If yours mounts as something different, then you will need to make any necessary changes to reflect that in the following steps. The image I obtained mounts as ‘Mac OS X Install ESD’. You can name it whatever you want, but be sure to modify the steps below accordingly. Partitions: Single partition – Apple Partition Map Using Disk Utility, create and mount a new image with the following settings, Not as easy as the first obstacle, but possible nonetheless. Or just get outright hostile and tell you, “Not here, Jack!” But, as it turns out, there’s a way around that as well. Lion’s installation and boot process is a lot different and the VM doesn’t know what to make of it – booting from a disk image makes the VM cower into a corner and cry for help. Seems the system only checks for the existence of a single file, which can be created to appease the VM Gods. Only server versions of Mac OS X can be run in a virtual machine. Who knows what crazy things could happen? Would suck if something was wrong with the file system (or a virus installed) and it wiped all attached drives!!! So, since I already use VMware Fusion for my OpenBSD web server, why not run Lion in a virtual machine!? Yay! The developer version of OS X Lion is out in the wild!!! Not going to say where I got it from, but I have it and I want to play with it!īut… Being ill-gotten and a pre-beta release, I really don’t want to install it on a hard drive and boot my iMac off of it. ![]() Update: seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth, here’s the walkthrough repeated below via Google Cache:Įverything ready? Then check out the great walkthrough from ObviousLogic: Installing Lion in VMware, it’s broken down into 12 steps that are easy to follow. If you’re curious, you can read my review of 8GB RAM upgrade for a MacBook Pro where I detail the advantages of having a bunch of memory. With how cheap RAM is these days, I consider it an essential upgrade for power users. Regarding the RAM requirement, VMware and virtual machines in general perform best with a lot of RAM, if you plan on using them often on your Mac it’s highly recommended to upgrade to 8GB.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |