accafella Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 hello, I hope this is the right place. I want to run snow leopard in a virtual machine so I can run some powerpc software. I'm using my own snow leopard installer from years ago. apparently adding -v cpus=1 busratio=20 boot options stops the installer from hanging at AppleIntelCPUManagement. (screen shot 1) I can't for the life of me get to this prompt ! Nearest I can get is what looks like the VM's boot menu (see screen shot 2) by holding function-f8, s, v, and n at start up. Help would be enormously appreciated. Thanks in advance Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/338697-snow-leopard-with-virtual-box-on-osx-high-sierra-boot-options/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris1111 Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Try boot args -v arch=x86_64 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/338697-snow-leopard-with-virtual-box-on-osx-high-sierra-boot-options/#findComment-2673092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
accafella Posted May 9, 2019 Author Share Posted May 9, 2019 hi and thanks for your reply. however, the problem I am having is how to get to the command line in the first place. keystrokes either take me to the boot screen in screenshot 2 or are ignored and verbose booting happens until the hang. I'm on a Mac Pro 5,1 running 10.13.6. any ideas ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/338697-snow-leopard-with-virtual-box-on-osx-high-sierra-boot-options/#findComment-2673093 Share on other sites More sharing options...
accafella Posted May 9, 2019 Author Share Posted May 9, 2019 of course, I could just dual boot. doh, what a dummy. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/338697-snow-leopard-with-virtual-box-on-osx-high-sierra-boot-options/#findComment-2673095 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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