernel/Retail DVD) on Vmware workstation (Linux x86_64)
-P|astikman
Thanks to PolishOX for forcing me to do this the right way
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Just a note to say thanks, and this works with VMPlayer 3.x too. You just can’t do the snapshots.
And what is up with the like rebooting to get in thing. it is so weird cause eventually you get in and it works fine. Timing thing or ?? Anyuone know?
@plastikman – Did you take a look at the screenshots I posted above with my error?
@ Allen – it honestly still looks like you are using a non retail DVD. Can you try again with your 10.6.0 DVD with this boot cd http://www.sendspace.com/file/0f4urs
Thanks
First off, I just want to say thanks for getting this set up and posted — it’s really be a lifesaver. Also, thanks to prasys and plastikman for helping me figure out the virtualization issues with my laptop (needed to update BIOS).
I was having a problem, though: if I left the VM running and went AFK for like 20m or more, it would freeze and I’d be forced to reboot the machine. Finally figured out that the issue is that the Mac OS tries to shut the hard drive and screen down to IDLE it after about 15 minutes. If you’re having this issue, go into the Power Management options in the Settings application, and change the settings so that it never tries to shut down the HD or display. This solved the issue for me.
I have been working at this now for a month and still no success. P55, i7 860, ati 5770. I followed everything verbatim but get a boot crash. Any ideas…??? thanks
http://picasaweb.google.com/JGLopezIII/VMWARE#5431896607837739298
I have a Pentium D 940 (has VT-x enabled in BIOS and SSE3). Running in Vmware following all the instructions – when plugging in my retail ISO of snow leopard image and pressing c, it starts the boot and goes to grey window with large apple logo but then restarts immediately. Help pls!
@Alex – Pentium-D is not a supported CPU for OSX. you need to use a patched kernel and a patched boot cd
try this boot cd instead
@plastikman
Thanks – I have tried it from one of your earlier post – it results in kernel panic (unless I am doing something wrong)? How do I patch a boot CD ?
Thanks
@alex – boot with -v and take a picture of the KP
so i’m trying this on my AMD processor, i believe it installed…i got all the way to the select language screen http://i46.tinypic.com/96z76g.jpg and whenever i try to grab the input so i can click the next button, i can’t move the cursor in the VM, running windows vista if that helps any
@plastikman
Here it is http://i47.tinypic.com/29e6ofs.jpg
The legacy boot iso boots and displays graphic page asking to insert Snow Leo dis and press F5. I do so, press F5 and it changes the disk icon to say Mac OS X disk but then stays there. If after waiting a long long time I press enter I got the KP.
Thanks
@Alex – try this boot CD http://www.sendspace.com/file/dilmi0
@Sean – TBH i have no idea why you would get no input when into the installer. also this is not the section for AMD testers.
@plastikman
Still the same – screenshots here
http://i46.tinypic.com/9frxj4.jpg
hi pradesh but the qe/ci isn’t possible to active?
@jason It’s a very popular question, no way to active q/e , that’s what makes this method not very useful for many purposes
@plastikman
Look @ this problem please :
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/7031/86049912.gif
@ alex – I am at a loss on your issue. I will have to look into making another boot cd that has a fixed applertc.kext in it.
@jason – QE/CI is not supported if you want that feature talk to VMWare
@aatkco – You need to use VMWare Workstation 7 that message comes up when using Workstation 6.5 or lower.
@plastikman
Thanks – I will have a go (limited) at it myself but will appreciate your help.
@plastikman it happened to someone which have v7.1
@plastikman I want to prepare a myhack installer disc but the system reads the retail disk like windows dows ( 890 MB of windows files ) ! Any ideas ?
I have OSX 10.6.2 running in VMWare Workstation 7. Certain Apple applications won’t install saying that there isn’t sufficient video ram…
Any information on this you can share? Thanks…
does this guide also work with an AMD athlon 64 x2 5000+ 2.6ghz cpu???
I´m trying without success in Asrock g31ms X1600Xt.
Can u help m?
Thanks!
@justin – look here….http://prasys.co.cc/2010/01/amd-testers-needed-for-osx-vmware-goodness
@ Albert N – this is for running under a VM what are the issues you are having? be specific
Hai..
I installed Mac os x on vmware 7 installation was compleated after that the Vmware get power off when power on the booting apple logo appear and no responce….
My PC config core i5 with VT
I suffered so much from stalling bootups (1 out of 10 times worked), and finally found out that PROCESSOR NUMBER: 2 HELPS!!!!
Since this I have no problem at all!
The “How to make the boot-132 cd” guide appears to work only for Intel machines; it does not work for legacy/AMD.
I’m assuming that instead of using /.hiddendir/preboot, I’d be using the root’s /boot… I’ll post my findings
If however someone doesn’t mind sharing the Terminal commands and etc. for a customized working boot-132 iso for VMware, that would be awesome!
OK, I discovered how to create an AMD Chameleon Boot-132 disc for use in VMware.
Fire up Terminal…
First, copy the contents of the AMD guide’s darwin_snow_legacy.iso into a folder (eg: BootAMD)
Then, rename the Extra folder’s preboot.dmg to INITRD.img and move it into the folder you created
cp users/[username]/desktop/bootamd/extra/preboot.dmg users/[username]/desktop/bootamd/INITRD.img
Edit com.apple.boot.plist however you want; in my case, I made the default partition hd(0,2) without an instant menu, so that Snow Leopard loads by default following the installation.
Enter the command following to create the Boot 132 iso for use in VMware on an AMD machine:
hdiutil makehybrid -o BootAMD.iso /users/[username]/desktop/bootAMD -iso -hfs -joliet -eltorito-boot /users/[username]/desktop/bootAMD/isolinux.bin -no-emul-boot -hfs-volume-name “VMware Tools” -joliet-volume-name “VMware Tools”
Hi Everyone,
I got the message “Operating System Not Found” when Leopard restarted after initial installation.
To remedy this I just pointed the virtual DVD drive to the darwin_snow.iso, started the Virtual Machine, and pressed F8.
Then once the boot menu was presented I chose boot from Hard Disk.
Afterwards Leopard booted as I expected.
I hope this helps.
Cheers
GreenMan
Ok, I have a Core2Duo this is working perfectly on…the specs on it are much much less but i am having issues with my desktop. Desktop is a core i5 661 or 663 whichever one has the graphics core built into the chip, it wouldnt install on the desktop (vt-x is enabled) said ” one or more of the virtual processors has went into panic state, normally this would cause a real machine to restart” or something to that effect, i finished the install on the laptop and copied the vm to the desktop and it shows the apple screen then immediately reboots……any ideas, tried moving processor core settings down and up to match what i have, no luck…
@richard – Try an empire EFI cd for i5 series CPU’s. 10.6.2 or 3 (i cannot remember) brought support for the i5 series processor.
Is it possible to do a version for VirtualBox?
Many thanx for a great job!
/Coop
@Coop – Meh…im not really interested in doing a virtual box setup. Most people are not using the OSE version of VirtualBox so I do not see any advantages of using binary VirtualBox over VMware Player.
Maybe if i feel like installing VirtualBox and testing ill post something but don’t hold your breath.
hey i want to change my screen resolution but when i ised the permenant way of change the plist boot file but becuas ethe mac doesnt really shutdown while using empirefi i caNt change the resolution can anyone help
Hello any guys, I am using on Ubuntu 10.04 and i try VMWare WS 7 and VMWare Player to install complety. Than i try With Snow Leopard. Do not WOrry. I have got processoir AMD. :S
If it works fine.. than i say thaere again..
I’ve tried this recipe and several others with little luck. I always get hardware crash after switching to SL Retail DVD. Maybe it is because I am using Xeon processors instead of Core whatever on the host? 2x quad-core 2.8 GHz Xeon.
I found a solution published for using VirtualBox but OSX VirtualBox hard crashed my host immediately after boot
Sorry, I meant to say “hard crash” in the VM. I dug deeper with MacCPUID and found I am using Xeon E5462, which I never see listed as supported although I don’t see why it wouldn’t be. My VM starts to boot, loads files and hands control to kernel, which panics immediately after “0 nanoseconds” of uptime.
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I get one of the caveats:
“—- Caveats —-
It seems that for some reason it takes about 10 reboots before Snow Leopard will boot normally into the VM. you will get stuck at the apple logo for about 3-4 reboots, then you will get to the dekstop but only get the beachball of death. Keep rebooting and eventually you will get to the registration form, once the registration form loads you will be smooth sailing from now on.”
when rebooting do i need to keep selecting the darwin ISO then changing to the OSX image?
Snow Leopard OS X 10.6 Funktioniert Super auf VMware 7.01 Workstation mit Audio , Drucker, bluetooth , Tastatur , Maus , Full HD 1920×1080 Auflösung und 3D Accelerate Grafik : Meine Configuration : EVGA 8800GTX Nvidia 768MB Grafikkarte, 5GB DDR2 Ram Speicher , EVGA 680i Sli Mainboard , 6700 DualCore von Intel mit 2x@3200Mhz , Windows 7 Ultimate 64 BITS Betriebsystem, Raid0 HD mit 2x 1000TB .
Last bei CPU ist mit ca. 10% bei FullHD sicht auf VMware, Speicher mit 70% benutzen mit eine Config auf VMware für Leopard von 2GB Ram,1CPU mit 2Kerne , und 40GB Festplatte.
Danke für diese super Anleitung .
Gruß an Alle
Vanachter
The install went fine, but I get jerky playback of Flash and any sound files. I get a burst of sound for about a second and then a gap for about a second.
Reinstalled the sound, but that didn’t change anything and now I get a KP if I shutdown from the Mac menu. Also, Unity stopped working. Before the VM screen kept blinking all the time, now it is fine. Before the only way I could get a stable image was to switch to Unity.
Same here with Core i3 M350
Hi,
Thanx for this tutorial, very helpful.
I have a question:
I installed the OS and I had not problem at all, but after updated the OS to v10.6.4 and restart the system I cannot upload the OS. I updated the OS because when I attempted to install xCode 3.2.5 the system asked me to update the OS.
I modified the mcsmc.present to “TRUE” on the vmx file.
Any idea how to resolve this problem please…
Thanxs…
Jiovanni
Oh my gosh I’ve been looking for something like this for months and months. most of what I can find is Intel only or it says it can do amd but there’s nothing to download anywhere it says go here and it’s just a page talking about what to do once you have the file but no link to the actual file. this is the fist place that had the instructions and the files in one place. this is also the only one I was able to get to install on my AMD PC you are the best!!! I did find other systems that also claimed AMD support but none of the others worked on me, I was going to spend money on a cheepy Intel biased PC to try to get mac running on that but now I can use my nice AMD one to do it and save me the money. your the best most straight forward method and the only one that I go to work.
only sticking point is when I go to shutdown vmware complains the virtual computer crashed but that doesn’t happen while I’m actually trying to use it. here’s the run down on my system for ya:
MAC DVD used: Snow Leopard 10.6.3
VMWare Player Ver:3.1.3 build-324285
Host OS: XP Home SP3
Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 965
Ram: 3.37GB
Video: NVIDIA GeForce 8200
so it you can get it to stop giving me the mac version a BOD on shutdown it would be perfect.
I figured the issue out (just pay more attention to things but issue now is after the mac update no keyboard and mouse; and, your disconnecting the universal USB input doesn’t work for me. Does not show up as an option even when show all is chosen.