Would like to run Mavericks or less on Vbox AMD host.

[nlinecomputers]

I don't do Macs and not ready to laydown lots of money for one but I would like to buy a copy of OSX Mavericks and install it on Vbox. A virtual hackitosh.

Anyone here tried this?

I've downloaded Niresh's version of Mavericks and tried to install it in Vbox.

My host computer runs on a AMD Phenom II X4 955. Which I told only runs on Niresh's kernels.

I follow the steps outlined for installing Niresh on an AMD64 but I get stuck during the install about about 17 minutes left. Never proceeds further. The mac installer isn't frozen as I can move the mouse around and click on menus. But it is obviously stuck as it doesn't go further. I've let it run for an hour before giving up. I've tried various switches but honestly I'm not certain of the functions of them.

Looking for anyone that has done this.

Thanks,
nlinecomputers

 

[nlinecomputers]

532 views and no replies? No one has even tried to do a virtual hackintosh?

 

[skdmaster]

I know you said you don't want to put a lot of money but what about a Mac Mini? New go for $600 but you can find them on eBay for $200-$300. Besides learning the OS you then have a hardware device that you can then attach a physical Mac drive to and do a scan or other tech work with. Just a thought...

 

[nlinecomputers]

I know you said you don't want to put a lot of money but what about a Mac Mini? New go for $600 but you can find them on eBay for $200-$300. Besides learning the OS you then have a hardware device that you can then attach a physical Mac drive to and do a scan or other tech work with. Just a thought...

Eventually I will do that. Can't afford it right now. Money this time of year is always at my tightest. Federal Income Tax, Sales Tax, Quarterly Estimated payments, Microsoft Action Pack(Now nearly f-ing $500 and no real Technet, Thanks alot Microshaft!) No extra cash right now. Don't even have a spare system with intel based hardware to build a hackintosh on. Oh well that will likely change in the next couple of weeks.

 

[Markverhyden]

Nothing personal but given that is a copyright violation may contribute to the lack of responses.

 

[nlinecomputers]

Except that I own a copy of OSX Mavericks. Spent $20 on ebay to get the disk to be legal.

 

[Markverhyden]

Except that I own a copy of OSX Mavericks. Spent $20 on ebay to get the disk to be legal.

Read Apple's EULA. All Apple OS's must run on Apple Hardware.

 

[colonydata]

Except that I own a copy of OSX Mavericks. Spent $20 on ebay to get the disk to be legal.

read the TOS/EULA. OSX comes with Virtualization right but only on apple hard ware.

but if you must know I tried it once long ago with VMWare. it worked following piling hack after hack on top of it. But it was painfully slow. Certainly not fast enough to get any meaningful work done. getting practical experience with OSX maybe but I doubt it.

my advice is pick up a Mac Mini if you really want to learn OS X. You will find plenty of uses for it beyond learning OS X as it is a very versatile little machine.

 

[LunchBox]

From what I've heard is that Apple makes it difficult to install on a VM unless its their own environment or if you do install it on a VM you will be hacking a few things.

I had a co-worker learn a lot about Macs and its inner working by building a Hackingtosh. A hackingtosh is an Apple OS running on a Windows systems lets say a Latitude E6400 (for example).

One of the sites (or perhaps both) have a tool where it pretty much does most thing you would need to do like install drivers, configure something etc. I've wanted to build one, however, I got lucky and got myself a Mac (about 4 years old running Mavericks).

Also, Mavericks is now free. I'm guessing you paid for it since you don't have a Mac to download the free OS.

I would start is a spare system and install Mac OS following recommendations from the forums below. This actually looking my at my co-worker's experience is a great way to learn as drivers (for one) is handled much differently on Macs and building one using the method listed on the sites below will give more of that knowledge.


http://www.hackintosh.com/

http://www.tonymacx86.com/home.php

 

[trevm999]

I did it once with snow leopard. As I recall, it works better in VMware than virtual box. It is harder to get working with an AMD processor, and you have to mess with virtualization in the BIOS.

What is the purpose of this? Just to play around with OSX? Or are you planning on supporting Macs? If the later, check out the link in my signature for info on creating a OSX external hard drive to use.

 

[LunchBox]

True on the External drive. I forgot that I also had one of those with all the tools you mentioned. This is a good way to have an Apple OS.

However, he did want to build a Mac OS system to learn and I can't think of no other way that getting your own system. Since money is an issue, I suggested of using the installer to install on a Dell, HP whatever you have.

But, I would also have an external drive (I call my the Admin Drive) as this will come in very handy.

 

[altrenda]

After helping someone build a Hackintosh, I am of the opinion that the only thing you really learn is how to build a hackintosh. You spend so much time chasing drivers, messing with settings and dealing with unstability, you never really get the Mac experience.

The one I worked on had carefully selected components to match what Apple uses as close as possible and it was still a chore. But many people are happily using them as a lower cost alternative to Mac Pros.

As has been said before, you really don't have to have a Mac to work on them, . If you have access to one for a while, a copy of Carbon Copy Cloner and a USB hard drive will do.

 

[BrianofNazareth]

After helping someone build a Hackintosh, I am of the opinion that the only thing you really learn is how to build a hackintosh. You spend so much time chasing drivers, messing with settings and dealing with unstability, you never really get the Mac experience.

In my opinion, I don't think you need the "Mac Experience" to fix them.

I respectfully disagree with you. Building a Hackintosh taught me more about fixing OS X than the Apple Certified course did.

You will learn about Kext's, plist's, how & when to use fsck, how to read the Console log to identify issues, etc.

That said, abandon the idea of installing on an AMD system - that truly is a trip down the rabbit hole. Get a copy of 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard), go to TonyMac86 and learn about Verbose (-v), SafeMode & Single User Mode, HFS+ et. al.. Throw an old Hard Drive into an old Intel desktop and consider it "Night School". If you keep a detailed log of the options you select when attempting the install it will save you lots of time in the long run.

 

[trevm999]

I respectfully disagree with you. Building a Hackintosh taught me more about fixing OS X than the Apple Certified course did.

Apple's training for OS issues:
1. Try using a test account
2. Reinstall Application
3. Reinstall OS