SOFTWARE SPECS
VirtualBox 5.2.12r122591 (Qt5.6.3)
Host OS 10.11.6, 64-bit, preinstalled by macsales
Guest OS 10.5 Server, 32-bit (assumption), bought from eBay
10.6.3 Personal, 32- and 64-bit compatible, bought from Apple
HARDWARE SPECS
Mid-2011 iMac 12,1
2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
16 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
500 GB SATA hard drive
VM CREATION
I created an 80 GB partition and specified the VM was to be created on that partition, then created a fixed 50 GB VDI. The VM was created successfully, but I was unable to install either 10.5 Server or 10.6.3 Personal as a Guest. Regardless of settings, the VM consistently boots into the UEFI Shell. I noted that neither installation disk remained in the optical drive for more than a couple minutes, and it seems to me it generally takes much longer than that to install an OS.
SETTINGS
- General > specified bidirectional shared clipboard and drag 'n' drop
- System > specified 2048 MB base memory, chipset ICH9, PS/2 mouse, 1 CPU at 100%, boot order as optical then hard drive, and minimal paravirtualization, and disabled nested paging
- Display > specified 128 MB video memory and 1 monitor at 100% scaling, enabled 3D acceleration, disabled 2D video acceleration and HiDIP output
- Audio > enabled audio output only using CoreAudio driver and Soundblaster 16 controller
- Network > set up all four adaptors: NAT, Bridged, Internal, Host-Only
- Ports > enabled USB 2.0 controller (after installing the extension pack), entered every detail for my keyboard and mouse, including the serial numbers
- changed to a supported Mac, specifically iMac8,1
- provided the serial number from the 10.5 Server installation disk
- changed the screen resolution to 1280x1024
- Will deleting or renaming "AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext" from the Host have any effect on its operation? Is this something that would help?
- One forum thread suggested deleting the CpuIdTree code from the .vbox file. Would this help and, if so, how do I do it? The only option given in "Open…" is vboxstarter.app.
- What am I doing wrong? And how can I fix it? I'm close to tearing out my hair, and I'm pretty sure I taught my neighbors some new profanity. I'd eventually like to be able to virtualize 10.6.8 to use software that El Capitan will no longer run.