lezztor Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Hi all - I'm a complete n00b to all of this, but I'm currently trying to install Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) on a VMWare Workstation 6.5.3 - build 185404. I have a purchased copy of Leopard, and have set up the virtual machine (numerous times, in numerous ways). The problem occurs when I try to get VMWare to see the DVD as bootable. I realize that VMWare does not see HFS volumes, so I have made and ISO of the DVD and mounted it with both Virtual Clone Drive and D-Tools Lite (at different times ..). Anyways, after booting the Virtual machine, it still refuses to see the "Mac OS X Install DVD" portion of the DVD. It only sees the "Windows Support" portion. Do I need to install some files from the Windows side first for VMWare to finally boot it? Thanks for any assistance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donk Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Hi all - I'm a complete n00b to all of this, but I'm currently trying to install Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) on a VMWare Workstation 6.5.3 - build 185404. I have a purchased copy of Leopard, and have set up the virtual machine (numerous times, in numerous ways). The problem occurs when I try to get VMWare to see the DVD as bootable. I realize that VMWare does not see HFS volumes, so I have made and ISO of the DVD and mounted it with both Virtual Clone Drive and D-Tools Lite (at different times ..). Anyways, after booting the Virtual machine, it still refuses to see the "Mac OS X Install DVD" portion of the DVD. It only sees the "Windows Support" portion. Do I need to install some files from the Windows side first for VMWare to finally boot it? Thanks for any assistance! 2 posts down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lezztor Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 Great! Do you mean this one?: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=172474 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lezztor Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 I followed the guide, and now VMWare says darwin10 not supported when attempting to power on .. EDIT - I'm assuming I can't since I'm running Workstation .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smarty94 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 I followed the guide, and now VMWare says darwin10 not supported when attempting to power on .. EDIT - I'm assuming I can't since I'm running Workstation .. read the last two pages of said thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lezztor Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 This is the stage I get to in the install now: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G*Rock Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Probably a dumb question but what about AMD Turion X2 64? I know Mac OS usaully doesnt work on AMD stuff, but how about this? My CPU supports VT-x. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nousername1 Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 I get the same dump when trying to install Snow Leopard on VMWare Workstation 6.5. Can't seem to find anything else on it. Has anyone come to a resolution yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donk Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I get the same dump when trying to install Snow Leopard on VMWare Workstation 6.5. Can't seem to find anything else on it. Has anyone come to a resolution yet? It doesn't work and I currently have no workaround. It will in the future but not for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AidanLinz Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 It doesn't work and I currently have no workaround. It will in the future but not for now. Anything different for workstation 7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donk Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Anything different for workstation 7? NDA so not discussing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anga Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 It doesn't work and I currently have no workaround. It will in the future but not for now. Any guesses as to when one can expect SL to work with VMWare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonex gamer Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 I saw two guides for Virtualizing Snow Leopard : How to Install Snow Leopard [VMWare] and Install Snow Leopard on VirtualBox Unfortunately, both need Hardware virtualization. I have an older Core duo processor, is there a way out? Help anyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thdanh90 Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Zenith432's Snow Kitty tutorial is you ticket to Snow Leopard. Works perfectly for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSoK Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 I saw two guides for Virtualizing Snow Leopard : How to Install Snow Leopard [VMWare] and Install Snow Leopard on VirtualBox Unfortunately, both need Hardware virtualization. I have an older Core duo processor, is there a way out? Help anyone! Please find below the link to the topic mentioned by thdanh90 http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...t&p=1288448 As stated this topic deals with running OS X on a VM machine where the CPU does not have hardware virtualisation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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