sanjuk Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Dear experts, I'm new to the mac world however have been using Mountain Lion in a VM (downloaded online). Right now, I want to install El Capitan in a VM on Workstation 11. What I have right now, Hardware :- - Dell Vostro 2420 running Win8.1 64 bit. - Intel core i5 3230M - 4 GB DDR3 RAM - Intel B75 express chipset - Intel HD4000 graphics - 500 GB WD HDD Software :- - Working Mountain Lion VM - El Capitan dmg/iso file downloaded from Mountain Lion. - El Capitan Bootable USB created from Mountain Lion - VMware Workstation 11 / 12. Could anyone help me on how to install El Capitan on, - VMware Workstation - On Dell Vostro 2420 laptop So far I've tried to search lot many forums, but what is see is that they use the pre-configured vm image in the videos. While I tried to use ISO image and boot, it shows a STOP/restricted sign. Tried adding setting like smc.version = "0" and disabling sound but to no avail. Greatly appreciate any help on this... Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonyus Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Hi is what worked for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wodqGvug6e0 Watch and everythin form this vid and it should go. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanjuk Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 Dear anonyus I'd already watched this video, however, they're using the already created vmware image of El Capitan. However, I'm looking forward to vmware install from .dmg file. Thanks. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30624700 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Dear anonyus I'd already watched this video, however, they're using the already created vmware image of El Capitan. However, I'm looking forward to vmware install from .dmg file. Thanks. Regards As far as I know, you need to covert the dmg to iso and mount it during start up, Vmware doesn't like dmg. the iso size will be approx 8.xGB after conversion Before that you need to patch the Vmware with Unlock all, latest ver was 2.0.7 Otherwise you won't have the the option to create an OSX VM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonyus Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Hello You can do install after using Unlocker 2.0.7 on latest virtualbox only on VMware You must convert it to .iso and it can still have a problems with booting or even it can have prob with recognizing that there is anything thrown into VM cd drive I've tried and had this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30624700 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Hello You can do install after using Unlocker 2.0.7 on latest virtualbox only on VMware You must convert it to .iso and it can still have a problems with booting or even it can have prob with recognizing that there is anything thrown into VM cd drive I've tried and had this issue. I did the conversion under OSX's terminal with hdiutil and never had any problem on booting. There are certain coversion programs under windows which is not quite compatiable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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