Possible to load OSX into VM? (VirtualBox specifically)

It is difficult to say the least. Well, at least in vmware.

I have been attempting this for the past weeks and have had no success. I have made a hackintosh in the past and it was far easier than setting it up in a vm. Id google around for Darwin, OSx86 or IATKOS. Make sure you load a legit copy of osx to keep it all nice.
 
MacOS X is supposed to be possible on both VB and VmWare player. I have tried 10.5.6 and 10.4.8 on VmWare Player with success but Apple don't make it easy (well it's against their EULA but I think almost everything is).

VB now has OS X Server support (which is allowed according to Apple's diktat) and therefore 'should' support OS X Desktop too.

However, if you only want to try OS X command line stuff, Darwin is still alive
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system)#Release_history
 
MeDammit said:
It is difficult to say the least. Well, at least in vmware.

I have been attempting this for the past weeks and have had no success. I have made a hackintosh in the past and it was far easier than setting it up in a vm. Id google around for Darwin, OSx86 or IATKOS. Make sure you load a legit copy of osx to keep it all nice.
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I have 10.4 ~ 10.6.7
 
Leopard is a pain in the arse, but yes. I have had success in VirtualBox upon editing the VirtualBox XML files for the specific machine and lots of Kernal Panics.

In all honesty it may be worth looking up iAtkos S3?
 
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For s&gs, I loaded iatkos s3 on a gateway laptop just now. Went smoothly. This is the same disk that gives me tons of kernel panics no matter what switches I use in vmware. My honest suggestion would be to load it up on an old dektop or laptop.
 
MeDammit said:
For s&gs, I loaded iatkos s3 on a gateway laptop just now. Went smoothly. This is the same disk that gives me tons of kernel panics no matter what switches I use in vmware. My honest suggestion would be to load it up on an old dektop or laptop.
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True words right there...

A custom distro of Mac OSX in a virtual enviroment is cause for fail.

However I've had much more luck running an iAtkos/iKaros distro on a more 'hardware' based side.
 
Permitted License Uses and Restrictions.
A. Single Use License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, unless you have purchased a Family Pack or Upgrade license for the Apple Software, you are granted a limited non-exclusive license to install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-branded computer at a time. You agree not to install, use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple-branded computer, or to enable others to do so.
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http://www.apple.com/legal/sla/

Reporting this thread. Against forum rules and against OSX EULA.

You want to learn OSX and make money supporting it, then invest a little money. Do it right and purchase an Apple Computer.
 
I certainly hope you have reported all the threads on here relating to using a Windows disk on a computer it wasn't made for.

However, the pirate ISO for installing OS X on machines is against the forum rules.
 
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MrUnknown said:
I certainly hope you have reported all the threads on here relating to using a Windows disk on a computer it wasn't made for.

However, the pirate ISO for installing OS X on machines is against the forum rules.
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Well then I guess it's super Awesome "e" of me to actually own the disc's, and I guess I could theoretically piece together some g4/g5 system parts and test this. That is if it's ok with AMT.
 
MrUnknown said:
I certainly hope you have reported all the threads on here relating to using a Windows disk on a computer it wasn't made for.
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When I see them, and the percentage of Windows techs far exceeds the number of Mac techs on these forums, so when someone speaks about the same thing with a Windows license, about a hundred other techs will speak up before me. Plus if anyone is doing something like this with Windows they aren't boasting about it or acting like there is nothing wrong with it like some techs on these forums proudly boasting their hackintoshes (don't want to mention names even though there are a few)?

But if you are implying I'm being a hypocrite, the report system is a team effort for all of us when we see inappropriate threads, topics, members, etc..I may not report every Windows thing like posted on these forums, but I hardly read every thread on these forums. Only the ones that catch my eye. Also the definition of hypocrite pertaining to myself or anyone for that matter would be me slamming this thread but contributing towards threads regarding illegal use of other OSs, which I never have.
 
Well, considering the thread was originally about running OSX in a vm (and how its a pita), you do what you feel you need to. However, let me go ahead and toss some opinion in here.

I work on pcs, not macs. I have several legal copies of windows laying around and I throw them on random machines and then n&p like I change my socks (which can be multiple times a day; I hate feet). What I have done, however, is to purchase a copy of snow leopard because I would like to be at least somewhat familiar with the ui. BUT when I tried to load it in a vm, guess what didn't work? So I should go spend $500 on a pos mac (yes, "pos" is an acronym, no its not "point of sale" because for that much I'm getting a pos) to learn how to navigate it? No thanks, I've already spent enough on vm software and hardware that OSX is supposed to work on. So I have a laptop laying around that I have 0 money into the HW and a purchased copy of OSX, takes 1/2 hour to load, and I can see the gui... hmm, that's a damn hard choice.

There are several reasons that I despise macs, but that doesn't mean that everyone does, so to try to help out a friend that has a mac (no charge for the assistance), I have loaded software to be able to see what he sees.

Tl;dr = the report button is up to the right corner, do what you have to. I post no links to anything illicit, but try to suggest ways to research.
 
I would also like to post a little add on to myself.

I'm not saying I condone going against a eula, however if I have purchased a piece of software and given it my damnedest to operate said software in a legal, acceptable fashion and it fails to work, I will take steps to try to get that software to work in other situations. That doesn't mean I will go buy a whole new computer at an inflated price to use it, but rather use what I have at hand with tools readily available.
 
The problem with your logic about getting the software to work, for free in a VM vs buying a "pos" mac is that the "pos" mac is still going to run it much better than the VM.

You can search ebay and find an intel Mac Mini for like $150 easily. It'll run the latest version of OS X extremely well. Certainly well enough to learn....and bonus, you'll have a real Mac that you can use for the purpose of backing up data or other things.
 
anonymous Mac Tech said:
When I see them, and the percentage of Windows techs far exceeds the number of Mac techs on these forums, so when someone speaks about the same thing with a Windows license, about a hundred other techs will speak up before me. Plus if anyone is doing something like this with Windows they aren't boasting about it or acting like there is nothing wrong with it like some techs on these forums proudly boasting their hackintoshes (don't want to mention names even though there are a few)?

But if you are implying I'm being a hypocrite, the report system is a team effort for all of us when we see inappropriate threads, topics, members, etc..I may not report every Windows thing like posted on these forums, but I hardly read every thread on these forums. Only the ones that catch my eye. Also the definition of hypocrite pertaining to myself or anyone for that matter would be me slamming this thread but contributing towards threads regarding illegal use of other OSs, which I never have.
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I never called you a hypocrite, just hoped you gave the same fair treatment to everyone else for violating ridiculous provisions of EULAs.

As for boasting from Windows users, we can install Windows on OS X hardware just fine, and it is encouraged by Apple via bootcamp. You can't even legally run OS X under any VM. Well, you can with the Server edition.

If anyone is a hypocrite, it's Apple.
 
MrUnknown said:
If anyone is a hypocrite, it's Apple.
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I do find it funny that Apple had no problems pillaging years and years of freely open-sourced software from BSD and other Unix variants for their product only to turn around and tell people what they can and can't do with OS X & iOS. Without FreeBSD there is no OS X and without OS X there is no iOS.

Still, rules are rules for a reason (even dumb ones) and Apple has their own very strict rules. I wish they would let us experiment with their OS on our own hardware, but that isn't the case.
 
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anonymous Mac Tech said:
http://www.apple.com/legal/sla/

Reporting this thread. Against forum rules and against OSX EULA.

You want to learn OSX and make money supporting it, then invest a little money. Do it right and purchase an Apple Computer.
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Oh brother. Everything is against osx Eula. Let me guess... You are against jail breaking as well


To add to the thread hackintosh is much easier than vmware. Pretty straight forward as well with the correct hardware.

And before anyone jumps my case I do own a heap of apple products.
 
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AlphaCS said:
Oh brother. Everything is against osx Eula. Let me guess... You are against jail breaking as well


To add to the thread hackintosh is much easier than vmware. Pretty straight forward as well with the correct hardware.

And before anyone jumps my case I do own a heap of apple products.
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Well technically even thought Jail breaking is against Apple EULA/SLA it is federally legal.
 
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