I’m having some problems at the end of the setup procedure, I get so far, and no further.
What I’ve got: iMac i3 3.2Ghz 8GB RAM, OS High Sierra 10.13.1 (clean install, no user files), VirtualBox 5.2.18, Snow leopard install disk (10.6.3)
What I’m trying to do: Run Snow Leopard
What I’ve done (a number of times):
- Open VB, Select ‘new’, Name: Snow Leopard, Type; Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (32-bit)
- Memory Size: 4096, Create Virtual disk, VDI, Dynamic, 20GB
- Start, select optical disk file, Host drive ‘HL-DT-ST DVERW GA32N’, start
- runs through black screen & text ok, brings up initial language screen, english selected, install ready to go
- open disk utility, select VBOX hard disk, erase, format Mac OS ext (journ), Name: Snow Leopard, successful, quit disk utility
- Back to OS install, continue, licence agree, continue, select where to install, Snow Leopard selected, install
- Install goes through its process right through to the ‘restart’ dialog box
- On restart, goes back to black screen, white text.
- Goes no further