OSx86 – How To install Mac OS X on VMware Server & AMD 64
October 1, 2006
Ingredients:
1. VMWare Server
2. Mac OS X 10.4.6 iso
3. Daemon Tools 3.4.7
4. At least 6Gb of Free Space.
Machine Specs:
AMD 64 3500+
1Gb RAM
1. Download and Install VMware Server
VMware Server is available for free at www.vwmare.com
2. Download and Install Daemon Tools
Daemon Tools available for free at www.daemon-tools.cc
2. Obtain a legal OS X 10.4.6 ISO
When possible you should operate from a legal copy of the operating system. The image I used is ”Mac OS X 10.4.5 Jas.iso”. *cough*cough*
3. Mount the ISO
VMware has the ability to mount CD/DVD images but not HFS+ images (the file system used by the Mac OS X installation DVD). You will thus need to load the iso into a virtual drive. I used Daemon Tools version 3.47. Some guides say Alcohol 120% is easier as you can skip step 5b.
4.Create a Virtual Machine
Fire Up VMWare, Select Local Host. Click on New Virtual Machine. Click Next at the Wizard. Select Custom then Next. Select Other, then pick FreeBSD and click Next. Give your Virtual Machine a name. (I went with Mac OS X). *Put it wherever you want (I placed it in the location where I keep all my virtual machines. Note: make sure you have enough disk space for the virtual machine hard disk file. [6Gb]. Click Next. select Make Virtual Machine Private. Next then User That Powers On The Virtual Machine. Next again. Number of Processors, One. Next. Memory For The Virtual Machine , 512Mb. Next. Use Host-Only Networking (prevent Mac OS X from registering itself during installation). Next. SCSI Adapter , LSI Logic. Next. Create A New Virtual Disk. Next. Virtual Disk Type , IDE. Next. Disk Size, 6. Tick Allocate All Disk Space Now. Next. Wait for the disk space allocation. Give the Disk File a name. I also went with Mac OS X and save it to a location. Finish. Exit VMware.
5. Editing your VMware Config file [*.vmx]
a. Locate where you’ve stored your Virtual Machine in * at step 4. Open file (.vmx extension) in notepad and add the following line to the end of the file.
paevm=”true”
b. Help VMware find the Daemon Tools virtual drive by replacing the line auto detect with your virtual drive letter.
ide1:0.present = “TRUE”
ide1:0.fileName = “n:”
ide1:0.deviceType = “cdrom-raw”
(note replace n: with the drive you have configured in Daemon Tools).
Close notepad and save the config file.
7. Installing Mac OS X
Launch VMWare Server and start your Virtual Machine. Press F2 and go into the Virtual Machine’s “BIOS” and set the boot order to CD-ROM first and HDD second. Save Changes and Exit. When the Mac OS X boot prompt appears (Read. Darwin) then the installation wizard welcome screen. It may take a while. Be patient.
8. Setting up your Hard Drive
Follow along in the installation, you’ll reach a point where it’s time to select your hard drive, but nothing is listed. Go to the menu and open up the Disk Utility. Create a Journal partition that utilizes the entire disk space. Done. The drive now shows up in setup. Proceed , Proceed.
9. Using a Custom Installation
Select the Custom Installation. You can opt to remove the Languages and Printer Driver Packages. Expand the “Patches” Packages and select the 3 AMD options – SSE2, SSE3 and AMD base system. Proceed along. Done.
10. Make your partition active.
On first restart of your Mac OS X you’d get a b0 error. You’ll need to mark your hard disk partition as active. To fix, boot from the iso again, and at Darwin initial prompt, hit F8. Type “-v -s” and then once a prompt appears, type “fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0“. Type “print” to display a list of partitions on the disk. Find the partition number for the one where you installed Mac OS X and then use the “flag n” command to mark the partition as active (n is the partition number). type “quit” and reboot. Mac OS X should boot off the hard disk as normal now.
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1.
The Guy | October 3, 2006 at 1:53 am
Good tutorial, but VMWare Server doesn’t seem to have VMWare Tools installed (and the option to install it is greyed out). When I boot a virtual machine and press F2, it doesn’t go into the machine’s bios and gives me a message that I don’t have VMWare Tools installed. I haven’t figured out what to do about that yet…
2.
The Other Guy | August 18, 2009 at 8:46 pm
VMware Tools are not available for Mac OS X.
3.
The Guy | October 3, 2006 at 2:25 am
Heh. I was typing F2 into VMWare, not the VMWare virtual machine itself (in case anybody else is as boneheaded as me).
4.
AsenDURE | October 4, 2006 at 5:13 am
@The Guy,
technically we’re using illlegal patches and by doing so, I’m sure we’re violating some kind of EULA
VMware tools for OSX doesn’t publically exist as well and according to the VMTN Dicussion Forum, the people at VMware are running OSX on wintel boxes themselve at corporate HQ, but have legal issues with supporting it. They’re trying to work with Apple to resolve those legal issues. Maybe later down the road who know?
5.
HMMaster | October 8, 2006 at 11:05 am
iirc, it is illegal to install macos on non-mac hardware. but you can install it if you are a mac developer.
6.
Cranium | December 1, 2006 at 4:48 am
Glad to have found this recipe but sadly it got me no further than others
. I am using VMWare Server 1.0.1 (running on XP64) which I think is ok with HFS+. I have an image named “Mac Osx 10.4 Tiger For Intel x86″ which I THINK is 10.4.3 (as I get “Darwin/x86 v5.0.128″ displayed on starting the VM and googling connected this to 10.4.3). Anyway the problem I continue to have is that the install process halts almost as soon as it begins: enabling diagnostic messages reveals that
“Still waiting for root device”
lines appear either after the line
“display: family specific matching fails”
or the line
“Apple16X50UARTSync1: Detected 16550AF/C/CF FIFO=16 MaxBaud=115200″
(and possibly others). I’ve tried changing guestOS to NT to no avail. Appreciate greatly any light that anyone can shed on this…
7.
Paci | January 7, 2007 at 6:21 pm
Okay, that is the problem I’m trying to solve, but not successfully at the moment. When I hit the “start virtual machine” where actually is my Mac OS X system, it starts to boot from my cd and right after that it gives me an error, that tells me : “system config file ‘/com.Apple.boot.plist’ not found”
what the …. is goin’ on? I tryed to find an explanation about it, and still can’t find anything. If someone can help me , I wil be very grateful.
8.
vladi | January 11, 2007 at 9:03 am
i haven`t keyboard & mouse!I can`t continue the setup.. Atholon 64 3200+ MB Epox 9NPA+ the mouse & KBD are PS/2.Can someone help me?
9.
Jax | January 11, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Well if F2 don’t work try with “Delete” key
10.
sisko | January 19, 2007 at 1:28 am
where can I obtain a copy of Mac OS X 10.4.6 iso (iso or whatever) so I could install it on my PC.
11.
fost | January 19, 2007 at 6:26 pm
thepiratebay.org
12.
Ahmed | January 24, 2007 at 2:03 am
Please i have insalled the MAC OS-X on Vmware how to boot now because one i start the boot menu dose not appear ony i got b0 error !! should i make new virtual machine or do somthine esle?
13.
spooner | January 25, 2007 at 10:24 pm
Hello,
I have installed Mac OS X now and marked my partition active. But OS X doesn’t boot. When I start the Mac OS X Virtual Machine I get this message: You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button.
What can I do?
Thank you in anticipation
14.
Saki | January 30, 2007 at 5:49 am
Would someone mind posting their full config file so I can see what one should look like?
15.
Alucard | February 4, 2007 at 11:03 am
i get the same message as spooner
16.
frustrated:) | February 17, 2007 at 9:48 am
hard disk boots but then after a while restarts itself.
config.version = “8″
virtualHW.version = “4″
numvcpus = “2″
scsi0.present = “TRUE”
scsi0.virtualDev = “lsilogic”
memsize = “512″
ide0:0.present = “TRUE”
ide0:0.fileName = “Mac OS X 64-bit.vmdk”
ide1:0.present = “TRUE”
ide1:0.fileName = “I:”
ide1:0.deviceType = “cdrom-raw”
floppy0.fileName = “A:”
Ethernet0.present = “TRUE”
Ethernet0.connectionType = “hostonly”
Ethernet0.virtualDev = “e1000″
displayName = “Mac OS X”
guestOS = “freebsd-64″
priority.grabbed = “normal”
priority.ungrabbed = “normal”
ide1:1.present = “TRUE”
ide1:1.fileName = “K:”
ide1:1.deviceType = “cdrom-raw”
ide0:0.redo = “”
ethernet0.addressType = “generated”
uuid.location = “56 4d e8 0e 30 5f 09 be-3f 15 e5 81 96 16 39 b0″
uuid.bios = “56 4d e8 0e 30 5f 09 be-3f 15 e5 81 96 16 39 b0″
ethernet0.generatedAddress = “00:0c:29:16:39:b0″
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = “0″
paevm=”true”
17.
Stuck | February 21, 2007 at 12:02 am
Hi, Ive got the same problem as keep getting theis messagesystem config file ‘/com.Apple.boot.plist’ not found at the start, anyone got any ideas?
Thanks
18.
joker | February 22, 2007 at 5:02 pm
i get the same message as spooner
19.
anon | February 26, 2007 at 7:08 am
I have it up & running on my P4 using VMware Workstation…
No vmware tools though. Humm, Has anyone seen the tools out there?
20.
Candyman | February 28, 2007 at 4:14 pm
For the ppl with the error “‘/com.Apple.boot.plist’”. I solved this problem with a SATA-DVD-Rom.
Now I get a new error “still waiting for boot device”
21.
Flagpole | March 1, 2007 at 5:09 am
I had the same problem. Make sure you click in the window with your mouse a couple of times then hit enter. Should then boot. If you get a kernel panick switch from BSD to Windows NT. Worked for me.
22.
Flamboiant | March 10, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Got it running but NO network what so ever. Anyone got ideas?
23.
Runaway | March 10, 2007 at 5:31 pm
how do i set the hard drive as active?? can any1 please help me on this…….
24.
Flamboiant | March 10, 2007 at 5:37 pm
Set it active in the Disk Manager during the installation. You have to have a premade VMWare disk of at least 6 gb and you have to partition it as it says.
25.
AC | March 18, 2007 at 5:08 pm
I have the real Mac OS X install DVD, but can’t get it to boot! I’ve changed all the normal boot order stuff, I also tried ripping to .ISO using Roxio and piping that into Daemon Tools, still no luck! Is there anything I’m missing?
26.
Zarya | March 20, 2007 at 9:44 pm
I didn’t get OSX to boot from hdd either. Got the error message were it tells you to reboot etc.. bla bla bla.
I booted from the cd by pressing f8 and just hitting enter. Works now!
27.
Maxis | April 22, 2007 at 12:52 pm
Uh, you don’t need to press F2 to go in the BIOS and set the device order. Just press ESC and select to boot from the CDROM. Then the next time you reboot it will be normal.
28.
Dan Heneise | April 27, 2007 at 5:38 pm
if you’re getting “‘/com.Apple.boot.plist’”. Be sure you’re clicking into the virtual machine’s window to activate it’s mouse/keyboard usage, otherwise the virtual machine will not respond to your inputs.
29.
lulu | April 30, 2007 at 4:01 am
After booting, I get a dialog box with this message:
“The CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system. You will need to power off or reset the virtual machine at this point.”
Any help please?
30.
Jofman | May 2, 2007 at 4:09 am
Hey Cranium, i got the same message, so i ran it as a free BSD with 512 mb of RAM and the IDE drive, changed the vmx file as it said you should, and ran the installation out of a dvd, not the image. The image kept giving me the same error as yours, i booted from a physical dvd and made sure to set cd drive as the first in the BIOS, hope it helps
31.
Ed Horse | May 12, 2007 at 6:47 am
In response to missing .plist file. Before screen counts down to zero click inside of black screen to activate window then hit a key. Took me hours to find the answer to this one. Hah
32.
robby simmons | November 13, 2009 at 1:02 am
damn that trick finnally got me the white screen with the gray apple logo, but i think it is now stuck on that.
33.
ms | June 5, 2007 at 3:20 pm
i succeed instal mac osx form dvd dirictly in the dell optex 120 pentum d 1gb 955 intel but it hange when boot up after finish
and when i installed in vmware 5.5 choose other
i also i succeed and boot up too but withoot keyboard and mouse becuse vmware have virtual ps2 keyboard and mouse which not supported by mac osx
any body have idea about it ,tell in my email.
34.
chunderman | June 16, 2007 at 10:19 am
Hey, if anyone would like a good guide for this, I have one, just email me at aadeville@aanet.com.au
I also can direct you to a good torrent for the Mac OS windows thing. It is a compressed version of the 6gb version, but you can extract the 6gb image from it.
I would like to know if anyone can help me in obtaining VMWare tools, even though I know they don’t exist *cough*cough. I would also like help with the fact that when I start Tiger, it is very slow, even though I have allocated it 512mb of RAM?
35.
Salman Ahmed | June 25, 2007 at 5:27 am
My problem is I got everything setup. I have set the bios to boot from cd rom but nothing works. I have the actual mac os x dvd in the dvd drive and it doesn’t boot from there. I tried mounting using dameon tools and editing the file and that didn’t help. Also I have used other bootable cd and used my physical dvd rom drive and it booed up with it fine. Not working with mac dvd. Any suggestions. Thanks in advance.
36.
crb | June 26, 2007 at 6:46 pm
so where are the answers to these questions posted here….pls post a link to the answers………..thank you
37.
crb | June 26, 2007 at 7:15 pm
when booting from hd i am getting a message from vmware saying….i am trying to run 64-bit system through 32-bit host system……????? then mac says i need to restart????
38.
Iian | July 6, 2007 at 9:46 pm
I can’t install it, the installer ends up crashing… and I have the uphuck version… should I have the Jas version
39.
Ivan | July 11, 2007 at 6:49 pm
Would this work using virtual box?
from virtualbox.org
40.
Croseph | July 18, 2007 at 5:54 am
when flagging the partition as active you have to give the command “write” after you give it “flag ()”
i didnt do that and it freaked out.
41.
drew | July 27, 2007 at 10:43 am
hi got osx installer loaded but it can’t find my hard drive using sata drive is that a problem?
42.
Pavel | July 28, 2007 at 1:02 am
Does Panther cds work? becouse it doesn’tboot
43.
Cranium | July 28, 2007 at 1:25 am
Thx Jofman… this is my first time back here since posting, pretty much! I managed to get it sorted somehow and have just managed to install a 10.4.8 “distro” on vmware server 1.0.3 running under vista x86. The VM uses both cores of my e4300@2.88GHz cpu which is great!
44.
AB | July 30, 2007 at 3:25 am
I just installed OSX AMD 10.4.9 version. I used this tutorial to the word and everything went smooth. My networking is also working
and i could use itunes too to play some songs…. altho the sound output was not so smooth….Thanks for the gr8 tutorial..
45.
Enrico | July 30, 2007 at 11:28 pm
Great tutorial
Everything works but the speed of the System is not the highest :p
Thanx to the writer
46.
Zicqakkk | August 6, 2007 at 1:29 pm
Thank you!
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47.
sachin | August 10, 2007 at 6:39 am
thanx guys for all ur comments
now i m stuck with mac os x in sata hdd …. mac installation is not detecting my hard drive in my laptop
so guys plz help me out of this
thanx i will be waiting for ur comments and replies
thanking you
sachin kapoor
48.
reboot | August 17, 2007 at 4:33 am
I follow every step in the guide, got the osx 10.4.9 installed.
did the active partition trick, however I have try reboot many time.
it just appears a blank and black screen with not thing..
anyone would care for some advise?
thank in advance
49.
jeff | August 18, 2007 at 2:39 am
after it asks be to reboot this happens:
http://s200.photobucket.com/albums/aa209/jeffrey1790/?action=view¤t=untitled-1.jpg
how do i fix it?
50.
HeyHo | August 23, 2007 at 3:00 am
I have an Dell Turion 64 X2 running XP and OSX under VMware. First I was having the same error message that most of you got “‘/com.Apple.boot.plist’”. I have installed more then 10 times before I discover that the problem was my partition. So I went to the Terminal during the installation to check the partition:
bash# fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0
fdisk*> print
(Under the VMware the partition you want to install probably will be #1)
fdisk*> auto hfs
fdisk*> print
(You will see that the 1st one will be settled to HFS )
fdisk*> write
After that go to Step 8 of this tutorial. When the system reboots after the installation, I shut it down and activated the 2 processors. Now it is working.
Sorry about my bad english.
Good luck!
51.
Alessandro | August 30, 2007 at 1:04 pm
I’ve installed mac osx 10.4.9 with vmware 6.0.0 build 45731, installation ok, but when i start the VM without the DVD i get a black screen with no error messages and the VM seems totally freezed. I tried to reinstall everything but i got the same problem. I also tried to make the partition active with fdisk, but nothing changed. I use windows vista on a notebook: acer 5920, intel core duo T7300.
Please help me!!!
Thank you, Alessandro
52.
DML | September 3, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Hi there
I have the same problem of alessandro but with 10.4.8 .
Black screen and no erro message.
Thanks in advanced.
53.
Nguyen Pham Hong Phuoc | September 7, 2007 at 3:53 pm
I got error with SATA and ATA drives. When I stop at Disk Utility, the setup form doesn’t show my HDD ( I got one 80 GB ATA and one 80 GB SATA). How can I install it?
54.
Bruno Malvestuto | September 10, 2007 at 7:50 pm
About “system config file ‘/com.Apple.boot.plist’ not found” error, I solve it just burn a DVD with alcohol 120% and now it’s OK.
55.
Kaushal | September 11, 2007 at 5:29 am
If you are getting the “system config file ‘/com.Apple.boot.plist’ not found” error, click in the VMWare windows. Press F8 and in the boot: prompt give “-v” option. It should work fine.
56.
Carlos | September 27, 2007 at 5:44 am
when it gives u a countdown wait for it to go down to 0 and then hit enter… solves the immediate crash problem….
ps.
i get to the fancy install window but i can’t see my hdd.
i tried heyho’s great advice but i get permission denied, any ideas?
57.
Carlos Gallardo | September 27, 2007 at 6:14 am
heyho,
good advice the first command is “bash# fdisk -e/dev/rdisk0″
no space after the e
easy to spot for me but not for noobs
58.
Rich J | October 5, 2007 at 9:53 pm
thank you for the information. I got the install done and am very close to getting this thing operational. Is there any issues running this on a XEON CPU?
I get it to boot to the Apple Logo splashscreen but it goes not further without any errors that I can see. I am a MAC newbie and do not know how to see if there are arrors underlying behind the splash screen.
thank you in advance for any help. It is much apprecitated.
Rich J
59.
Jimi | October 7, 2007 at 10:54 am
when i starts runing installation Mac OS X in VMware it screens Apple logo and then restarts system and again and again, what can i do..
60.
rohit | October 25, 2007 at 11:36 am
when i start the virtual machine then i get apple mac add config file not found
61.
rinofm | October 25, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Same error as Alessandro here. Any help?
62.
mat | October 26, 2007 at 3:35 pm
i have set the order of the boot, the first boot is CD-ROM, but the BIOS is still boot using the network.
One more thing, how to install vmware tools?
i had choose VM menu but the are blur “install vmware tools’ item.
how to fix this problem????
63.
cam1985 | October 30, 2007 at 2:17 pm
Works Great, just hint though hit problems when i setup the virtual machine config with two processors before installing Mac OS x.
Thanks for a good tutorial!!!
64.
cam1985 | October 30, 2007 at 2:18 pm
Works Great, just hint though hit problems when i setup the virtual machine config with two processors before installing Mac OS x.
Thanks for a good tutorial!!!!
65.
rod | November 2, 2007 at 2:18 am
hi i keep getting this error:
the virtual machine just suffered a stack fault. i tried running it from the virtual drive and iso image.
66.
merovingian3 | November 19, 2007 at 6:00 pm
first time trying this and I got stopped in my trails. im getting an error that says “501 Global command GLOBAL server-vmdb to non-host agent targets no supported
67.
Dustman | November 22, 2007 at 2:59 pm
amd turion 64 x2
2GB ram
90 GB hd
Nvidia7600 gfx
Hi there i have a problem, i made 3 partitions in Acronis disk director suite :
1 Windows XP NTFS 40 GB
2 Mac OS X FAT 32 40 GB
3 Shared FAT 32 10 GB
Set the mac partition to Active
Restarted mij computer from CDROM with mac os x jas 10.4.8
then i get the Darwin terminal screen, hit f8 -v to see what it is doing i get no errors than starts up mac install screen.
After that i go to Utilities/Disk Utility.
then it is searcing for the hd’s , after search is see no hardisk partitions. but only the DVD WMware driver.
I looked day’s for a sollutions but no answer, is there anybody who is familiar with this issue.
Greetz.
68.
Alok | November 25, 2007 at 9:35 am
I have problems with this error
system config file ‘/com.apple.Boot.plist’ not found
when the installation starts.
69.
HawK | December 2, 2007 at 5:46 pm
OK so i get to the splash screen and the little timer spins at the bottom and then thats it. So any one got any ides?? And is there any good way to just install it native without jumping through hoops of fire? so let me know. Jepensedou
70.
nikhil | December 4, 2007 at 8:44 am
vmware has separate tool for Mac OS installation
get the vmware fusion
71.
ryan | December 19, 2007 at 12:48 am
fusion is for running xp on osx
72.
Mark | January 3, 2008 at 9:59 pm
I am getting the ‘/com.apple.boot.plist’ error in vmware when first starting it up. f8 and then -v command does nothing. I am going crazy trying to figure this out. Please Help
Thanks
73.
Perry norman | January 12, 2008 at 9:25 pm
“501 Global command GLOBAL server-vmdb to non-host agent targets not supported”
I’m getting this every time i press the local host or remote host…
some help please???
74.
Perry norman | January 13, 2008 at 12:45 am
problem solved^^
but does any one got a screen shot of the bios???
i really need a screen shot of it… because i don’t were to change those things…
75.
Huck | January 14, 2008 at 3:56 am
I have the original DVD that came with my iMac. Can I use this to install into VMWare?
76.
Maquido | January 15, 2008 at 6:38 am
Some solution for ‘/com.apple.boot.plist’ error?
Thanks
77.
Jimbawb | January 19, 2008 at 9:18 am
Hi guys – Lazy Jim here…
Can anyone provide me a working VMware virtual machine with mac os (any version) on which has network capabilities?
Thanks – James (a McNub)
Email address = profjekyll “at” hotmail.com
78.
Stack | January 24, 2008 at 5:25 am
I solved the ‘/com.apple.boot.plist’ problem just by runing as an Administrator.
79.
soad112589 | January 28, 2008 at 2:42 pm
I installed this a while ago on my system and it didn’t find my PS/2 mouse and keyboard. I disabled support for legacy USB in my BIOS and they worked just fine after I booted it back up.
80.
M.S. Babaei | February 1, 2008 at 3:52 am
thanks for all
it’s working
81.
Aaron | February 9, 2008 at 8:31 am
Which SATA DVD burner boots the ISO? I have the 10.5.4 hackintosh ISO and none of my IDE Burners will boot off the disc I made. Gives me that Plist not found error.
82.
Nick | February 14, 2008 at 9:51 am
Well it runs on my XP system P4 3Ghz 2GB ram but it is so slow its unusable, are there any tricks to speed it up?
83.
Nick | February 18, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Just to reply to myself, it was so bad cos I was running in debug mode
Doh
84.
Mikkel | February 29, 2008 at 11:16 pm
When I try to install the Mac OS X (ver. 10.5.1) on my vmware, it stalls when the grey screen (with the apple logo in the middle) appears. The round animated symbol below the apple logo just keeps on going, and after a while a symbol is shown in the top of the apple logo – like a “no enter” symbol – a white circle with a line across.
What am I doing wrong?
85.
NazgulTuga | March 2, 2008 at 12:52 am
It’s worked for me:
PC:
Duo T5259
Wirelles: 802.11b/g
OS: XP Pro SP2
Display: 15.4 WXGA
HD: 160GB
ODD: DVD Sup.MTI
Memory 2GB
ATI: Radeon Xpress 1100
Sotware used: VM Ware 6
Demont tools: 4.12.1
Image of MAC:
Mac OS X 10.4.8 [JaS AMD-Intel-SSE2-SSE3 with PPF1 & PPF2]
WORKS 100%!!!!!
86.
chandru | March 3, 2008 at 7:48 am
i install mac for amd , booting its ok but drives is not display
87.
War | March 11, 2008 at 10:57 pm
after i start my VMserver. i get all the “scrolling text” and the screen looks like its going to load the gui… instead i get …
“ATA Disk : Checksum Cookie not valid”…
any ideas please?
88.
surry | March 14, 2008 at 8:01 pm
hey all,
i’ve just got osx up on my IBM T61 as a VM. i dont, however have mouse or keyboard working. i looked through the VM BIOS but could not find how to disable legacy USB which was suggested above.
anyone got any ideas?
thanks
Surry
89.
surry | March 14, 2008 at 8:06 pm
And also getting this error:
System Extension Cannot be Used.
The System Extension “/system/Library/Extensions/MaxxussAMDPCNET.kext” was installed improperly and cannot be used.
also another similar error (which is not showing up now) because i cant press ‘OK’ on the above error said ps2.kext was not installed properly as well.
any ideas?
thanks
Surry
90.
Thomas | March 19, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Hi, this is rly difficult, because I didn’t know that the problem was (the installation booter was getting stuck every time) that I’ve to burn the iso iATKOS 1.0i R2 or something like that. So I did, I started the installation, and it was late, so I went to bed. But after 4 hours I looked at the installation and it was still at 15% or a little bit more. I did the installation again and the same problem. I looked in my error log, but didn’t saw something else than some crash informatie or something:
Dunno what the problem is. I didn’t used this guide but I figuered out by my self that I had to use -v. Is it something that has to do with paevm=”true”, because I didn’t edit the config file of my VMWare machine.
Please, help me, thank you.
91.
Thomas | March 19, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Sorry, this is my error log:
http://i28.tinypic.com/r2ov2h.jpg
92. osx86 on vmware server. « sixtydoses. where od is harmless. | March 20, 2008 at 10:57 am
[...] Machine: DELL Inspiron 640m Platform: Ubuntu Gutsy Console: VMWare Server 1.0.4 osx86 version: Jas 10.4.8 AMD Intel SSE2 SSE3 References: PCWiz Computer and AsenDURE [...]
93.
bin | March 29, 2008 at 4:51 am
Fix for ‘/com.apple.boot.plist’ is to run vmware as administrartor ( in windows ) or as root ( for linux/bsd )
94.
Raaz | April 10, 2008 at 1:48 pm
I’m sorry , I’ve tried this settings using Intel Core 2 Duo and 2gb ram. and after changing (editing the vm file in txt) it comes a error msg that “not a vilid bolean” etc. and after booting with Virtual CD , its not booting from that its says that no bootable image found.
Any one pls give me a solution
95.
Diver Dan | April 16, 2008 at 1:44 am
Hey i have a question and i never saw an email so please email me:)
96. Mac OS X 10.4.8 | Inf-o | April 20, 2008 at 9:23 pm
[...] Una vez hecho esto, lo mejor es seguir una guía, como esta y seguirla al pie de la letra (en la instalación cuidado, yo os recomiendo quitar los drivers de [...]
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El Rock | April 28, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Raaz ,
I had your problem. Write it on the file (use your ” above number 2). The problem for me is that I copy/paste paevm=”true” as written here. Notice the difference ” for “.
Hope it helps
98.
zero16 | April 29, 2008 at 9:29 pm
to those who try to boot with the original osx dvd:
this will not work go to thepiratebay.org and search for Mac OS X 10.4.5 Jas.iso then follow the directions exactly.
to those whose hd are not detected:
the osx installer does not recognize sata hard drives i think that it doesnt recognize ata either. It does recognize ide. this is what vmware is for. it makes the installer think your hd is ide.
FOLLOW THE TUTORIAL
Im not an expert but im trying to help.
99.
zero16 | April 29, 2008 at 11:21 pm
oh and thanks to the the writer. the part about setting the partition active made my previous install work.
100.
zero16 | May 1, 2008 at 9:08 pm
gets stuck in boot
101.
Robert M. Stockmann | May 13, 2008 at 3:19 am
“If you are getting the “system config file ‘/com.Apple.boot.plist’ not found” error, click in the VMWare windows. Press F8 and in the boot: prompt give “-v” option. It should work fine.”
thats what worked for me as well…. always burn the iso to dvd and check
if you can enter the installer by booting it for real outside vmware.
the ‘/com.Apple.boot.plist’ is definitely a VMware problem and sometimes a permission problem which is solved by running vmware as root.
102.
Robert M. Stockmann | May 13, 2008 at 8:04 am
when using vmware inside linux, always use
qemu-img convert -f raw .iso -O vmdk .vmdk
as mentioned inside
http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Vmware_how_to
This dropped the installation time from 60 minutes to 15 minutes, as the installation then becomes a apple to apple disk copy.
103.
sdds | May 14, 2008 at 1:12 am
My error is that I always get this error: ATA disk: Checksum cookie not valid. Is this a problem or what, cause it’s the last line on the whole thing. Oh and if the guy (or girl who posted about the * and “, Thanks.
If someone can help, that would be awesome!!
104.
Feloneous Cat | May 15, 2008 at 2:35 pm
“When possible you should operate from a legal copy of the operating system.”
Sorry, that doesn’t cut it. That is theft. I’m a programmer and when someone steals my work, it is theft, pure and simple.
The EULA states it MUST operate on Apple hardware. Thus, using it on DIFFERENT hardware violates the EULA and it is not a legal copy.
Sorry, whatever your instructions, they fail at the second “step 2″.
The ONLY way you can obtain a legal copy is buy running it on Apple hardware. Any other hardware is illegal.
105.
Feloneous Cat is Gay | May 17, 2008 at 6:08 am
STFU faggot
106.
Joe | May 23, 2008 at 1:26 pm
hI,
I tried for ages to get this to work. I got to a stage where I was getting the com.apple.boot.plist’ and other erros using a virtual drive on Daemon tools. So I burned the image with Alchohol 120.
Having burned the image with Alchoho, I am using VM Ware as virtual machine, the DVD boots (using the -v option). However just as the grey Mac screen appears, the system reboots.
So it’s progress, but not concluded yet!
Any help/advice would be grately appreciated.
Joe
107.
Joe | May 25, 2008 at 8:13 pm
OK all sorted, all loaded and working sweet!
108.
sandra | June 4, 2008 at 5:56 am
IF2Zo2 sd95vbm24r7mvu4091rvbqp
109.
Teods Hierro | June 12, 2008 at 3:22 am
im getting this error on VMWare: http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/835/vmwarear3.jpg
this happens after i boot from the Virtual CDROM Drive using Alcohol — the Apple splash screen would display then that error pops up.
Any workaround will be appreciated.im using VMWare GSX Server 3.0.
Thanks!!
110.
Phil. | June 15, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Same as Hawk (dec 2007) : I get the splash screen and the spinning icon.
It’s been something like 2 hours now and I don’t think waiting will do the trick…
Anyone had this problem ?
111.
Phil | June 18, 2008 at 5:01 pm
I finally got Leopard to work in VMWare… With a pre-made virtual machine I downloaded “as-is”.
Just look for “pcwiz leopard vmware image” to find it… Worked like a charm ^^
112.
Zain | June 29, 2008 at 1:47 pm
hello
can u tell me that i can install Leopard on my pc or not ??
i m using intel D101GGC board..
having trouble installing Leopard..
113.
Shai | July 20, 2008 at 2:18 am
I figured it out!!.. Just make a new CD-ROM and select the virtual drive instead of the image!! (I used Alcohol 120%).. and i also changed the virtual memory to 512.. No it loads fast and show the CDROM icon green most all the time when it loads the “JaS OsX86 10.5.2 Intel SSE2 SSE3.iso” image file.. no more “You need to restart your computer. hold down the power button for several seconds or press the restart button.” message! and no more false loading.. CYA
).. i hope i helped.
114.
tjf | August 6, 2008 at 2:50 pm
um … hey, apple and vmware … it appears we have a viable community which want to run YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM on VMWARE’s software …
why don’t you remove your heads from your asses, and OFFICIALLY release a supported OSX version …
115.
toto | August 6, 2008 at 10:45 pm
‘/com.Apple.boot.plist’ not found” what is the problem???
please help me
116.
Casee | August 18, 2008 at 9:44 am
This guide is awesome, thanks, I though I had to dual boot but this is so much better (i prefer to be able to switch in a snap.)
117.
Mark | September 8, 2008 at 1:49 pm
So, anyone successfully running MAC OSX on VMWare ?
118.
Felix | September 14, 2008 at 5:25 am
Yes Mac OS X runs successfully on VMWare Workstation 6.0.5
Cheers,
Felix
119.
Linc | September 16, 2008 at 10:26 am
I have the original RETAIL of Mac OS X 10.5 DVD and made an image using Alcohol 120% (~8GB) then used the virtual drive option to mount it, there is no speicifation to have HFS+ emulation though…. Created FreeBSD VMWare 6.0.5 VM on a Windows 2003 Host and started up the VM but it tells me that there is no CD, CD not bootable. The image looks idential to the original DVD as reported on the Windows 2003 host operating system as, ‘BOOT CAMP’ with about 480MB in size.
What am I doing wrong?
120.
einzomatic | September 17, 2008 at 3:43 pm
I get to the screen that says “Press any key to install OS-X, or press F8 for advanced options” (or whatever the exact wording is).
When I hit any key, it flashes a gray screen with the Mac logo, then the virtual machine restarts. Hitting F8 then -v the same thing happens.
If I do nothing, I get the “/com.Apple.boot.plist’ not found” error.
What should I do?
121.
einzomatic | September 17, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Okay, changed the OS to Windows NT instead of FreeBSD and it worked. OS-X is installing as I type.
122.
einzomatic | September 17, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Okay, I got it installed, made the partition active, and I keep getting the black/gray screen that says “You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Reset button.”
I tried changing it to 2 processors (since i have a dual core) but that didn’t change anything.
Suggestions?
123.
Chris Bradley | November 14, 2008 at 3:09 am
I’ve installed OSX on my laptop without VMWare by burning the image onto a DVD, booting from that, and formatting the drive so it is a MACOSX Journaled.
Problem is that when the machine boots up after I get the Apple icon at the start, the screen just turns blue and doesn’t go any further.
But here’s the kicker….. When I start the OSX in safe mode (ie. hold down left shift when the machine boots up) the machine boots all the way and I’ve got OSX running on a Dell laptop.
What do I have to disable in the startup so the laptop can boot without being in safe mode.
Cheers
Chriso
124.
alejandro | November 16, 2008 at 6:38 am
well i only have a question, who i can configure the wifi and de ethernet in mac because i need that for a homework
125.
alejandro | November 16, 2008 at 6:39 am
well i only have a question, how i can configure the wifi and de ethernet in mac because i need that for a homework
126.
Remco | December 13, 2008 at 7:02 am
It Works! thx for the tut
127.
leeran | December 19, 2008 at 9:00 pm
For the ppl with the /com.Apple.boot.plist issue…
1. COPY THE .ISO FILE TO THE VIRTUAL MACHINE, I.E.
AT LEAST U WILL HAVE OSX UP AND RUNNING.
E:\VIRTUAL MACHINES\OSX IS WHERE U WOULD COPY TO.
2. THEN GO TO THE VM CONFIGURATION FOR CD/DVD DRIVE
3. CHOOSE ISO, AND ENTER [Mac Datastore] MacOSX/Mac OSX 10.4.8 .iso (YOU SHOULD CHOOSE IT BY BROWSING.)
4. IN COMMANDS->CONFIGURE VM, CHOOSE THE OPTION TO LOAD BIOS. IN THE BIOS, LOOK FOR BOOT ORDER AND CHANGE THE ORDER SO THAT CD IS FIRST. U CHANGE THE ORDER WITH + AND -.
5. PROBLEM SOLVED.
6. NEXT ISSUE WILL BE UR NETWORK AND SOUND SETUP
All this was done on vmware server 2.0. Follow the steps in the tutorial and use my instructions when u get the /com.Apple.boot.plist problem. Otherwise u will end up scrapping dvds trying to copy something that doesnt want to copy easily. Not to mention the 20+minutes of the time it tries to copy to dvd. Vmware server 2.0 looks similar to the tutorials vmware server above. All the menus are there, look for them before u post anymore.
Njoy
128.
Nanite | December 21, 2008 at 4:14 pm
I just wanted to add that this tutorial is great ! I just wanted to test that my os X disk works without installing it on my friend’s MAC, and it does work just fine. The only thing is that I had to downgrade to VMWARE server 1 from server 2 because the VMWARE gui has changed drastically in the last year +. I would gladly appreciate it if someone could post the updated tutorial that includes Server 2 + whatever else is the newest versions of all software included so that someone doesn’t have to downgrade to an earlier version of anything.
129.
Patrik | January 5, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Why don’t you just go to http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/01/18/PearPC.html and you wont have to partition it and stuff! The emulator “PearPC” emulates a G4 or G3 (if you dont know what i mean thats like a macbook or ibook or mac pro)
130.
sasi | January 15, 2009 at 1:29 am
hi, I am trying to Install MAC OS 10.5.2 on VMware workstation 5.5. After creating new virtual machine when I try to install MAC OS after mounting using virtual clone drive I am getting the error operating system not found. Can anyone help me.
Thanks,
Sasi
131.
MikeyLopez | January 21, 2009 at 3:06 am
If you are having problems with the /com.Apple.boot.plist, all you have to do is just instead of using Daemon tools as the virtual drive, stop the instance of the MAC OS X and go to “change settings for this virtual machine” then change where its reading the disc from to the actual ISO file.
132.
Mike | January 29, 2009 at 12:49 pm
TO EVERYONE REF. USING OFFICIAL MAC OS DISK.
Apparently it’s been mentioned you CANNOT use an official disk. Legal implications aside, I’d like to know why – if anyone knows?
133.
SpewBoy | February 3, 2009 at 12:33 am
You can’t use the official Mac OS X disk because it was made to boot in macs only. If you are using VMware chances are you are using PC hardware, so you need a patched version, so it’s compatible with PC hardware.
Correct me if I’m wrong, that’s how I think it works.
134.
sainath | February 9, 2009 at 6:33 pm
i download a mac osx file from Apple called(MacOSXServerUpdCombo10.5.6.dmg) it is 956MBi think that is Mac OS X installation fileso I Have problem that i dont no about installation Prosses of that file with WinXppc.
intel Core2Duo
Os: winXp Sp2
memory: 2Gb Ram
HDD: 160GB
Graphic : NvidaGforse 521
DVD RW
plase tell me the prosses of installig MacOS X using that file. that f
135.
sainath | February 9, 2009 at 6:37 pm
i download a mac osx file from Apple called(MacOSXServerUpdCombo10.5.6.dmg) it is 956MBi think that is Mac OS X installation fileso I Have problem that i dont no about installation Prosses of that file with WinXppc.
intel Core2Duo
Os: winXp Sp2
memory: 2Gb Ram
HDD: 160GB
Graphic : NvidaGforse 521
DVD RW
plase tell me the prosses of installig MacOS X using that file.
136.
Mike | February 10, 2009 at 7:43 am
Cheers SpewBoy. Was also talking to a Mac chap who reckons the boot process involves checks to the hardware environment which detects if the machine is the right sort of Mac, let alone any other hardware.
137.
Aaron | February 19, 2009 at 4:52 am
I have VMware server 2 installed but have no idea how open it / run the program. It looks like it works through the browser. It asks me for a login name and password. What is my login name and password? I registered my email and made a password, but these do not work. Am I completely missing something?
138.
adrian | February 23, 2009 at 7:56 pm
hi,i install it but how to set up the internet on it…help
139.
Stuart | March 13, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Well I followed the instructions to the “T”. When I boot into VMWARE all I get is a blue screen….It doesnt move from this….Any suggestions?
If someone can email me at
sparker 2000 at g mail dot com.
Thanks
140.
i8ntda1 | April 22, 2009 at 8:15 am
Got it all installed but the Mac OS X can’t recognize my DvD Burner when I try to use Toast to make a DvD.
Any suggestions?
141.
gregory | April 29, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Hi guys…
i did install the osx 86 on my vmware but after the restart i get a message …<>
Also i did the last part ….(activating my Hd)
142.
lightone626 | May 15, 2009 at 6:18 pm
I am able to get to the installation welcome screen ok. However, when I try to use the mouse to click continue, I can’t get the mouse to move to the button. The enter button doesn’t make it continue either. Anyone have any ideas??!!
143.
Jason | May 24, 2009 at 2:13 am
Hey I am having a problem with it stalling right before the installation and then it tells me that it can’t find the config file. Any ideas?
144.
Ashwath | May 27, 2009 at 2:14 am
Get the local host root, not able to get the gui, get the dns error..
need help.. please.
145.
DarwinHelp | July 18, 2009 at 8:24 pm
Change the OS To “darwin” That works on 6 or 6.5… Workstation only. This allows it to recommend memory size. It assumes you are trying to install 10.5.3 which is more resource-intensive so it will work perfectly… I am installing this just to upgrade it to leopard.
146.
DarwinHelp | July 19, 2009 at 5:43 pm
“system config file ‘/com.Apple.boot.plist’ not found”
PAEVM = “true”
OR
restart the system.
147.
arpita | July 26, 2009 at 6:43 am
Hello,
Hi i am planing to purchase amd pheon 2 so need ur help will i b able to install mac os on it or plz suggest me amd high version on which i can install windo’s linux & mac
From,
arpita
148.
NoMan | July 29, 2009 at 4:31 am
FIX For ‘/com.Apple.boot.plist’ :
Go into the settings of the VMWare machine; add a new CD/DVD Rom then choose ISO; and point to your ISO
VMware 6.5
149.
hazzza | July 31, 2009 at 1:47 am
I have sucessfully installed Mac OS X 10.4.8 but when it restarts as the install is finished i get the error “‘com.apple.boot.plist’ not found” and cannot boot – i have tried several methods to get it to work, but non have worked.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
150.
jordy | August 20, 2009 at 12:48 pm
this is a great thread & its help was invaluable so i hate to whing on my 1st post here but hazzza how can you ask your question when the answer is one post above yours ? christ doesnt any one read anymore. such a long running thread that has all the answers if people would stop with the histerical blindness & comprehend what they supposedly read
151.
Madhu | September 20, 2009 at 3:55 am
I am installing MAC OS X 10.4.8 in VMWare 6.5 on Windows Vista.
Running AMD 3 Core with 4GB RAM.
The installation goes fine(Followed your guide) , But unable to load the os , error message “System config file ‘./COM.apple.Boot.Plist’ not found”
What should I do , need help fast.
152.
Teej | October 27, 2009 at 10:49 am
Im gettin the “b0 error” but on jumping to step 10 of the tutorial, the “fdisk -e/dev/rdisk0″ couldnt be executed by the OS.
i got the prompt “-sh-2.05b#” n on inputtin the “fdisk -e/dev/rdisk0″ command, it returned
fdisk: illegal option — /
… bla bla blaaaaaaaaaaa…
any1 knows wot else to do 4rm here?
mail me on my addy pls: cah_worth@yahoo.com
cheers
153.
Dinesh | November 3, 2009 at 4:34 am
if you want to install Mac OS X 10.5.5 in VMware 6.5.1, try these steps, http://www.sysprobs.com/mac-windows-featured-post