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MAC on MAC
Posted: 1. Dec 2011, 11:09
by brandy
I run VB on Mac 10.6/IMAC. Now I want to test 10.7 and want do install it on VB. Problem: I don´t get the CD booted. I tried it with empireEFI, then it booted until i have to press a key.
Whats wrong here - Mac should work on Virtualbox with Mac on Mac hardware?
Re: MAC on MAC
Posted: 1. Dec 2011, 22:39
by Sharpie
brandy wrote:Whats wrong here - Mac should work on Virtualbox with Mac on Mac hardware?
Currently, VirtualBox only supports virtualizing the Server versions of Leopard and Snow Leopard on Apple hardware. See this note for details:
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=31104
There has been some discussion on how to get Lion working:
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=42961
And an issue open on the bug tracker that includes a preliminary patch that allows Lion VMs to boot:
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/9388
However, the patch does not add enough Lion-specific support to allow the installer to run successfully. Installation has to be done in some other software, like VMWare Fusion, then the virtual hard drive can be ported over to VirtualBox and run by under a build that has been compiled using the patch.