[Solved] Mavericks Host For Snow Leopard

[VirtualDillo]

I want to host a Snow Leopard VM from OS X Mavericks. What version of VB/installation procedure should I use? I haven't been able to get it to work so far.
Thanks for your suggestions...

OS X 10.9.5
Mac Pro 2010
32G RAM

[socratis]

I haven't been able to get it to work so far.

The difficult part these days is actually getting 10.6, because Apple seems that has stopped selling them.

Do you have the originals? Because if you try to download anything from the Internet, it's going to be a Hackintosh most probably...

What version of VB/installation procedure should I use?

I use the latest beta, so that pretty much means whatever you want. As for the procedure, it's just a standard, straight-forward Guest installation once you have the ISO.

[VirtualDillo]

Thanks for your reply. I have several OEM versions of the Snow Leopard install disc, actually, so no problem there. Maybe I just screwed up the installation procedure. I'll give it another shot

[socratis]

I have several OEM versions of the Snow Leopard install disc

OEM versions of the Snow Leopard installation?!?!

I'm sorry, but what in the seven kingdoms are you referring to? There's only one ... "OEM" for Apple OSX 10.6 software; Apple.

[VirtualDillo]

Yes, they're all Apple OEM I've reached the point in the OS X installation process where it asks me where I want to install the system. The box which should show the available disks is empty. Note: My folder for the VM and disk are outside the Home folder, but on the same disc.

[fth0]

If I remember correctly, at some time when the OS X installer has been started, you have to select the Disk Utility from the OS X menu and prepare (partition/format) the disk. This time should be about zero, one or two mouse clicks before your current position in the installation process.

[socratis]

Yes, they're all Apple OEM

I hope that the "wink" smiley doesn't mean that you're trying a Hackintosh OEM installation...

Note: My folder for the VM and disk are outside the Home folder, but on the same disc.

This has nothing to do with the situation, the VM folder and disk could be in the other side of the planet, as long as you had constant access to them by some networking means.

when the OS X installer has been started, you have to select the Disk Utility from the OS X menu and prepare (partition/format) the disk

Can't remember the 10.6 installer doing what you're suggesting, I think it was the 10.13 one only, and that got fixed with 10.13.2. See note #3 in the [HowTo] Install OSX 10.13 in a VM thread. I'll have to double-check for the 10.6 installer...

[fth0]

Can't remember the 10.6 installer doing what you're suggesting,

I've been referring to the general case of installing any OS X version on any physical (or virtual) hard disk that is unformatted at the time when the OS X installer app is started. AFAIK, the installer only offers the hard disk volumes that are already formatted with an acceptable file system, and in the menu of the OS X installer app you can select to start the Disk Utility application to partition/format the hard disk as a preparation step and return to the OS X installer app afterwards, to be offered the newly formatted and acceptable hard disk volumes then. My own experience comes from installing OS X (10.7/8/9/10/11?) on an external hard disk pre-formatted with FAT32 (or even unformatted) several years ago, and because a new virtual hard disk is unformatted ...

[socratis]

AFAIK, the installer only offers the hard disk volumes that are already formatted with an acceptable file system

You're right, I got confused.

I was thinking about the fact that the 10.13 installer would not even show the available disks from the get-go, you had to go to the Devices » Show all disks, to actually see the disk to be formatted...

[VirtualDillo]

So I need to format the .vdi disk created by VB? Disk Utility does not see the .vdi disc as a formattable volume. (and BTW, yes all my installer discs are Apple OEM, I'm not hacking anything)

OK, I take that back. Disk Utility from _within_ the installer sees it, and I have formatted it. It's installing now

[socratis]

Disk Utility does not see the .vdi disc as a formattable volume

You're confusing the real-world with the virtual-world. Once you're in a VM you got to stop thinking about your Host for a moment and focus only on the Guest.

The "Disk Utility" that both 'fth0' and yours truly are referring to, is the "Disk Utility" of the Guest OS, not the Host. Access the "Disk Utility" from the Guest.

Edit:

I see you found it while I was typing...

[VirtualDillo]

I've got it running! Thanks so much for all your help, folks

[socratis]

Glad you did, marking as [Solved].

Oh, and BTW, moving the whole thread to the "OSX Guests" area, from the "OSX Hosts" one...