How to install Mac OS X Snow Leopard onto VirtualBox in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat

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Requirements:

• AMD or Intel PC supporting hardware virtualization.
• The newest Virtualbox (not Virtualbox OSE!).
• ISO image with Mac OS X Snow Leopard

This was tested

• on Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat
• using VirtualBox 4.0.0
• Mac OS X Snow_Leopard_10.6.1-10.6.2_SSE2_SSE3_Intel_AMD_by_Hazard.iso
  

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How to install Mac OS X Snow Leopard onto VirtualBox in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat

1. Install Virtualbox (not Virtualbox OSE)
2. Run Virtualbox and hit the "New" button.
3. In the "Create New Virtual Machine" window, click "Next".
4. Type the name of the virtual machine. If you type
   

   OSX

   Virtualbox will automatically change the Operating system onto "Mac OS X" and the Version number onto "Mac OS X Server".
5. Hit the "Next" button and choose the amount of RAM. 1024MB should be enough.
6. Hit the "Next" button and create a virtual hard disk for your Mac OS X virtual machine. 20GB should be enough. Dynamic disk will be expanding on real usage, so will be taking less hard drive space. Static disk should give better performance.
7. After configuring the Settings hit the "Finish" button.
8. Right click on the "OSX", newly created virtual machine and select "Settings..."
9. Select the "System" on the left and uncheck "Enable EFI".
10. Select the "Storage" on the left. Click onto "Empty" under the "IDE Controller"
11. Under the Attributes on the right click onto the CD icon. Select "Choose a virtual CD/DVD disk file..."
    Then find and add the Mac OS X .ISO image and select it. Click the "Open" button.
12. Click the "OK" button.
13. Right click on the "OSX" virtual machine and select "Start".
14. Hit the F8 key inside the Windows to change the booting options.
15. At the boot prompt enter
    

    -v

    and hit the Enter button. This will allow you to see what exactly went wrong if something does go wrong.
16. Installation of Mac OS should start.
17. Then you should see the language screen. Choose your language and click the "Next" button.
18. Click "Continue".
19. In the drop down menu select "Utilities" -> "Disk Utility..."
20. Highlight 20GB VBOX HARDDISK. Then click erase on the right and Name it, for example:
    

    macdisk

    When the Cancel erase box pops up, click Erase.
21. Then click "Disk Utility" on the top left, and then click "Quit Disk Utility".
22. Now your back in the installer.
23. Select the drive that is now showing up and click "Continue".
24. The next window is important! Click "Customize" button on the bottom left.
    
    Check any Updates included on the top.
    
    For Intel Users:
    • Drop down bootloaders and check the newest chameleon.
    • Drop down Kernels and check "Legacy kernel".
    
    For AMD Users:
    • Drop down "Kernels" and check "Legacy kernel".
    • Check the "AMD option" below System support.
25. Then click Next done and Install.
26. Skip the disc checking.
27. Wait for the installer to finish installing…
28. When the installer shows that the installation is finished and starts counting down to restart, click onto "Devices" in the drop-down menu of Virtualbox and hit "CD/DVD Devices" and click "Unmount CD/DVD Device" to unmount the installation DVD image.
29. The installer won't restart automatically. Click "Machine" and "Reset", then click Reset in the prompt.
30. Next should see the Chameleon boot loader. Then Mac OS X should begin to boot.
31. After it boots you will see the setup screens for OSX!
32. Enjoy!

Note that it seems that Mac OS X can only be virtualized with one core. And your hardware should support virtualization. The sound and network worked just fine for me. The only problem I had was with my keyboard. I had to use a USB one instead of my PS2 keyboard.



Screenshot: Mac OS X Snow Leopard on VirtualBox 4.0: Installing Mac OS X software



If you have any questions about installing Mac OS X onto the Virtualbox, please see the original HowTo:
OSX in Virtual Box (Hackintoshed VM)