Coop75 Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 How To install Snow Leopard 10.6.7 in VirtualBox 4.0.6 My Host was a Windows 7 Pro 64-bit with SP1 (Let me know if something is wrong and I will update the info) 1. Create virtual machine: -------------------------- VM Name and OS Type * Name: MAC OS X Snow * Operating System: Mac OS X * Version: Mac OS X Server (64 bit) OBS! 64 bit version of OSX can only be installed if the Host computer has VT-x in the system BIOS. Info from: NSCXP2005 Memory * 1024 MB (minimum) Virtual Disk Location and Size Location: (Use same name as VM Name) Size: 20GB (or more) 2. Change settings on the VM ---------------------------- General * Name: Mac OS X Snow * Operating System: Mac OS X * Version: Mac OS X (64 bit) OBS! 64 bit version of OSX can only be installed if the Host computer has VT-x in the system BIOS. Info from: NSCXP2005 System * Base Memory: 1024 MB (minimum) * Boot Order: CD/DVD-ROM, Hard Disk * Extended Features: Enable IO APIC Enable Hardware clock in UTC time Enable absolute pointing device Display Video Memory: 128 MB Extended Features: Enable 3D Acceleration Storage SATA controller for HDD image Type: AHCI IDE Controller for CD/DVD device Type: ICH6 (Important!) Audio Host Audio: Windows Direct Sound (ALSA Audio Driver for Linux) Audio Controller: Intel HD Audio Network * Enable Network Adapter * Attached to: NAT * Name: the networkcard on your host machine (if Bridge Adapter is used) * Adapter Type: Intel PRO/1000 MT Server (82545EM) You can also use Intel PRO/1000 T Server (82543GC) * Cable connected 3. Installation --------------- For me it worked to boot with “Nawcom OSX86 ModCD 0.3.1” but you can also try others: Nawcom OSX86 ModCD 0.3.1 http://blog.nawcom.com/?p=446 Empire EFI V1.085 http://prasys.info/osx86hackint0sh/ [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]-3.0.2 http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewforum.php?f=125 Rebel EFI http://store.psystar.com/rebel_efi Change to your Snow Leopard iso, press F5 and then Enter button to continue Choose the language you want Choose Disk Utility in the menu Utilities Choose the VBOX Hard Disk, put the name you want and press Erase button When finished close the Disk Utility and continue Now you should be able to choose the formated drive and then choose Customize button Unmark Printer Support and Language Translations if you don't need them Continue with the Install button Now it should install Mac OS X on your volume (Notice that it will take time to finish!) 4. Post Installation -------------------- To be able to start Snow Leopard you still have to use “Nawcom OSX86 ModCD 0.3.1” (or similar) Choose System and press Enter (Sometimes it doesn’t start properly so just try couple times) Open Energy Saver in System Preferences Drag to Never for Computer sleep & Display sleep Unmark Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible Unmark Allow power button to put the computer to sleep Choose Software Update Press the Install button (it will now install and restart) Start again with “Nawcom OSX86 ModCD 0.3.1” (or similar) Choose System and press Enter (Sometimes it doesn’t start properly so just try couple times) Install more updates Press the Install button (it will now install and restart) Start again with “Nawcom OSX86 ModCD 0.3.1” (or similar) Choose System and press Enter (Sometimes it doesn’t start properly so just try couple times) Mount and Open OSx86ExtraForVB.iso Copy fakesmc.kext to the desktop and start KexBeast Shutdown Enable EFI, that you find under Settings - System Start (Sometimes it doesn’t start properly so just try couple times) Enjoy! Note: I never had this problem, but if CPU usage is always 100% even when idle ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Just delete the file /System/Library/Extensions/AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext Now rebuild the kext cache with: sudo kextcache -system-caches Reboot and the CPU usage should be normal now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSCXP2005 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 64 bit version of OSX can only be installed if the Host computer has VT-x in the system BIOS. Most up to date CPUs i.e Core2Duo and up and only Intel have this setting. All the best, NSCXP2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSCXP2005 Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Sorry for the double post. Hi mate, I am having performance issues when trying to install SL on Virtualbox under Ubuntu 10.10 32bit. It seems to slow down my system to a crawl. Do you or anybody else know if it would be best for me to install Ubuntu 10.10 64bit to increase performance? I have installed SL on VMWare on Windpws XP 32bit in the past and that worked really smooth. Please let me know what you think. Thank you for your time. All the best, NSCXP2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop75 Posted June 7, 2011 Author Share Posted June 7, 2011 ...I am having performance issues when trying to install SL on Virtualbox under Ubuntu 10.10 32bit.It seems to slow down my system to a crawl. Do you or anybody else know if it would be best for me to install Ubuntu 10.10 64bit to increase performance?... Hi NSCXP2005! I hope someone have a good answer for you about this issue.. If I get time later I can try on a Linux Mint 11 too see how it works Cheers /Coop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shusuke028 Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Sorry for the double post. Hi mate, I am having performance issues when trying to install SL on Virtualbox under Ubuntu 10.10 32bit. It seems to slow down my system to a crawl. Do you or anybody else know if it would be best for me to install Ubuntu 10.10 64bit to increase performance? I have installed SL on VMWare on Windpws XP 32bit in the past and that worked really smooth. Please let me know what you think. Thank you for your time. All the best, NSCXP2005 How much RAM are you allocating for your virtual machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSCXP2005 Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 I only have 2GB RAM. I am allocating 1GB to the VM. NSCXP2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rACMAAC Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 How To install Snow Leopard 10.6.7 in VirtualBox 4.0.6My Host was a Windows 7 Pro 64-bit with SP1 (Let me know if something is wrong and I will update the info) ... This was a great help to me in getting Snow Leopard going on a VB 4.0.6 VM in Mandriva 2010.2. However, I loose the mouse as soon as the Mac updates are installed and the machine restarted. Do you have any suggestions as to what to look at/for in order to solve this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSCXP2005 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 rACMAAC, What version of Mandriva are using? Is it 32bit or 64bit? How is performance in virtualbox and the system? Also what are your host system specs? Thank you for your time. All the best, NSCXP2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rACMAAC Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 rACMAAC, What version of Mandriva are using? Is it 32bit or 64bit? How is performance in virtualbox and the system? Also what are your host system specs? Thank you for your time. All the best, NSCXP2005 64 bit 2010.2 mandriva To early to really tell I'm just starting to get it going (having a problem with USB it seems) System is Gigabyte P55A-UD4P 16Gb RAM gforce GTX 460 video card, with 2x 500Gb WD,1x1TB HDD, LG Blueray DVDRW on SATA channels and a DVD RW on IDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rACMAAC Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 This was a great help to me in getting Snow Leopard going on a VB 4.0.6 VM in Mandriva 2010.2. However, I loose the mouse as soon as the Mac updates are installed and the machine restarted. Do you have any suggestions as to what to look at/for in order to solve this? Solved this myself by 'updating' to a 4.0.8 version direct from virtualbox.org - my Mac is running fine at 10.6.3 and installing iworks and ilife (I decided to install them prior to updating any OS software). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop75 Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 64 bit 2010.2 mandrivaTo early to really tell I'm just starting to get it going (having a problem with USB it seems) Hi rACMAAC! Try this info and see if you get your mouse to work after the update How to Fix USB Mouse Stopped Working After Snow Leopard 10.6.6 Update /Coop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rACMAAC Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Hi rACMAAC! Try this info and see if you get your mouse to work after the update How to Fix USB Mouse Stopped Working After Snow Leopard 10.6.6 Update /Coop Thankyou for the pointer I will try this a see what happens - and let people here know the result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vallie Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Gee I thought ubuntu 11.0 was perfect to use a vmware osx situation... But windows 7 ultimate 64 bits is better for hosting vmware with osx in vmware... especially graphics are not working even preview app etc etc... Using vmware vga 1.2.3 etc but no improvement... would a clean install help??? [4gb hp elitebook 8440p core i5, vt etc] Ciao Val Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSCXP2005 Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Hi Val, Have you tried Installing OSX in Virtualbox on Ubuntu 11.04? Also what version of Ubuntu do you have? 32bit or 64bit Thank you for your time. All the best, NSCXP2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rACMAAC Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 No joy so far I am repeating the process with a 'permissions update' in it prior to the reboot. Thanks for help so far and I will continue to let people know the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rACMAAC Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Still no luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BebopBlues Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Does QE/CI work in virtualbox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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