VMWare supports running OSX Server in a VM but last time I tired to move one of these VMs to my Windows box it failed to launch so they must be tying it to running in Fusion on Mac hardware somehow. I'm sure there's hackery somewhere that would lift this restriction but that restriction is in place but I'm sure that restriction is in place to keep things legal. Here is their blog post about it from last January:
http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2008/01/virtual-leopa-1.html CB ben mustill-rose wrote: > In order for this to work, you would have to obtain a modified osx > image that is floating around the internet. There are reports of > people running these in vm's but the biggist problem that your going > to run into is hardware incompatabilities. > If I were in your situation, I would look up if your hardware has ever > run leopard before (Google osx86), download a leopard disk image and > then set up a dule boot. I know its a bit more hassle in the end, but > it goes with out saying that leopard will have more resources > available to it if you do go this rout as apposed to running it in a > vm. > > On 25/07/2009, Barry Hadder <bhad...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I remember reading somewhere that vmware used to have something for >> the pc a few years ago that would run mac os. They pulled it though >> due to threats they got from Apple. >> >> On Jul 24, 2009, at 11:05 PM, Blake Sinnett wrote: >> >> >>> I really don't think that'll work. As far as I know there isn't a VM >>> that emulates EFI (extensible firmware interface.) However, I could >>> be wrong. >>> >>> >>>> From: gene5...@austin.rr.com >>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: running leopard on a pc? >>>> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:02:32 -0500 >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi, I have vmware for windows as well as my ibook, and some other >>>> >>> people on >>> >>>> another list I'm on are trying to run leopard on the pc under >>>> >>> vmware and I >>> >>>> was trying it to but I don't know if it is possible or not, I >>>> >>> chose other as >>> >>>> the os because there isn't an option for the mac os. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
