- #HOW TO INSTALL MAC OS X LEOPARD ON VIRTUALBOX 6 SERIAL#
- #HOW TO INSTALL MAC OS X LEOPARD ON VIRTUALBOX 6 UPDATE#
- #HOW TO INSTALL MAC OS X LEOPARD ON VIRTUALBOX 6 SOFTWARE#
I found 10.8.5 installesd.iso on web(don't recall where). I installed latest version of virtualbox(4.3.6).
#HOW TO INSTALL MAC OS X LEOPARD ON VIRTUALBOX 6 UPDATE#
I could not update to Mavericks via AppStore because of my hardware(would not allow me to download). If you can't it to install on the current version with these settings, maybe this is why? Never quite figured out why, but that kept me from updating. I tried updating VirtualBox to 4.1.14, but that broke this VM somehow. VirtualBox version: 4.1.12 r77245 with extensions installed. My System: iMac 21.5" Late 2009 (3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, with 16GB RAM) No patches, kexts or other hacks required.
#HOW TO INSTALL MAC OS X LEOPARD ON VIRTUALBOX 6 SOFTWARE#
Updated 10.6.0 to 10.6.8 using standard Software Update. This is exactly what I did and have running now. Ports > USB > Enable USB Controller (checked)ĥ) Start the machine and you should see the verbose boot mode (no gray Apple screen).
#HOW TO INSTALL MAC OS X LEOPARD ON VIRTUALBOX 6 SERIAL#
Ports > Serial Ports > Enable Serial Port (uncheck this) Network > Adapter 1 (or any other) > Adapter Type: Intel PRO/1000 T Server (82543GC) Storage > Here make sure the hard disk is attached to a SATA Controller of type AHCI. System > Acceleration > Enable Nested Paging (checked) System > Acceleration > Enable VT-x/AMD-V (checked) System > Processor > Enable PAE/NX (checked) System > Motherboard > Extended Features > Enable EFI (checked) System > Motherboard > Extended Features > Enable IO APIC (checked) Mine was 10.6.0.Ģ) Also like the other answer, create the new VM, select Mac OS X Server (even if you're not using Server), assign >= 1GB of RAM (I'd give it at least 2GB if you can spare it), and mount your ripped DVD.Ĥ) Open up the machine settings and make sure all of the following are set: I'm about to abandon it for reasons totally unrelated to VirtualBox, but let's see if I can remember everything I did to get it running:ġ) Like the other answer said, start with a rip of an original SL DVD. I have a SL 10.6.8 VBox running as we speak. It can be interesting to disable extra language translations or printer support (you save about 2 GB). Before that, you can choose to customize the installation. Now open Disk Utility under Utilities menu. The installation will start after some minutes. Open VirtualBox and power on the virtual machine. After the last instance of ExtraDataItem tags add the following two, new, ExtraDataItem tags: Search this file in a text edit for the ExtraDataItem tags. This will be in ~/Library/VirtualBox/Machines//.xml. Find the XML file that defines the virtual machine that you just created.