Can winodow host run mac osx

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dman10001
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Can winodow host run mac osx

Post by dman10001 »

Hi, I would like to know if I can use the other/unknown option to

run mac osx on windows host.
nabamer.

Post by nabamer. »

No. The normal MAC OS disk won't normally let you install it on a PC. There is a special hacked version floating around that works on PCs, but its not compatible with Virtual Box.
jonrodolea
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Any chance it would work if I had booted into Windows on a Mac (Apple calls in Bootcamp) and tried to run the Mac OS X partition from VirtualBox?
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Post by Sasquatch »

jonrodolea wrote:Any chance it would work if I had booted into Windows on a Mac (Apple calls in Bootcamp) and tried to run the Mac OS X partition from VirtualBox?
You can try, but it does not guarantee it will work. You still have the MBR issue. And I wonder how MAC OS handles hardware changes like these.
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