Install failure of MaC.OsX.10.4.5.Universal.Install.DVD(INTEL_AMD_SSE3_SSE2).iso on on Dell 6400 with VMware 5.5

[zorang]

I finally decided to try installing OS X. I downloaded MaC.OsX.10.4.5.Universal.Install.DVD(INTEL_AMD_SSE3_SSE2).iso.

 

When I attempted to install it on my Dell 6400 under VMware WS 5.5 I had the following problem:

1. VMware booted from DVD (Created from iso image using Nero 6)

2. Screen displays:

Darwin/x86 boot 5.0.132

486MB memory

VESA v2.0 16MB (V M ware Inc VBE support 2.0)

 

Press enter to continue of F8 to change options

 

I pressed enter

3. Grey apple screen appears

3. VMWare resets with error:

Virtual machine stack fault (hardware reset)

 

I also tried F8 then -v but unfortuntely VMware display "fuzzy" screen (as if wrong resolution)

 

VMware 5.5:

- One Processor

- Memory 512MB

- 30GB of HDD using 2GB extents of virtual disk

- BIOS options default

Dell Inspiron 6400:

- Windows XP SP2

- Dual Core

- 1.5GB

- 120GB

 

 

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks, Zoran

[maso]

Did you apply the pae settings?

[zorang]

I opened upo the VMWare VMX config file with WordPad and I added the line:

paevm=true

 

Then I tried everything again and it still fails as before

[maso]

I used the same iso and it works fine with VMWare Server (free beta)

 

Maybe you can try to mount the iso with demon tools an boot from there?

[xiaoyang]

i have the same problem,i hope someone will solve it.