How to Install Snow Leopard [VMWare]

Sunday, December 27th, 2009 | #Tags: Guide, Hackintosh - Install Mac OS on PC, vmware

If you wish to install Snow Leopard on a Windows box under VMWare Workstation 7, here’s a quick guide.

Pre-requisites:

VMWare Workstation 7. Get it here
Custom Package (VMWare image .vmdk, darwin_snow.iso, Vmware sound card drivers) Download here
Snow Leopard Retail DVD.
UPDATE: Install Snow Leopard on VirtualBox

Need to install Snow Leopard Natively?

Step-by-step guide:

Step 1. Open the .vmdk file and Edit virtual machine settings. Adjust RAM, Graphics, CPU settings to your preferred values. I recommend 1GB and above RAM if you have physical RAM > 2.5GB. For the Graphics keep it somewhere above 50 mb to get QE/CI on Snow Leopard. And for the processor, use as many cores as possible.

Step 2. Set your CD/DVD location to ISO image Darwin_Snow.iso

Step 3. Now Run the virtual machine and hit F8 quickly. You`ll get boot options as shown below:

Boot Menu
c: Boot DVD
h: Boot First Hard Drive
e: Eject DVD

Your choice:

Step 4. Before continuing, you need to swap your CD image with Snow Leopard ISO/DVD. To do this, right click on the CD icon in toolbar in the bottom right and click settings. Now located your DVD drive or set the ISO image.

Step 5. Return to the boot menu that appeared in Step 3 and hit c for “boot DVD”. Press F8 again for advanced options on Snow Leopard installer. On the boot loader enter “-v” and Enter to start installation in verbose mode.

Step 6. It would be couple of minutes before you see the main installer User Interface. Install Snow Leopard the usual way by creating Mac OS Journaled partition and de-selecting few un-needed drivers, other stuff under the customization tab. You should finish up booting into Snow LEopard without any issues.

If you face any issues, it’s easy to geta hold of it by contacting me on Twitter @Taranfx or leave a comment below.

Post Install:

Fixing Sound:

Take a VMWare snapshot, then Mount the darwin_snow.iso as the virtual drive. We will now attempt to make Graphics and sound to work properly. “Install VMware Tools” and Reboot. You should boot up all fine with better graphics and resolution.

Now we will attempt Installing Sound card drivers. Take a snapshot of the VM. Run the pkg EnsoniqAudioPCI.mpkg, choose both options, reboot.

Fixing Video Resolution:

Edit the boot.plist file to anywhere and edit it. /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist
Edit boot.plist and Reboot

<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>1280×1024x32</string>

You can specify any resolution above.

Note: if you have problems editing the boot.plist, edit via command line with root permissions.

After the Reboot, you should be able to see the new resoltion in Place. If you wish to enable full Graphics acceleration (QE/CI), Install EFI and then change the following parameter in boot.plist:

<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
<string>y</string>

IMPORTANT: You will always need to use the darwin_snow.iso to boot your VM. So keep it configured under CD/DVD

Once everything is done, you can use the VMWare image to run under VMWare player, free of cost.

Everything should be all smooth, in case you need help or assistance Twitter @Taranfx is your PoC.

[credits: prasys (for compiling VMWare files), Insanelymac (for more Tips)]

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UkSniper

For those who had problems with invalid front bus frequency, mine started working once I entered my bios an enabled hardware virtualisation.
Mongiasandeep

Hi, I have HP Pavalion dv3 2175...with 3 GB RAM and 2.10 Ghz CPU...With 32 Operating System...Can u please advice me that is this possible to install MAC on my Laptop....
Bobbygr100

Big problem, the machine does not shut down. I shuts down to some window, but doesn't shut down all the way, I have to hit the red power down in vmware to shut down the machine. I just tried to put maintenance on, the mac logged out and put all hte maintenance on, then went to restart. But it can't restart. It always shuts down to some window, and never shuts down clean.

Result: I cannot even boot the machine now.

HOW DO YOU MAKE YOUR VM (MAC) SHUT DOWN ALL THE WAY IN VMWARE 7.1? I HAVE AN INTEL I7 CORE 980X 6 CORE PROCESSOR.

WHY WON'T THE MAC SHUT ALL THE WAY DOWN? I CAN'T RUN A MAC UNDER A VM THAT I CANNOT PUT FIXES AND UPDATES ON. IT'S WORTHLESS.

I WOULD APPRECIATE KNOWING HOW TO SHUT DOWN ALL THE WAY JUST LIKE WINDOWS XP AND LINUX DOES. THIS THING DOES NOT.
Mad A

My install finishes successful, and I reboot, start using the snow_darwin iso, but I get an error waiting for ACPI, timed out. Any advice?
php_khan

when is run after stpe 2 this massage come out. "Mac OS X is not supported with software virtulization. To run Mac OS X you need a host on which VMware supports hardware virtualization" let me know what to do to run and continue for step 3.
Emtownsend

Invalid front side bus speed... i5-520m, 4GB DDR3, Dell Studio 15 (1558), ATI 4570. Pls help!
Joost

I upgrade VMware Workstation to version 7.1.
What are the modifications you made to the VMware tools.
I want to update the VMware tools in My Snow Leopard VM
Yutsi

When I press c, it says please insert a cd
crazy

patch to fix some errors like karnel panic etc. http://rapidshare.com/files/394977075/WArrq.rar

it is patch. not a trojan :)
oumyamaitra

Hi Taranfx,

This is Somu forgive me if I am writing to a wrong place.
I am an iPhone developer. I use my office Mac pc to develop for iPhone.
For home I have a windows PC with
AMD Athlon 4000+ processor ,
Mother Board Asuse M2N8-VMX ,
1GB RAM Kingston,
Weston Digital HDD,
Liton DVD combo...

I need to develop iPhone application for testing ( though I know I can not port it to iPhone ) in my home pc. I have vmware7 too.
I am using Hazard's "Snow Leopard Client Server 10.6.2 SSE2/SSE3 Intel AMD".
What I did is I created a new Virtual Machine and used the above as OS dvd disk.
Snow leopard installd properly in my AMD machine. But after installation when it asks me to reboot it comes with a karnel panic.
AS "cpu mismatch ". Please help me how can I run snow leopard on AMD PC (my spec are above).

I need an urgent suggestion please help me...........

Looking forward.....
Somu
Peter

For me everything seems to be fine, however, there is no "Shut Down"option in Finder, so I have to stop the virtual computer. Do you know if there is any fix for this?
Rich

Click the 'Apple' not finder....
Matt

Did exactly as stated could not get past step 3, kept stating insert cd.
aj

having a problem installing, keeps saying disabliing CPU invalid front side bus frequency

anyone knw how to fix this?

thanks
Phat_prod_inc

For the disabling of the cpu go in to bios of your computer and select virtiluation option by default it is disabled, press enter and select enabled. this corrected my problem...
rano

you include using darwin legacy for amd chipsets
Martin

Hi Everyone

Hope you can help me. I have succesfully installed Mac OS X on my VM Workstation, but when i try to boot the Mac OSX I stuck at this error:
ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin::start - waitForService(resourceMatching(AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement) timed out

Please Help Me
Rich

You have edit your vmx file and change the value smc.present = "TRUE" to smc.present = "FALSE", then you'll be able to restart and shutdown without any problem/
DocMARs

Yeah, same here. :/ Very frustrating. Tried restarting many, many times.
Chris

Same problem here.... anyone?
owen

OK so, I have already installed snow leopard on my dell laptop and ideneb on my dell computer. Both i am encountering the same problem, I can't seem to boot the snow leopard or ideneb.
Here's a recap: (i'll use snow leopard as my example)
1. I installed the snow leopard (patched) on my dell laptop.
2. After installing, it tells me to restart my computer and then it starts to count down from 30 seconds.
3. So i restart it, but when i restart it, I can't find my OS there, just windows 7.
So i know there is a step i am missing that allows me to boot into the snow leopard but i don't know what that step is so please HELP!!!!
(I already went through tutorials and youtube tutorials, but all the tutorials just tell me how to install snow leopard not how to set up dual-booting) so help me if i missed something
Mac on PC?? WHAAT?? O.O

In case you might be dual booting, you might want to use a program called EasyBCD2. Google it and download. What this does is add a new entry to your boot menu, whereas allowing you to add either Linux, Windows XP, or even Mac OSX Leopard! Once you add Mac OSX to your boot menu, restart your comp and you will see an option to boot either your Mac partition or Windows 7. Hope this helped! :) If you have more questions, please feel free to ask! ^^
syedwaqhas

Hi I have a AMD based desktop with gigabyte motherboard inbuilt, please help me providing link for Mac snow leopard for my needs.

Regards
Syed
Paco

I have two problems:

1. Every time I power off or restart my Mac OS Leopard, I get a Kernel Panic error ("You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button until it turns off, then press the Power button again")

2. I can preview pics, but I when I try to open them, appears blank
Corben2005

You have to chge or add the value smc.present = "TRUE" to smc.present = "FALSE" in the vmx file then your vm will shut down correctly.

2nd
I have the same problem as mikef74, i cannot view pictures with the preview app and iwork and ilive also did not work correctly.
vmware tools installed and the graphics driver for SnowLeopard on vmware from here :http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmsvga2/files/ too.
Any help?
corben2005

You have to add or change the value of smc.present = "TRUE" to smc.present = "FALSE" The your VM will correctly shut down.

2nd:
I have the same problem as you and mikef74 I can not view pictures with the app Preview and Pages iLife does not work correctly.
mikef74

I have the same problem. Cannot view pictures using PREVIEW. Cannot watch any video in iTunes (yet can watch videos on YouTube and in the quicktime player without any issues).

Also, I cannot run most of the built-in screensavers.
AMing

The problem should be caused by QE/CI is not enabled. The preview and full screen will not work.
KrysaLee

I can only get as far as step six. Right before the main installer loads, I get a message saying "Invalid Front Side Bus Frequency 66000000Hz. Disabling the CPU."

How do I fix this?
**************************

are you using a amd cpu? it isn't supported by snow leopard
Gabriel

Many thanks, it works like a charm
Installed Snow Leopard on VMware 3, on windows xp, installed over makbook pro.
Managed to detect the isight camera and bluetooth and card reader over the VM...
chan143

if anyone has a virtual hard drive with mac os X on it that's dynamically fixed that would be nice if you could send that to me. comment on this and we could send it over Opera or something else.

Thanks that would be great.
chan143

hey guys i am having a problem where when i boot to the snow leopard DVD it just stays at the boot screen not even doing the spinning dial below the apple logo. any one have any ideas?
mortc

I do not have VM desktop but I have access to VMware 5.0 - will the above guide work in the same way or soes this present a problme in relation to the custome package?

If so I will go for a physical installation rather then shell out for VM Desktop when I have 5.0 and Server editions availble. I was looking to do this tommorow so a fast response would be so greatly appreciated
leemajors

has anyone had any problems with their VM freezing? Can get it to install fine, it works beautifully, but if the machine is idle for a while when I come back the VM has frozen and only a power off will fix it.
iRebel

Disable all energy savings in System preferences. Set it all to "Never".
leemajors

ace, that worked. thanks!
socaltom

The link to your Custom Package (VMWare image .vmdk, darwin_snow.iso, Vmware sound card drivers) Download here. Appears to have been hi-jacked !! instead of a 12 meg file I get a 6K HTML file from zShare. What's up? or am I to much of a newbie to understand what's going on?
Thanks
Kael

F8 is not working with 7.0.1 build-227600 of VM Ware workstation. So I can not even get past the first basic step.

Please advise.
Akram

Hi there, thanks for the tutorial, however, when I tried to download the files from zshare, it downloads a 0KB file
Is the link still valid?
Akram

Hi there, thanks for the tutorial, however, when I try to download the files from zshare, it downloads 0KB file!!
Is the link still valid?
insaner

So how exactly do you do the following?

//
If you wish to enable full Graphics acceleration (QE/CI), Install EFI and then change the following parameter in boot.plist:

<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
<string>y</string>
//

Has anyone gotten that to work inside VMWare?

Everything else I'm finding online is telling me that it is impossible to enable QE/CI inside a VMWare workstation.
insaner

Couple of quick questions.

Is there any way to keep the VMWare Shared Folders alias from being recreated everytime I boot into the virutal machine?

Also for whatever reason it appears to ignore the fact that I've set the screensaver to Never. Screensaver will pop on after about 20 minutes.
Steve

How do you install EFI?

......If you wish to enable full Graphics acceleration (QE/CI), Install EFI and then change the following parameter in boot.plist:

<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
<string>y</string>
peter

Uh, hi. after the "Enter -v" step, the verbose mode starts but then it crashes and says "A virtual CPU has entered the shutdown state. This would have caused a physical machine to restart. This can be caused by an incorrect configuration of the virtual machine, a bug in the operating system or a problem in the VMware Workstation software.". Whats wrong?
softeknews

Hi Peter,
I am having the same error message. Did you find the solution?
Thank you!
peder

Same for me. Would love to have a solution.
manewel

when i boot it says that this is not a original MAC OS X cd and i should insert a original cd or i can boot from this cd.
what can i do? helllppp please
(sry for my bad english) =)
snow

Can you tell us what darwin_snow.iso is? Who wrote it? How does it make it possible to boot Snow Leopard?
manewel

when i try to boot it says: you should eject this CD and insert an OS X disc
do you want to continue booting with this cd?(it probably won´t work)?

what should i do? please help i need snow leopard for school
(sorry for my bad english) =)
S Kun

Hi guys.

I installed this and works awesome :D but the problem is when i install vmware tools. Even after i install it .. it still is givin me the 1024x768 resolution with no graphical changes :( its SLOWWWW also.

Please help. I want to experience the MAC experience.
musawwir

OK Guys, Installed EFI and

Edited /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist to

<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
<string>y</string>

and rebooted, but still from Apple menu==> More info, under graphics it shows

Type: GPU
Bus: PCI
VRAM (Total): 128 MB
Device ID: 0x0405
Revision ID: 0x0000
Displays:
Display:
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Vendor ID: 0x15ad

It means that QE/CI not enabled, i am getting full resolution as I have installed VMware tools and also Vmware Fusion 3.0, but when opening video or scroll the mouse, it is so slow and flickering, and shocking.

ALTHOUGH IN VIRTUAL MACHNE SETTINGS, I SELECTED ACCELERATE 3D, BUT DID NOT Help at all.

I am using Vista and my windows graphics details:

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.40GHz (2394 MHz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista (Service Pack 2)
DirectX version: 10.0
GPU processor: GeForce 8600 GTS
ForceWare version: 163.71
Total available graphics memory: 1534 MB
Dedicated video memory: 256 MB
System video memory: 0 MB
Shared system memory: 1278 MB
Video BIOS version: 60.84.50.00.08
IRQ: 16
Bus: PCI Express x16

GUYS PLEASE HELP WHAT TO DO, I REALLY NEED HELP HERE TO FIX MY GRAPHICS TO ENABLE QE/CI
mrikv

Same issue here.
I also noticed that opening a jpeg in preview show an empty gray image:

07/03/10 09.46.46 Preview[3681] invalid pixel format
07/03/10 09.46.46 Preview[3681] invalid context

This is the same error i got trying using iphoto 09.
Also trying to get some info using glxinfo i got an error.

snow:~ admin$ glxinfo | grep 'direct rendering'
Sun Mar 7 09:48:56 snow.vntnet.com glxinfo[3711] <Error>: unknown error code: invalid pixel format
Sun Mar 7 09:48:56 snow.vntnet.com glxinfo[3711] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
X Error of failed request: GLXBadContext
Major opcode of failed request: 0 ()
Serial number of failed request: 16
Current serial number in output stream: 16
snow:~ admin$

does any of you face this issue?
I read that reinstalling the latest update can solve this issue but I think that it could be related to missing QE-CI support.
mikef74

I cannot view jpeg files in the preview app. Along the same lines, I cannot watch videos in iTunes.

Not sure if this is related, but I cannot use most of the built-in screensavers.
gerardbutler

Same problem here too :(
"Install EFI"
ok
but how?
musawwir

Very Nice Work..Finally..However Need help with EFI Business, otherwise all good, anyone?
BIG

Anyone with any luck getting QE/CI enabled?
gmick

will this work on an amd computer?
Taranfx

Yes, as long as it supports Hardware virtualization. AMD-V
sporkintosh

EFI qe/CI Question:

I have no clue how to install EFI. I input the graphics enable string without it and I got options for resolutions etc but still no qe/ci support.
I downloaded PC EFI but have no clue how to install it/if it will actually help.
Any input (*maybe a guide to installing EFI and getting QE running) would be greatly appreciated!

Also, VRAM? The virtual machine says it has 128VRAM, but programs aren’t detecting it.

Great guide!!
nmr600

ditto, great tutorial! All working except QE/CI. However, I do have the same issue/question as sporkintosh. My confusion is how to get efi detected? I installed efi bootloader (Cham RC4), but since this installation relies on Darwin boot, it appears to me that it bypasses my efi boot, or am ii incorrect?
musawwir

Hey sporkintosh, where did u download the PC EFi from?
Taranfx

PC EFI http://www.mediafire.com/?zybzmmm5uyz
chameleon: http://www.taranfx.com/download-install-chamele...
aatkco

How to get Q/E Working ?
sporkintosh

I just asked the same question in detail. Would love a guide for this :D It seems to be an issue with many people who got everything else running ok.

QE enable/EFI install guide? :D
Jass63

Followed instruction exactly, OSx boots but when it comes to the screen where you select the disk where you want to install there is nothing in the options. What has gone wrong?
richard

running a hp z400 zeon quad core with VT enabled and i still get the "Disabling the CPU" message.

Any ideas or suggestions?

Thank you.
asusanto

I have the same problem too. Anyway to fix this problem?
tomer_shm

Thanks a lot, it works like a charm - first shot!

By the way, writing this comment from Safari on my VM Mac OS - thanks to this guide :)
SummerSolero

I reached step 5 on the boot menu. I uploaded my Mac Snow Leopard disk and pressed c, but somehow it gave the reply "Please insert a CD". It is not recognizing the disk in my D: drive ( I made sure the 'Connection' section in settings is set to 'Use physical drive-> D:' instead of 'Use ISO image file' on the VMware workstation 7, because I have the CD. How could I resolve this?
Richard

right click CD icon on bottom right and "connect" then right click and settings, change from ISO image to DVD drive
TAS

Great Write UP ! Quick Question though, i can't seem to apply 10.6.2 update as it gives error that this update cannot be installed on drive. I have checked to make sure hard disk(vm) has plenty of space and all other factors. I think update checks hardware and being vmware,it rejects to install. Do you have any fix for that ?
Taranfx

I had no problems updating to 10.6.2. Can you gimme the "exact" error message? The update doesnt check hardware, it should be unrelated.

Few reported post installation, keyboard, mouse becomes unresponsive.. Here's what can be done:

I found a sort of fix for those of you that updated to 10.6.2 and find that the keyboard/mouse takes longer to start responding in the guest Snow Leopard.

When Snow Leopard loads into the desktop, press Ctrl+Shift, and either from VM>Removable Devices or the bar along the bottom of the window, disconnect the Universal USB input, and it will disconnect your keyboard and mouse, and reconnect it immediately and become responsive.
Olivierc

Why is VMWare still telling me:

You should eject this CD and insert an OS X disc.
Do you want to continue booting this CD (probably won’t work)?

How to get rid of this ???

I get this after having switched DVD.. so first the Snowy_Darwin. Once F8 and the boot loader I switch DVD, connect it, wait a little while ( like 5 sec) and press C..

What's wrong?
appleid_edeng

Thanks for sharing. Does anyone know the root password?
asheville67

In VMware the cpu is being disabled by the guest OS when Darwin is loading with 4 different patched images. Booting from dos with the same patched ISO's, once Darwin is loading the mac OS, the CPU is being disabled. I have every requirement known for this to work according to the 20 sites I have gone to regarding installing mac on my PC. The main problem.....the CPU continues to be disabled whatever I do. Please HEELLLPPP!!!!
DSA

Same problem here too
asusanto

I have the same problem. I'm using an acer 1810tz. I think it should be fine. But it always disable my cpu.
kunal

I faced the same problem, but then i enabled PAE support in vmware and then it started to work. to enable add this line paevm="true" in vmx file.
viktor_nag

The same problem. Adding this line did not helped me.
Core i7 920, Windows 7 64-bit.
Are there another ways to fix this?
timesheep

Hmm, this is my 3rd comment today, sorry about that.
THIS happens when i try to boot. It hangs here.
I have to boot using the darwin_snow.iso and then boot from harddrive, i pressed F8 and entered verbose mode.
Here's a screenshot: http://i46.tinypic.com/2mfatd.png
samball

keep rebooting, it'll take a couple of boots but eventually it will work :)
timesheep

Seem to work perfectly. I've been trying to install OSX SL anywhere i've been, since the release of it. This is first time it succeeded! Thaaaanks.
Besides, is it possible that this would work on a physical computer too?
You know, if i "burned" the ISO to a USB drive/stick, and burned the little ISO that you included, onto a CD or something? Or simply another pendrive?
Tom Johnson

I've been all over the boards. Something about my core i7 Processor. I've tried it with Virtualization enabled and disabled.

Learned that you need to POWER OFF your laptop when you change this for 15 seconds, not just change BIOS and reboot.

But either state, fails to get past the error "Invalid front-side bus frequency 66000000 Hz." and "Disabling the CPU".

I've tried to change the ICH7M.PRESENT and SMC.PRESENT to all 4 combinations of TRUE and FALSE, and toggeled the VIRTUALIZATION in BIOS, but cannot figure out what is wrong.

Also tried booting SNOW_DARWIN.ISO, then choosing a .ISO created from the DVD and from the DVD directly.

I used the DVD on a Mac to test that it is working fine--so I know it is a working DVD.

I've tried it in VMWARE Workstation and VMWARE server--both do the same thing.
Ari

Have anyone solve this problem ? Because I also this problem and still can't find the solution.
BeneP

- delete the complete files (Snowy_VM dir and maybe the other vmware files)
- reunpack the snowy_vm.zip
- start at step 1 again
Yod

I'm with ramzada and waffle, keep getting an "invalid front side bus disabling cpu" Running on an HP Pavilion with dual core, 3 Gigs of ram
Urvik

i am trying this on a Dell XPS from Windows 7 and VMWare Workstation. I opted to boot with -v; all looked good till it switched to Graphics mode. It remains forever and it stuck at the circle of death.
niceg

how can i access external usb hdd under mac os x which is running on vmware 7
Erick

Hello, I have a doubt, should I get a Snow Leopard Retail DVD, or should I get a distro because I got an AMD processor..
I hope you could answer.
Mac on PC?? WHAAT?? O.O

Personally, buying the Mac OSX Snow Leopard RETAIL DVD is a great idea, since its pretty cheap, indeed! 30 bucks, to be exact! You can buy it online or at an Apple store near your area. There are tutorials on how to install Snow Leopard 10.6 on your PC with just an iBoot CD! If you are interested, let me know and I will send you the links to the tutorials on how to do that, ok?? Just trying to help ya! ;) If you have more questions, please feel free to ask anything related to Hackintosh OSx86 Distro or even with Snow Leopard itself!
giuseppelopes

Hi,

For me kernel panic happens, how fix this?

:S
YML84

Can you apply updates without worries after this install?
jon

Using either an iso image of the Mac OS X 10.6 installer or the DVD itself, I'm stuck at the boot menu. I right-click the CD icon on the lower right of the the Workstation 7 window, reset the path from Darwin_Snow to either of the above, and press c on the boot menu, but I only get the message "Please insert a CD." The iso I made through Terminal on a working Mac with 10.6.2, so I'm not absolutely positive it works, but the DVD I've used for many installations, so it definitely works. Anyone know how I can fix it?
damaged

Having the same issue as jon, above. I have a dmg I made from a OS X dvd that i converted to an iso and i'm seeing the same message when i press 'c'. Any ideas?
Lord Vulture

I had experienced this too.
Solved by doing this:
-shut the virtual machine down
-change the config for the cd pointing it to the Darwin_ISO image
-Save and close VMWare
-Restart your computer
-let Windows com up
-insert your Retail Snow Leo DVD
-open WindowsExplorer and see if there's two units (in my case, E: and G:). One is assigned for a CD unit and the other for a DVD or BD unit. You have to choose the last one whem configuring VMWare after you have booted Darwin ISO and pressed F8.
Good Luck!
LV
LFCOMPUTER

This is because for some reason it is not connected. make sure you click on connect from the options for the DVD/CD drive in the VM Settings / CD ROM settings.
ramzada

I am trying to install OS X but it keeps saying "Invalid front-side bus freqeancy 6600000 Hz., Disabling the CPU" I am stuck with this and havent founs a solution to the problem. Please help.
KrysaLee

I'm having that exact same problem and exact same message. Anyone have any idea at all on how to fix this issue?

The blog writer said to twitter and he will help. If someone makes a blog to try and help people, he should be reading commments here and helping. Not abandoning his blog right after he creates it.
rickmaan

I have a lenovo/IBM thinkpad T60p (Intel Dual core T2600 processor) with 2gb of ram and am repeatedly seeing the "Invalid front-side bus" issue. I've tried the "-v busratio=10/45/7" after hitting F8 and booting the off of the SL install disk..

I really want to get this going, and truly appreciate all the installation guides you folks hav put her but am stuck..

Does anyone have a solution?

Thanks in advance.
rickmaan

Has anyone figured out what to do about the "Invalid front-side bus frequency" issue? I've followed the instructions several times and each time the SL install starts I get that error message.

Running an Lenovo/IBM Thinkpad with Intel Dual-core (T2600) processor and 2gb of ram.

I'm really looking forward to getting it running but this is getting very frustrating and it seems to be a common issue.

Please help!

Thanks in advance
EC

I'm having this same problem. trying to contact him @taranfx: http://twitter.com/railleur/status/15004616412 I'll update if he says anything.
HR19

Wow, a 6.6MHz bus? That's pretty slow, lol.
ramzada

Not sure why it says that, I run a Dual core AMD Turion 64, im confused by it hehe.
Waffle

I'm With a Quad Core Q8200 and I'm getting the same problem. Any of you have a solution for this? It's driving me SO insane.

Thanks a lot, Jose from Argentina
Chrizzy

I have the same problem! Please help us!!!
sdsdsd

What do you do when you don't have hardware virtualization? (Intel Core2Duo P7350)
Mac on PC?? WHAAT?? O.O

You cant use Virtual Machines on VMWare WorkStation or VirtualBox if you dont have Intel VT-x or AMD-V. Your best option would be to either dual boot Windows and Mac OSX, or run Mac OSX Snow Leopard solely on your main hard drive by itself. If you do that, you can download VMWare Fusion within Mac OSX and install it to run multiple operating systems, especially Windows 7 Ultimate! :) If you buy the Snow Leopard RETAIL disc for 30 bucks, you can use an iBoot CD to install it on your PC, even if you have either an ATI, AMD, or Intel graphics card/processor! If you have any further questions, please feel free to ask me! My e-mail is: demonnaoto89@hotmail.com
;)
ihack13

lulz.
yeah right. got also QE working on my dog and my 3-legged chair.

ihack13
p|astikman

@Taranfx - If you install vmware tools you can resize the VM window to anysize you want, why would you use the Graphics Mode string? Where is the link to this magical EFI? Unless you have videos of QE/CI in the VM I call *****...Normally GraphicsEnabler == an injector so what is being injected?

-P|astikman
timesheep

BEEECAAAUSE:
If you stretch the window, it's not always setting a new resolution, or well, as long as you don't have VMWare tools :/
cipp

hey I can't get your files (VMWare image .vmdk, darwin_snow.iso, Vmware sound card drivers) I receive this http://www.zshare.net/adsblocked.html
auzy

hey taranfx ! keep up the good work. I have downloaded all the things which is required according to the guide. I have one question whether i have to make a separate partition i know it a virtual machine but in drive c: i have gt 10gb free space is this enough or i need more. Waiting for the reply...
Puneet

Need help with boot loader -
1. Installed VMware Workstation 7
3. Got retail DVD
2. Formatted external Hard Drive using Disk Utility with GUID partition to install SL. Did not want to install on local hard drive.
3. Installation is complete…Disk Utility is showing some 160,000 files on the external drive
4. Now, when I restart VM using the iso again..I get 3 options –
a. Boot DVD
b. Boot First Hard Disk
c. eject DVD

5. External hard drive is available to VM using the VM>Removable device setting

How do I point tool to boot from external hard drive and not the “First Hard Disk”???

Thanks.
ThaiGuy

Thank you very much for sharing. Working GREAT! I can't believe sound works too.
My system:
AMD Phenom 9950 running Win 7 x64.
VMWareWorkStation 7
installed OSx Snow Leo by Hazard
BeSweeet

How do you go about getting QE/CI to work? I installed Chameleon RC4 and edited the com.apple.Boot.plist file as said in the post, but I'm not getting QE/CI. I do have resolution change (after installing VMware Tools).
dudenesspa

Hey man this is so awesome! Best way for me to get the most use out of Windows7 and OSX. Two questions:

1. What EFI do you recommend installing to get QE/CI to work?
2. Can we upgade to 10.6.2 safely?

Great Work!
TW

Hey guys. I get to the boot up fo the snow leopard dvd but then vmware stops the machine and says that one of the virtual cpus has entered the shutdwon state. How to i get around this?
tay187

I have these specs first of all:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 @ 2.66ghz
8.0gb RAM
Windows 7 32bit Installed
Retail Snow Leopard DVD (made by myself)
Snowy_VM downloaded from the guide

Working on getting Snow Leopard installed in VMWare Workstation 7. Followed the guide, did everything it says to, but it hangs on the reboot at the Apple Logo with the grey screen. The little dotted wheel keeps turning and turning but never boots into the OS. Any pointers by anyone with the same problem would be greatly appreciated!!
aatkco

8 GB And Wiindows 7 32 Bit ! 32 Biw version can't use more than 3.25 Gb Of Ram or max 4 GB , Install the 64 Bit version to get the real performance
Mac on PC?? WHAAT?? O.O

Depending on your system information, you can only run a certain version depending whether you have a strong processor or not. If your system is a 32bit, then install the 32bit version. You cant install a 64bit version of Windows 7 Ultimate on a 32bit system. It doesnt make sense. By the way, if you hadn't noticed, Windows 7, as an operating system, costs 300 bucks in Retail Stores, compared to Mac OSX Snow Leopard, which is 30 bucks!! Thats insane! O.O Running Hackintosh on PC is SUPER EPIC FUN!
jdoyle1983

Just keep rebooting, it will get there (took me about 10 reboots), and I have found that if you ever have to reboot the os, you may need to repeat the continued reboot process.
Mike Bell

When I select 'Install VMware tools' I get the following pop-up box.

'Could not find component on update server. Contact VMware Support or your system administrator.'

Have you seen this before or know a workaround?
Henri

Mount the darwin_snow.iso if all goes well a VMWare Tools Icon appears on the MAC desktop. Open it and then install VMWare Tools . . . . . (took me a while too before I figured this out . . . :P )
generatOR

Awesome! thanks. worked!
alexanderkolev

This is exactly what I do but still get the same error message. Any additional info would be appreciated. Thanks.
Fr. Giulio

Hi. Giulio From Italy.
All OK!

Just needed a couple of reboot and now it's running on an I7 920 at 3.2GHz (in O.C.), with Windows 7 and VMWare 7.

Great Job.
Thank you!
Fr. Giulio

Hi.
Giulio From Italy.

I've installed FINAL CUT STUDIO 3 (WOW) on VMWare despite to the 0Kb VRAM Error.
Just download Final Cut Studio 3 (44Gb!!!)

Edit this file in the ISO Image:
Installer > FinalCutStudio.mpkg > Contents > Resources > Requirements Checker.app > Contents > Resources > minsys.plist

and change it to this (changed a couple of STOP into WARN):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>AELMinimumColorDepth</key>
<dict>
<key>warn</key>
<string>32</string>
</dict>
<key>AELMinimumOSVersion</key>
<dict>
<key>block</key>
<string>10.5.6</string>
</dict>
<key>AELMinimumOpenGLExtensions</key>
<dict>
<key>warn</key>
<string>GL_ARB_fragment_program</string>
</dict>
<key>AELMinimumQuartzExtremeCapable</key>
<dict>
<key>warn</key>
<string>NO</string>
</dict>
<key>AELMinimumQuickTimeVersion</key>
<dict>
<key>block</key>
<string>7.6</string>
</dict>
<key>AELMinimumRAMSize</key>
<dict>
<key>block</key>
<string>1024</string>
</dict>
<key>AELMinimumScreenRes</key>
<dict>
<key>warn</key>
<string>1280x800</string>
</dict>
<key>AELMinimumVRAM</key>
<dict>
<key>warn</key>
<string>128</string>
</dict>
<key>AELPlatform_PPC</key>
<dict>
<key>AELMinimumCPUSMP</key>
<dict>
<key>block</key>
<string>2000</string>
</dict>
<key>AELMinimumCPUSpeedSingle</key>
<dict>
<key>block</key>
<string>2000</string>
</dict>
<key>AELRequiredCPUType</key>
<dict>
<key>block</key>
<string>G5</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>

THIS IS IT!
You will only receive some warning, but the program installs!
Yeah!

Bye.
ToP

wokrs on amd processors too?
Edmund

Would you expect this would work on a Linux VMware Workstation 7? Is it worth a try?
awake

I just got it to work on VMware Workstation 7 on Debian 64-bit :P I started by install the latest version of iDeneb, and then I created a second hard disk onto which I've installed retail snow leopard (by installing it from the working iDeneb installation). It worked perfectly, and I was able to update.
Taranfx

works flawlessly on ubuntu, other flavors too
Diogo Andrade

It's working! but I'm unsure on what VMwaretools SO (linux, windows, freebs, etc) I should install on snow leopard VM, since theMDK file provided comes with "other" SO selected.
steliosx

i star the thinks and everythink is ok until his give me this message:
the cpu has been disabled by quest operating system. you will need to power off or reset the virtual machine at this point.
what i must do?
thank youF
my laptop is VAIO VGN-FW51Z
Rich

You have edit your mvx file and change the value smc.present = "TRUE" to smc.present = "FALSE", then you'll be able to restart and shutdown without any problem/
hyundaimenu

I have de same problem. Did you find any solution?
Thank you.
TW

I've been trying to do this but all I get is "A virtual CPU has entered the shutdown state. This would have caused a physical machine to restart. This can be caused by an incorrect configuration of the virtual machine, a bug in the operating system or a problem in the VMware Workstation software..."

I don't get why I am getting this. I did enter the -v mode and the last thing it says is that it is entering Darwin. Please help! Thank You!
disapointed

No luck here. Tried twice, it installs ok but upon the first reboot it just throws 'operating system not found'
Srinath Sridhar

I got the same message. Copy the iso file to the vmware vmdk directory and then connect to the iso image by right clicking on the CD in the bottom right at bootup time.
tay187

your darwin.iso file is probably not in the virtual drive or it is pointing to the wrong location... try that
Jericho

Thank you very much for sharing this. Got it working flawlessly... well, except for the bit where I had to convert the DMG image of the OS install into an ISO so that it can be mounted directly by Workstation (ended up using PowerISO after a few failed attempts with other tools).

Other than that. I'm very pleased with it. The performance is quite decent and useable. Not too bad for a poor man's Mac.
Taranfx

Thanks for sharing your experience :)
madhavvk

Great!!!
I followed your guide, and wow!!! now I'm running Mac OS X Snow Leo on my VMWare.
Thanks buddy!

Only one thing that I noticed is every time I shut down the Mac OS, it displays the message to Press and Hold Power Button.......

Need your help.

Thanks ones again.

Cheers,
Madhav V Khadilkar. (Mady!)
HR19

Yeah, this really didn't work for me at all. I got VMware Workstation 7, downloaded the stuff, but when I tried to run darwin_snow.iso, I just got this error message: "Mac OS X is not supported with software virtualization. To run Mac OS X you need a host on which VMware Workstation supports hardware virtualization." I even tried it on my mom's laptop, which will run Sun Virtual Box. But, I can't get this to work. I couldn't find any information online about this (type of) error.
Mac on PC?? WHAAT? O.O

Make sure to enable "Intel VT-x and AMD-V" in your VM settings. As long as you do that, it should work. :) To make sure it works, restart your computer and press the function key that takes you to your BIOS. Check all the settings until you find something about Virtualization technology, and ENABLE it. As long you follow my instruction, you will be booted into Mac OSX Snow Leopard in minutes!
Taranfx

What CPU are you using? If ur cpu supports VT, go and enable it in BIOS under "Hardware Virtualization" or something similar.
BMY

Same thing here...CPU VT turned on...Win 7 Ultimate - 64bit, VMWare Workstation 7
John

CPU VT turned on, Win 7 Ultimate - 32bit, and Win 7 Premium 64 bit, VMWare Workstation 7. Still!
HR19

I'm using an AMD Athlon 64 X2. Sun VirtualBox will do Ubuntu or Fedora on my current settings, but I'll try that real quick. I'm pretty sure I had virtualization enabled in the BIOS. However, I don't much care anymore. I just wanted it 'cause I couldn't figure out how to do something using HTML and JavaScript, but I found my answer.
ahmad

how to do it with virtualbox??
Taranfx

Update: There you go : http://www.taranfx.com/install-snow-leopard-vir...
Taranfx

Not yet possible, I'm trying to get it working on it, stay tuned
Staffan

Works brilliantly!!

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