Right Click on the file and open it with texteditor. Resolution: Open Finder and go to the OSX drive on the left. I should have looked around before posting this but I just didn't have the time. UPDATE: Ok after this getting posted on Lifehacker, I'd like to post some answers to the resolution and audio. But other than that you’ll have a fully functioning OSX virtualized! And I have yet to find the right kext that will allow audio to work and the resolution is limited also (SEE UPDATE). It could be the OSX disc I was using or it might not be. The only hiccup I’ve found is that it can only be virtualized with one core.
Next you’ll see the Chameleon loader and then OSX will begin to boot.Īfter it boots you will see the setup screens for OSX! Then click Machine and Reset then click reset at the prompt. To speed up the process you can click Skip when the disc check pops up.Īs soon as it says installation finished and starts counting down to restart press the Right-Ctrl and then click on Devices at the top and hit CD/DVD Devices and click Unmount CD/DVD Device. Click customize at the bottom left.ĭrop down Kernels and choose Legacy kernel.ĭrop down bootloaders and check the newest chameleon. Highlight the drive that is now showing up and click continue. Then click Disk Utility at the top left and then Click Quit Disk Utility. When the cancel erase box pops up click Erase. Then click erase at the right and Name it what you want in the name box and then click erase at the bottom right. Click continue, agree the click utilities at the top and click Disk Utility.Īt this screen highlight 20GB VBOX HARDDISK. If you are unable to move your mouse around then hit Right-Ctrl + I. All the services will run and eventually you should come to the language screen. Then at the boot: _ prompt type –v so you can see what exactly went wrong if something does go wrong.
Boot mac os in virtualbox install#
Now this is where you’ll install your OSX in Vbox!Īt this point click inside the window and hit F8. Then highlight it and click Select at the bottom.
Boot mac os in virtualbox iso#
Then find and add the OSX86 iso you downloaded earlier. Next click the folder with the green arrow on the right.Īt this window click Add (Plus sign on 3 CD’s) at the top. From there click on Empty under the OSX.vdi Now click on the Storage button on the left. At this window click on System at the left and uncheck Enable EFI. Click next unless you want to change it from Dynamic or if you want to increase the disk size or file location. Dynamic is better for not taking up your hard drive but Static should give you better performance. Dynamic will expand on use and Static will be a fixed 20GB no matter how much data is actually in it. 20GB should be enough so what it comes down to is dynamic or static. This is where you’ll make your hard disk. If you can spare it crank it up as far as you can go but 1024MB should be sufficient. The next window will let you choose your RAM amount. Open up Virtualbox and click on New at the top left.Īt the Create New Virtual Machine window, click Next.Īt this window type OSX as the name and it will automatically change the system and version.
The newest Virtualbox (get it off of ).Īn OSX86 iso, Get it off of torrents if you don’t have one.Īfter you have the above mentioned files install Virtualbox. An AMD or Intel system that supports hardware virtualization.