I have the DMG for Mac OS X Lion and was wondering if I could run it in a virtual machine in Snow Leopard or can I run it as a separate installation on my Mac? Any help is appreciated. thanks.
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Can you run Mac OS X Lion alongside Snow Leopard?
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Mac OS X is not supported in a virtual machine. Only way to run it side-by-side is by partitioning the hard drive.
VMware fusion and VirtualBox will run OS X virtualized, no problem. I couldn't get the Lion install DMG to boot, tho.
I did it!!!
I did It. Took me 3 hours to work but I did it. But strangest thing ever is you need Leopard to do it. Cause for some reason you can't partition install Snow Leopard while running Lion. BUt you can part ion install Leopard when your running Lion. And once your done installing Leopard, you can then update Leopard to Snow Leopard while running Leopard, and once thats done, your good to go. And as for the partition goes set at least 15 GB of space for it. And during the Leopard installation don't install any of the pre-installed apps, language packs, and other stuff you don't need that you'll just be using in Lion.
I did It. Took me 3 hours to work but I did it. But strangest thing ever is you need Leopard to do it. Cause for some reason you can't partition install Snow Leopard while running Lion. BUt you can part ion install Leopard when your running Lion. And once your done installing Leopard, you can then update Leopard to Snow Leopard while running Leopard, and once thats done, your good to go. And as for the partition goes set at least 15 GB of space for it. And during the Leopard installation don't install any of the pre-installed apps, language packs, and other stuff you don't need that you'll just be using in Lion.
Where you running 10.5 or 10.6? With 10.6 you can partition you're hd and install lion.
I was running 10.7
I was running Lion when I did the partition, I did it cause there were was PowerPC app(s) that I still wanted to use. So I partitioned the hard drive with 15 GB, and installed Leopard on the partition. Snow Leopard wouldn't work. And then I updated the Leopard partition to Snow Leopard.
I was running Lion when I did the partition, I did it cause there were was PowerPC app(s) that I still wanted to use. So I partitioned the hard drive with 15 GB, and installed Leopard on the partition. Snow Leopard wouldn't work. And then I updated the Leopard partition to Snow Leopard.
as far as using it as a vm goes...i don't know. i think you'd need it as an .iso file. I'm not sure though!
the way I'm going about it just now is having two partitions on my hard drive. i only allocated 25GB to Lion. If I need files or apps from my SL partition I just go to finder and bring them over to this partition. I can watch videos, listen to music from my SL partition while using Lion. I'm using Lion primarily just now, but I can always boot into my SL partition
easy as I love Lion can't wait to the actual release
the way I'm going about it just now is having two partitions on my hard drive. i only allocated 25GB to Lion. If I need files or apps from my SL partition I just go to finder and bring them over to this partition. I can watch videos, listen to music from my SL partition while using Lion. I'm using Lion primarily just now, but I can always boot into my SL partition
easy as I love Lion can't wait to the actual release How did you do this? I want to run 10.7 in a virtual machine on 10.6. Can you show step by step instructions? I have 3 internal drives. How do I put it to and have it install on one of the partitions?
I figured out how to do it. Download VMWare and install VMWare. Click new to create a new Virtual Machine, then drag and drop the Lion installer application onto the window then follow the prompts and install. It was very easy.
Running Snow Leopard on new MacBook Pro (Lion native)
So, is there a way to do this with a Lion native MacBook Pro? I had to buy a new machine after loss of previous. Power PC programs not running. Looking for a solution.
So, is there a way to do this with a Lion native MacBook Pro? I had to buy a new machine after loss of previous. Power PC programs not running. Looking for a solution.