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Running Lion on VMWare or Parallels

Transporteur said:
2009 octad with loads of RAM and SSD to store the VM file.

I tried the VM with standard settings (1 core, 1GB RAM), as well as my own settings (4 cores, 4GB RAM) and tried it on a mechanical drive as well.

The image file is fine, I guess, since the VM boots without problems.
What Fusion version are you guys running? I'm on 3.0.0.

Another option would be to Bootcamp Lion, unfortunately BootCamp doesn't work on external eSATA drives and neither Parallels, nor VMWare recognise partitions that haven't be created via BC. Pity.
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i think 3.0.0 might actually be your problem. because i do recall that a number of hacks required the light version of 3.1.1 (for some particular reason) in order to get osx running. its a free download if you are a registered vmware user, so maybe that is worth a download?
 
DoFoT9 said:
i think 3.0.0 might actually be your problem. because i do recall that a number of hacks required the light version of 3.1.1 (for some particular reason) in order to get osx running. its a free download if you are a registered vmware user, so maybe that is worth a download?
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Cheers mate. I'll try it when I come home today.

Edit: Bingo! Updated to 3.1.2 (latest version) and now the VM runs like a charm. Thank's again for the hint DoFoT9.

So everyone who has issues with installing Lion, make sure to use the latest VMWare version!
 
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I updated to 3.1.2 and went through the steps again to create the VM, but am still stuck at the same spot.

Also, I can't access mjtomlin's site - hope he didn't catch any heat over this.
 
macfan246 said:
I'm interested in trying the server components (VPN, etc.). Apparently they have to be selected when installing which I didn't try the last time.

I just tried performing another install with them selected, however I received the error attached. Is this something to do with the custom installer we created? My understanding is that server components were included in the beta.
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Same problem here. Tried to find the .pkg files for the server stuff manually, don't know what they're called and nothing that looks like they'd be it in the Packages directory either...
 
Stratus Fear said:
Same problem here. Tried to find the .pkg files for the server stuff manually, don't know what they're called and nothing that looks like they'd be it in the Packages directory either...
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If I remember correctly the Server Packages are a separate download after the install. That's what the "TBD" means in the size column in the installer. I think it means "To Be Downloaded". Not 100% sure about that, but I thought I read that somewhere!? Furthermore, the Server Packages may not even be ready yet.
 
Having issues?

For those people having issues, putting up a screen shot of the boot process is good, but looking through the actual log files would be better...

You can mount the virtual HD in OS X and then (using Terminal) go to its /var/log directory and look at both kernel.log and system.log

There should be something in either of these showing exactly where it's failing.
 
Thanks for the suggestion, mjtomlin

Unless I missed a step earlier, the vmdk is empty - there is no directory to browse.
 
It's working!

Looks like I messed up step 4 initially. I created a new image and did the restore, rather than copy, and got Lion installed.
 
Just followed a guide on the net and now have Lion running under VMware Fusion :D
 
Probably a stupid question... but has anyone gotten this to work in VMWare Workstation 7.1.2 ?

I'm able to get Snow Leopard working just fine. I wanted to play with Lion.

- Jason
 
Hi, sorry for bumping a relatively old thread, I can't connect to the site. Is there a problem?
 
1) yeah, it looks like the site is down
2) dp2 won't install in vmware unless you make the OSInstall.mpkg's Distribution script not run the isSupportedPlatform test. it's an xar. extract, edit, recreate.
3) i still have the issue that a javascript script fails when i try to install xcode. unsure why yet. i think it's failing on a disk size check (i need a 60gb disk to be able to even try to install; and installing the OS misidentifies it as a 42gb disk)
 
also, instead of the fussy "boot the cd again" step? just before it reboots at the end of the install, choose "terminal" from the utilities menu, and it won't reboot. cd into /Volumes/Macintosh HD/System/Library/CoreServices and touch ServerVersion.plist
 
if you get a javascript error trying to install Xcode into it, copy the DVD into your VM, cd into the mpkg, cd into Contents, and edit the iPhoneSDKSL.dist file.

my.target.mountpoint should be replaced with "/Volumes/Macintosh HD" (or your disk name)
my.target.SystemVersion.ProductVersion with '10.7' and system.Version.ProductVersion with '10.7' also.

or just make all the falses trues and move on.
 
Sorry guys! My site is down for the count until I can afford to catch up on my overdue ISP bill. Whoops! LOL

Anyway, just head to the mirrored site mentioned above. Thanks for the mirror, by the way! :)

Good luck!

Michael
 
I have the same error as post 61 in this thread. I have redone the steps through 8 about 4 times now. I went through just now and verified that each step is correctly represented in my image.

Current version of VM, replacement nvram, serverversion.plist touched. No go, each time it fails at boot and of course I have no background of what I can do with the Shell there.

Any pointers or should I look for a complete solution somewhere on the net?

Update, my DVD image doesnt boot, so maybe my problem is more related to that than having missed a step in the instructions.
 
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finder39 said:
anyone figure out a way for parallels?
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I think so. Try installing 10.6, and updating to 10.6.7. Get the nvram from it, then do the steps in the guide. It use the new nvram though. I haven't tried this, as I finally installed Lion on an external HDD (and have for some time) and so haven't started my VMware VM or tried making one in Parallels. Tell me how it goes.

AnonMac50
 
Has anyone been successful installing the GM version on VMWare or Parallels? Given that OSX Lion will only be obtainable by downloading from the Mac Store, how does one go about installing it?
 
applephysci said:
Has anyone been successful installing the GM version on VMWare or Parallels? Given that OSX Lion will only be obtainable by downloading from the Mac Store, how does one go about installing it?
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I am doing an install right now from the app store download. Just look in the Applications folder for the "Install Mac OS X Lion" package, view package contents, look in the "SharedSupport" folder for InstallESD.dmg, and mount it.

I had to edit the vmx file to increase the ram on my vm since the install requires 2gb ram, and Fusion was only allowing me to set 1.8gb max.

Right now, the installer is running... up to step 10 in the instructions.

Sean
 
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