Installing MAC OSX as Guest

[nadavh]

Hi,

Im running VirtualBox 4.2.6 on Max OSX 10.8.2 on a MBP.
i have 2 guest machine (xp and win7) that work fine.

i writing an app on this OSX and it works great.
how ever i need to test it on 10.7.5 (an older version then what i currently have)
can i install osx 10.7.5 on the virtual machine? i have the retail 10.7 disk, if so, how?
can i down load a Image file with this version ?

Thanks,
Nadav.

[mpack]

To save you from being banned just because of poor use of jargon: I assume your reference to downloading an OS X image is actually talking about creating a VM from a setup CD, and you are not actually downloading anything?

[nadavh]

sorry for the bad jargon.

yes, i use my own Retail cd of 10.7, that i have from an old MBP !!!
what i mean when i say download is the following: in the past i used VMWare, and they supplied (i dont know if they still do) legit VM images of various OS's, for testing purposes, i dont know if VirtualBox have the same.

i hope that clears my intentions..

Nadav.

[mpack]

There are pre-built VirtualBox VM downloads available, but not from this site, and never of Windows or OS X, neither of which are free.

[nadavh]

Ok, so ill install from my own dvd.
but can it be done? can i install my 10.7 on a VirtualBox that is installed on my new 10.8.2 Mac book pro?

[mpack]

Sorry, I'm not a Mac expert, I can't tell you what will and won't work. You should however read Important notice regarding Mac OS X as Guest.

[rpmurray]

I'm curious as to where you got this retail 10.7.5 DVD (CD would be much too small to hold the OS installer which weighs in at a little over 4GB) when Lion has only ever been available as a download (or on a USB thumb drive) from Apple.

[nadavh]

Im pretty sure u i got a bundle of disks with my mbp i got 3 years ago

[rpmurray]

Im pretty sure u i got a bundle of disks with my mbp i got 3 years ago

Then none of those disks would have Lion on them since it was released a year and a half ago.

[nadavh]

Then the previous realese, it doesnt really matter, need a testing machine which an older version than the ML i have.