Saturday, July 11, 2009

MacOS X on VMWare 6.5.6

After many days of trial and error, I was finally able to install MacOS X 10.5.5 from a retail DVD version of Leopard on my VMWare workstation 6.5.6.

Credit goes out to this link
www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=118663

Here is what you will need:
1. VMWare for your platform. I used VMWare Workstation for Windows 6.5.0 build 118166
2. Download and install the template for the guest CD image from redirectingat.com/?id=292X457&url=http%3A//www.mediafire.com/%3F1zyfhhmlckc
3. A ISO image file of MacOS Leopard. How you get this is up to you. We recommend you go thru legal channels of course. This blog does not contain instructions or locations where retail DVD of Leopard can be obtained.

Here is how to do it:
1. Extract the CD image template from #2 above.
2. Boot the system with the vmdonk.iso attached. You should see a boot prompt.
3. Change the VMware settings and mount the Leopard ISO image, by using the VM->Removable Devices menu item.
4. Type "9F" (no quotes) and press enter. This will try to boot from the Leopard ISO image. This will give you the Leopard boot prompt.
5. Install leopard by following the instructions. You will have to partition your drive using the Disk Utility. I created partition only.
6. When the installtion is complete, change the VMWare mounted image back to the vmdonk.iso file that was previously mounted .
7. At the boot prompt use device "80" (again no quotes) and press enter.
8. This will bring you to the Leopard Boot prompt. You can enter boot parameters or press enter with a standard boot.

Note 1: For me to have a full screen display, I was able to specify "Graphics Mode"="1600x900x32" at the Leopard boot prompt. Your display size and modes will vary.

Note 2: In order to stop the Mac VM from crashing each time Energy Power management for display and hard drives to kick in, I had to set the Display, Screen Saver and hard drive shutoffs to "Never".

Good Luck!
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7 comments:

  1. CeraxtonJuly 28, 2009 at 4:57 PM

    Hello - I have beaten my head against the wall trying to get this up and running. After trying to use several ISO that I downloaded - I finally decided to purchase a retail version of Leopard.

    Supposedly I can use that along w/ the VMware template and vmdonk.iso to get this up and running. The InsanelyMac forum is soo poorly architected and maintained that I cannot seem to get logged in to post my questions.

    Anyway - I believe I was able too successfully create a DMG file from the retail DVD I purchased. I don't know how to get that to ISO so that I can mount it in VMware Workstation.

    Do you happen to know how to create an ISO from the physical retail DVD? Do you think I'm barking up the wrong tree in trying to do it this way?

    Thx Much!

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  2. Vahid KowsariJuly 28, 2009 at 9:09 PM

    I think imgburn utility (www.imgburn.com) will create iso images.

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  3. CeraxtonJuly 29, 2009 at 3:07 PM

    Thx Vahid - but no such luck. When you insert the Leopard Retail DVD into the DVD drive Windows does not recognize the entire DVD. Only the Windows formatted volume of the DVD that Apple has designated for Windows. I had to use a program called TransMac http://www.acutesystems.com/scrtm.htm to capture the DMG file of that retail DVD in Windows.

    Now I'm stuck w/ the DMG and need to get that to ISO format. IMGBurn will not convert DMG to ISO.

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  4. CeraxtonJuly 29, 2009 at 6:45 PM

    I think I found an app that will take care of ripping the retail DVD straight to ISO format. I'm testing it now to see if it will convert my DMG to ISO format and it looks very promising.

    http://www.isobuster.com

    Now, once I get this into ISO...I should then be able to boot this in VMware Workstation right?

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  5. AnonymousAugust 30, 2009 at 9:29 AM

    Thanks to Vahid for posting extermely detailed steps on how to install MAC OS X Leopard on Windows VMWare Workstation.

    The only thing that is not clear in the post is how to obtain MAC OS X Leopard ISO.

    Here are the steps on how to extract ISO from MAC OS X Leopard Retail DVD:

    1) Use TruMac to extract DMG file from MAC OS X disc.
    2) Use PowerISO convert option to convert DMG into DAA.
    3) Again use PowerISO convert option to convert DAA into ISO.

    I am unable to convert DMG to ISO directly using PowerISO convert option. I had to use interim DAA format.

    Also note that PowerISO doesn't support ISO files more than 300MB in trail version. You have to buy licensed copy.

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  6. ZenDecember 2, 2009 at 7:58 PM

    I was also faced this problem on it.
    Therefore, I searched and found that there is a free tool called "dmg2iso" to convert dmg to iso.

    You can download it from http://vu1tur.eu.org/tools/

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  7. 文影August 6, 2010 at 8:29 PM

    the download link is not working, can you please update it? or PM me the working link?

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