A possibly new method for installing osx86

[mweichert]

This might be an already thought-of idea, but I got thinking about it last night so please forgive me if it's redundant.

 

Although it's possible to install osx86 on a VM using VMWare, the performance is terrible. However, Apple/Fusion are now working together to support Mac OS X in a VM. There is experimental support already in Fusion 2.0.

 

My goal, like many of you, is to find a solid stable solution that can install updates directly from Apple. My idea was to use a combination of things:

- EFI emulation (to install osx86 on supported hardware)

- Install a stripped-down version of osx86

- Install Fusion on the new installation

- Install osx86 on a VM on the existing host

- Apply updates to only the VM

 

When updates are downloaded from Apple in a VM, there is no risk of crippling your installation. There is no need to install updates on the host, and I think as long you read the release notes for the EFI updates, then you're good to go.

 

My my mind, it's probably the best safe-vs-performance ratio yet. Has anyone ever tried something similiar?

 

Cheers.

[Donk]

This might be an already thought-of idea, but I got thinking about it last night so please forgive me if it's redundant.

 

Although it's possible to install osx86 on a VM using VMWare, the performance is terrible. However, Apple/Fusion are now working together to support Mac OS X in a VM. There is experimental support already in Fusion 2.0.

 

My goal, like many of you, is to find a solid stable solution that can install updates directly from Apple. My idea was to use a combination of things:

- EFI emulation (to install osx86 on supported hardware)

- Install a stripped-down version of osx86

- Install Fusion on the new installation

- Install osx86 on a VM on the existing host

- Apply updates to only the VM

 

When updates are downloaded from Apple in a VM, there is no risk of crippling your installation. There is no need to install updates on the host, and I think as long you read the release notes for the EFI updates, then you're good to go.

 

My my mind, it's probably the best safe-vs-performance ratio yet. Has anyone ever tried something similiar?

 

Cheers.

 

You say the performance is terrible, but mine works well enough to program, use Office, email etc. If you need anything that needs any form of accelerated graphics this isn't going to be any better than just running it in VMware. For a really thin host maybe a cut down Linux would be better. I have tried Xubuntu in the past with the VMware Player for Linux. The 2.5 version should be able to support retail Leopard if Core processor, or any of the other distros id something else.