AnalBeard Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Righto, mildly confused here, followed this guide - http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=11314 but when i come to format the OS X partition i created, i get the warning "partitioning a disk will destroy all information on both volumes of the disk." what do i do about this then? I don't want to format the entire disk, as i don't want to lose what's on my xp partition. http://www.metalmafia.co.uk/uploader/osx.jpg Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27766-using-vmware-to-instal-os-x/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Righto, mildly confused here, followed this guide - http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=11314 but when i come to format the OS X partition i created, i get the warning "partitioning a disk will destroy all information on both volumes of the disk." what do i do about this then? I don't want to format the entire disk, as i don't want to lose what's on my xp partition. http://www.metalmafia.co.uk/uploader/osx.jpg Tell the Virtual Machine to only use a single partiton instead of the whole drive Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27766-using-vmware-to-instal-os-x/#findComment-189495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnalBeard Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 already done that, when i set it up i only let it use my new partition Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27766-using-vmware-to-instal-os-x/#findComment-189498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 already done that, when i set it up i only let it use my new partition Well, that is strange... That has to be a bug in the VMWare program, as I remember setting up my Virtual Machine to only use one partition. I had no problems at all... Try making a whole new Virtual Machine, and whilst setting it up, add the partition you want to use. See if that works... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27766-using-vmware-to-instal-os-x/#findComment-189501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnalBeard Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 sure, i'lll give that another try now. this is the settings for my VM http://www.metalmafia.co.uk/uploader/osx2.jpg Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27766-using-vmware-to-instal-os-x/#findComment-189503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 You have got it set up as Independant - Persistent, right? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27766-using-vmware-to-instal-os-x/#findComment-189505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnalBeard Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 yeah, i have. *edit* set up a new VM, and i'm still getting the same thing, it wants me to overwrite the xp partition Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27766-using-vmware-to-instal-os-x/#findComment-189506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 yeah, i have. *edit* set up a new VM, and i'm still getting the same thing, it wants me to overwrite the xp partition Hmmm, well, I'm sorry, but I can't help you then. I am completly baffled as to why it is doing that. All I can put it down to, is the only difference - you're using Vista, correct? Perhaps it's a bug in the software, I dunno. Sorry I can't help you any further. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27766-using-vmware-to-instal-os-x/#findComment-189512 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnalBeard Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 No, i'm on XP on the laptop, which is where i'm installing it. the only thing i can think that i've done diferently to you is to use the iso of the dvd across the network, it's on a shared folder on the desktop, would this cause the problem? nothing else is different Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27766-using-vmware-to-instal-os-x/#findComment-189514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
br0adband Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Been chatting with this guy in the IRC channel for a bit, I believe we've resolved the issue. bb Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27766-using-vmware-to-instal-os-x/#findComment-189522 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnalBeard Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 Cheers Sabr for the tutorial, and thanks to br0adband for sorting out my sticking point Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27766-using-vmware-to-instal-os-x/#findComment-189535 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 Cheers Sabr for the tutorial, and thanks to br0adband for sorting out my sticking point Could you kindly post what you did to resolve the issue, as it may be worthwhile updating the guide with this information. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/27766-using-vmware-to-instal-os-x/#findComment-189808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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