vmware fusion 5 and snow leopard HOST ... what's possible ?

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion can be installed as VM in Parallels Desktop and VMWare Fusion, I have done so successfully in VMWare Fusion with both Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion while running Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard as my main system on a 2009 MBP and 2007 iMac.

All you need is the DMG that is inside the Install Mountain Lion app you get when buying it via the Mac App Store (MAS), which gets downloaded into the Applications folder.

These guides might come in handy:

Snow Leopard Server

You should be able to easily install Snow Leopard Server into VMWare Fusion.

Apple is now selling Snow Leopard Server for $19.99 + sales tax & shipping costs at 1.800.MYAPPLE (1.800.692.7753) - Apple Part Number: MC588Z/A (telephone orders only).

I'm missing something on the install

So I've been following the various threads on installing SL Server in Fusion 5, on Mountain Lion. I have obviously missed a step, or I lack the understanding to get the load to work. I start the install. SL Server starts to load, and gets to the point where it asks where it should be installed, and the only option is on the Macintosh HD.

I choose that option, and it get's about 3 minutes into the install, and comes up with a screen that says the program cannot be installed on this machine.

I have a new MBP, running 10.8, and Fusion 5.3.

I have successfully loaded Windows into another VM, and that worked/works great.

The reason I'm wanting to load up SL Server is just to prove to myself that it can be done. I use an old version of FileMaker Pro for database work, and there is no support for that program on any OS newer than SL.

Any thoughts would be appreciated, or even better, a line by line install for SL Server into Fusion, on 10.8.

Can't help you on Fusion, I installed SLS into Parallels:

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