Melab Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 I am trying to install Darwin X86 8.0.1 as found on http://opensource.apple.com/static/iso in VirtualBox 3.2.6 on Mac OS X 10.5.7. My computer is a 2009 Intel iMac. Please don't ask me why I want to do this, I just do. When I enable EFI with VirtualBox all I get is a confusing shell which I have decided not to use. I figured out that I can use GParted to format the empty virtual hard drive as a GPT drive with an HFS+ partition flagged as "boot". Now, I have two paths I can take: Install/use an EFI emulator like PC-EFI or Empire EFI. Install boot-132. My problem with the EFI emulators things is that all I get is an interface that is straight forward at all. Remember this is an empty virtual hard drive, so I can't use a pre-installed OS X to install these EFI emulators. These ISOs do not offer a way to install them into the hard drive. Nor do I know how to place the files themselves such as "boot" or "boot0" into the hard drive. Can someone please explain to me how to do this and then how to properly install Darwin X86 8.0.1 onto my virtual machine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melab Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 One more thing. Do some methods use isolinux? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melab Posted September 16, 2010 Author Share Posted September 16, 2010 Nobody's responded. Did I not give enough information? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio_multi Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Virtualbox is not a good way. There is no driver for graphic acceleration. Paralles desktop or Vmware fusion are the best choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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