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Apart from VirtualBox, you'll also need an OSX86 ISO. The group
Hazard has put out a good patched Snow Leopard installer that
should do fine (just search for iton Google). Of course, if you
feel bad about downloading the ISO of Snow Leopard, you could
always go buy a copy to feel a bit better, karmically.
After you have them both, install Virtualbox. Open up Virtualbox
and click on New at the top left.
At the Create New Virtual Machine window, click Next.
At this window type OSX as the name and it will automatically
change the systemand version. The next window will let you choose
your RAM amount:
If you can spare it, crank it up as far as you can go, but
1024MB should be sufficient.
This is where you'll make your hard disk. 20GB should be enough
so what it comes
down to is dynamic or static. Dynamic will expand on use and
Static will be a fixed 20GB no matter how much data is actually in
it. Dynamic is better for not taking up your hard drive but static
should give you better performance. I normally use dynamic. Click
next unless you want to change it from dynamic or if you want to
increase the disk size or file location.
It will show a summary of your settings. Click Finish, then
click Settings at the top. At this window click on System in the
left pane and uncheck Enable EFI.
Now click on the Storage button on the left. From there click on
Empty under theOSX.vdi, then click the folder with the green arrow
on the right (next to "CD/D
VD Device").
At this window click the Add button at the top. Then find and
add the OSX86 ISOyou downloaded earlier. Then highlight it and
click Select at the bottom. Then click OK, and hit the Start button
on the left side of the main VirtualBox window.
As it starts up, click inside the window and hit F8. Then at the
boot: prompt type v so you can see what exactly went wrong if
something does go wrong. All the services will run and eventually
you should come to the language screen. Choose your language then
click next. If you are unable to move your mouse around then hit
Right-Ctrl + I. Click Continue and Agree. Next, start up Disk
Utility by going to Utilities in the menu bar.
At this screen highlight 20GB VBOX HARDDISK. Then click the
Erase tab, name it what you want in the name box and click the
Erase button on the bottom right of t
he window. It shouldn't take long. Then click Disk Utility in
your menu bar andquit it. Now you're back at the installer.
Highlight the drive that is now showing up and click Continue.
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The next window is important. Click the Customize button on the
bottom left.
AMD Users check:
Any Updates included at the top.Drop down Kernels and choose
Legacy kernel.AMD option below System support.
Intel Users check:Any Updates included at the top.Drop down
bootloaders and check the newest Chameleon.Drop down Kernels and
choose Legacy kernel.Then click Done and hit the Install button. To
speed up the process you can click Skip when the disc check pops
up.
As soon as it says "installation finished" and starts counting
down to restart,press the right Ctrl key. Click on Devices at the
top of the VirtualBox window,hit CD/DVD Devices and click Unmount
CD/DVD Device. Then go to Machine > Reset and click Reset at the
prompt. Next you'll see the Chameleon loader and then OS Xwill
begin to boot.
After it boots you will see the setup screens for OS X! You're
good to go. The only hiccup I've found is that it can only be
virtualized with one core. It could
be the OSX disc I was using or it might not be. And I have yet
to find the right kext that will allow audio to work and the
resolution is limited also. But other than that you'll have a fully
functioning OSX virtualized!
Update: I'd like to post some answers to the resolution and
audio. I should havelooked around before posting this but I just
didn't have the time. So anyways heres what you can do:
To fix the resolution issue, open Finder and go to the OS X
drive on the left. Open the folder called Extras. Right Click on
the file com.Apple.Boot.plist and open it with TextEdit. Under the
first insert this:
Graphics Mode
1280x1024x32
or another compatible resolution. Select "Save As" at the top
and save it to thedesktop, unchecking the check under Unicode and
then save it as com.apple.boot.plist. After that drag and drop it
into the extras folder and overwrite the original file, entering
your password when prompted.
Instructions for the sound issue can be found here.
Don't install system updates. If you want updates you'll have to
install anotheriso distribution with the updates on it. If you
install the updates directly fr
om apple it messes with the custom kexts and chameleon. Just a
forewarning.
And for those of you getting boot issues try choosing a
different version of Cha
