Snow Leopard in VMware Fusion?

[golfgod130]

Does anyone know how to get Snow Leopard to work in VMware Fusion? When I go to make a new Virtual Machine I can't select the .dmg. I even tried to convert the .dmg to .img but that didnt make any difference.

Please, any suggestions would be appreciated

 

[Tallest Skil]

You can't virtualize anything but 10.5 Server.

 

[golfgod130]

Re:

So there isn't any way around it?

 

[Tallest Skil]

So there isn't any way around it?

Nope.

 

[golfgod130]

Why doesnt it work?

 

[dukebound85]

Why doesnt it work?

agreement with apple

 

[pdjudd]

Why doesnt it work?

To expand, Apple does not license its normal desktop for virtualization like MS does. It only allows it under its server products. The intention is to prevent people from running Leopard or another Mac OS on generic PC hardware.

The server virtualization is really limited on its usage too.

 

[golfgod130]

I see...is it possible to install to an external hard drive and duel boot SL (I just got my Aluminum Macbook so I am still not a know it all)?

 

[pdjudd]

I see...is it possible to install to an external hard drive and duel boot SL (I just got my Aluminum Macbook so I am still not a know it all)?

I don't think you can do this. If you are part of the SL development beta you shouldn't be asking about that here, its part of your NDA.

 

[The General]

Really, there's nothing special to see. The only thing cool is that you open "About this Mac" and it says 10.6.

 

[Jigga]

Have there been any updates with this or Paralells?

I'd like to try it out before I decide to upgrade.

 

[Mal]

I see...is it possible to install to an external hard drive and duel boot SL (I just got my Aluminum Macbook so I am still not a know it all)?

Sure, you can install 10.6 (when it comes out) on an external hard drive and boot from that. You just can't run 10.5 and 10.6 at the same time.

jW

 

[chrfr]

Have there been any updates with this or Paralells?

I'd like to try it out before I decide to upgrade.

It does indeed work in Vmware with some workarounds to thwart the licensing agreement. I believe that it's not appropriate to discuss those methods here but it can be done, and quite easily.

 

[Jigga]

It does indeed work in Vmware with some workarounds to thwart the licensing agreement. I believe that it's not appropriate to discuss those methods here but it can be done, and quite easily.

And of course I cannot PM you.

 

[uaecasher]

Hmm just partitions your hard disk to two partitions and install on each OS X