SubCool Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 I have a Question, which i cant find the answer to. I am a Noob to mac, non the less VM'ing it. Where is the shared folder to be linked with the host computer? I enabled "My Documents" - but i dont know here it is. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189969-snowkitty-running-on-vmware-workstation/page/4/#findComment-1371982 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cranialdub Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Someone like me but legally distinct for me has installed MAC OS X 10.6 Snow Leo on VMware workstation 7; Windows 7 is the host. It was really simple if you know how to follow directions but must have some intuition, too. I fixed internet problem and will be completing the install soon; currently updating OS. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189969-snowkitty-running-on-vmware-workstation/page/4/#findComment-1372301 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSoK Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Snowing fine here. Thank for sharing your precious knowledge. Just an issue The Snow Preview.app doesn't work. I get only grey screen with pics. Thumbs and pdf are fine Previous leopard versions didn't have this problem Couple of settings you might like to change in your .vmx file to solve your problem ich7m.present = "TRUE" monitor.virtual_exec = "hardware" monitor.virtual_mmu = "software" Everything else looks fine, also you may want to try Zenith432's enhanced graphics drivers at the following site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmsvga2/files/ Good luck Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189969-snowkitty-running-on-vmware-workstation/page/4/#findComment-1372444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zennoshinjou Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Couple of settings you might like to change in your .vmx file to solve your problem ich7m.present = "TRUE" monitor.virtual_exec = "hardware" monitor.virtual_mmu = "software" Everything else looks fine, also you may want to try Zenith432's enhanced graphics drivers at the following site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmsvga2/files/ Good luck Just to clarify, what benefit would there be to running the enhanced graphics drivers? One thing I've noticed running 10.6 in VMW 7 is a slight lack of sync between video/audio when playing something like a youtube video.. I am running an i7 860, I have 4 gigs of ram assigned to the VM as well as 1 cpu/2 cores. I tried upping to 4 but that made no noticable difference. Also, after updating to 10.6.2 I had the issue where the mouse was visible/moved around but I couldn't click on anything. Is this also a matter of installing the ps2 drivers mentioned earlier in the thread? Luckily I took a snapshot and could roll back after trying 10.6.2... Also, if it matters I am using the vanilla kernel from a retail DVD. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189969-snowkitty-running-on-vmware-workstation/page/4/#findComment-1373118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSoK Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Just to clarify, what benefit would there be to running the enhanced graphics drivers? One thing I've noticed running 10.6 in VMW 7 is a slight lack of sync between video/audio when playing something like a youtube video.. I am running an i7 860, I have 4 gigs of ram assigned to the VM as well as 1 cpu/2 cores. I tried upping to 4 but that made no noticable difference. Also, after updating to 10.6.2 I had the issue where the mouse was visible/moved around but I couldn't click on anything. Is this also a matter of installing the ps2 drivers mentioned earlier in the thread? Luckily I took a snapshot and could roll back after trying 10.6.2... Also, if it matters I am using the vanilla kernel from a retail DVD. This may not help but if you run Zenith432's audio and graphics drivers, same site for both re my last post. It has been documented in this and other topics on this site that improved performance for grapahics and audio is acheived, you can also change the audio settings, this has mainly assisted choppy audio but worth a try. In terms of the mouse problems, are you using the darwin.iso from the wks7 zip, if so you can amend your .vmx file as follows: keyboard.vusb.enable = "TRUE" change to "FALSE" mouse.vusb.enable = "TRUE" change to "FALSE" If you have not used the snowy zip, then uninstall the darwin files, and replace the darwin.iso from the wks7 zip then re-install the darwin files back in to your VM Workstation 7 or Player 3. The wks7 darwin.iso includes the PS/2 drivers, so you can set the keyboard and mouse to either PS/2 or USB with the .vmx entry above. Good Luck! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189969-snowkitty-running-on-vmware-workstation/page/4/#findComment-1375722 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biso007 Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Couple of settings you might like to change in your .vmx file to solve your problem ich7m.present = "TRUE" monitor.virtual_exec = "hardware" monitor.virtual_mmu = "software" Everything else looks fine, also you may want to try Zenith432's enhanced graphics drivers at the following site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmsvga2/files/ Good luck I believe this is related to the QE/CI problem in SL with some cards. I face this issue even when I boot my laptop natively in SL 10.6.2 because there is no SL kext to support my X4500 card. Preview, iWorks, ... and similar applications use OpenGL graphics and it's not supported yet in VMs. If you really need it better to get a true Mac or to use a Hackintosh in 10.5.6 or later with the proper kext for your card. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189969-snowkitty-running-on-vmware-workstation/page/4/#findComment-1376269 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSoK Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 I believe this is related to the QE/CI problem in SL with some cards. I face this issue even when I boot my laptop natively in SL 10.6.2 because there is no SL kext to support my X4500 card. Preview, iWorks, ... and similar applications use OpenGL graphics and it's not supported yet in VMs. If you really need it better to get a true Mac or to use a Hackintosh in 10.5.6 or later with the proper kext for your card. Indeed, QE will not work in VM Workstation 7, a current limitation of the VM code, certainly with a Vanilla kernel, but I have not seen any of the modified kernels resolving the QE in an VM issue either, but please feel free to shoot me down in flames! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189969-snowkitty-running-on-vmware-workstation/page/4/#findComment-1378405 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick8462 Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Hey guys, Firsty, thanks for the amazing work, tutorials, and time you've spent on this. I managed to get SL working the first time (still can't believe it...) using this guide on Workstation 7, but after I updated it I'm getting a message that says: "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 thi operating system or a problem in the VMware Workstation software. Press OK to restart or Cancel to power off the virtual machine." Can anyone point me in the right direction in getting this resolved? I have a working VM of Leopard I can use to change/edit files on this partition and I have a snapshot before I updated. Thanks a lot! I noticed I have the Core 2 Duo T5750 which doesn't support VT-x, but it still installs and it works (abeit a bit slow). I'm just having update issues, can anyone help me out? I am able to boot past the initial boot partition screen and I get this message a little after the Apple logo shows when SL tries to boot. Thanks, Nick Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189969-snowkitty-running-on-vmware-workstation/page/4/#findComment-1384274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSoK Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I noticed I have the Core 2 Duo T5750 which doesn't support VT-x, but it still installs and it works (abeit a bit slow). I'm just having update issues, can anyone help me out? I am able to boot past the initial boot partition screen and I get this message a little after the Apple logo shows when SL tries to boot. Thanks, Nick Nick, if you are running SL under VM W7, and you do not have VT-x enabled, are you running a non vanilla kernel, i.e. Chameleon. If so using vanilla updates may cause problems without a kernel patch. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/189969-snowkitty-running-on-vmware-workstation/page/4/#findComment-1384328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick8462 Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Nick, if you are running SL under VM W7, and you do not have VT-x enabled, are you running a non vanilla kernel, i.e. Chameleon. If so using vanilla updates may cause problems without a kernel patch. I see... Thanks Knife... I used Zenith's guide (page 1, post 10) and I remember needing to replace the kernel. Is there a way I can patch the kernel? That, or can I get the vanilla kernel to work even though I don't have VT-x? Also it looks like they made no kernel changes until 10.6.3, can I update to 6.2 or is it an all or nothing update? Fi
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