Install Mac OS X snow leopard 10.6 in VMware

Question:

Recently, the company has an iPhone-related project that we have never touched before. Everything starts from scratch. After searching for related information on the Internet, I tried to build an iPhone development environment on the Windows platform. During this period, I encountered a lot of problems and now I have recorded them. I want to back up the data, and I want to give a reference to my friends who have relevant needs.

Note:

Install on PC
There are two methods for Mac OS x. One is to partition the Mac OS on the hard disk.
X; second, use VMware and other virtual machine software for installation on the existing Windows system. The two installation methods are described on the Internet, but the second method usually requires the DMG image of the apple System
Burning a file to a D9 disc not only makes it difficult for students without burning conditions, but also makes it difficult for me to burn files. Today, I will introduce how to install Mac OS with VMware.
When using X, you do not need to burn a D9 disc or convert it to the ISO format. You can directly use the DMG image file of Mac OS X for installation.

Installation required:

1. Hardware:
   A pc with a 64-bit dual-core processor supporting virtual technology and 2 GB memory or above. (Note that if your PC does not support CPU virtualization technology, it cannot be installed. Check whether the PC supports CPU virtual technology. We can use securable
   Tool to detect. There is another situation: Your PC may already support CPU virtual technology, but it still cannot be installed. It is very likely that virtual technology is not enabled in your BIOS. You can restart the machine to enter the BIOS settings, expand the advanced BIOS features option, select the virtualizationg option to enable, and press F10 to save and enter to restart .)
2. Software:
   (1) Vmware
   Work Station 7.0
   (Virtual Machine)
   
   
   (2)
   Apple OS-snow leopard
   10.6
   (Dmg cd image file)
   (3) darwin300
   Or rebel EFI
   (Boot cd iso image file)

Installation steps:

1. First install vmware workstation 7.0.
2. Open VMware and click File> New> virtual
   Machine to create a virtual machine, select other-> FreeBSD 64-bit when selecting the operating system.
   
   The CPU can be set to 1-core or 2-core. If you are a dual-core CPU, we recommend that you allocate 1 core.
   1024 mb. If your physical memory is large enough, you can allocate more. If your hard disk is at least 15 GB, you cannot install it if it is too small. If you want to install more software, we recommend that you allocate more. The last step can be found in
   Delete the soft drive in the Customize hardware option, because this is not available.
3. After creating the virtual machine, you need
   Directory, find a file with the extension. vmx, open it in notepad, and find guestos =
   "Freebsd-64" line, change the freebsd-64 in quotes to darwin10, change to guestos =
   "Darwin10": Save the modified file. In this step, choose Options> General for this virtual machine.
   The OS version is Mac OS X Server 10.6, as shown in. Still displayed as FreeBSD
   64-bit, you need to restart VMware.
   
4. Next we will start to install. The first step for installation is to use Darwin. ISO or rebel
   Boot from the EFI. ISO image. Load the image file first: in the Virtual Machine Settings> hardware created just now, select the CD/DVD (IDE) device and select
   Use ISO image file on the right, and click browse to load Darwin. ISO or rebel EFI. ISO.
   
   After the image file is loaded, start the VM.
5. First demonstrate how to use rebel
   When the EFI image is started, the following page is displayed after the boot is complete:
   
   Follow the on-screen prompts to wait for 10 seconds or press the '1' key to select the current disc drive. The following
   Interface shown in the figure:
   
   We are prompted to insert the Mac OS X DVD.
6. In this case, open the settings of the VM-> hardware and find the CD/DVD (IDE) device (you can double-click the CD in the lower-right corner of the VMware window ).
   Icon to quickly open,), replace the rebel EFI image with the DMG image of the Apple system; Click Browse to CD-ROM the file type
   Change images (*. ISO) to all files (*. *) to view the DMG file. Here is a key point: After selecting the DMG image file, check connected in the device status shown in (otherwise, the installation interface cannot be entered), and then confirm.
   
7. Now, we enter the installation preparation stage of Mac OS X.
   
   Some people use rebel
   The EFI boot may contain a prohibited symbol and cannot be installed, as shown in:
   
   If this problem occurs, replace rebel with the Darwin image.
   And restart the VM. After the page is displayed, change the Darwin image to the DMG image of apple on the CD/DVD (IDE) device.
   Check the connected option.
   
   After a while of preparation, the installation process of the Apple system is started, as shown in:
   
   Some students do not see the hard disk option during the installation steps. Do not worry, choose utility> disk tool from the menu at the top of the screen ",:
   
   Execute the "erase" operation on your virtual hard disk ,:
   
   After the operation is complete, close the "disk tool" window and you will be OK ,:
   
   Depending on the configuration of your computer, you can use the Apple operating system after dozens of minutes of installation.
   .
   
   
   
   The page indicates that your system has been installed and needs to be restarted.
   
   Before restarting, pay special attention to removing the need to load data on the CD/DVD (IDE) device during installation.
   Replace the Apple DMG image with the Darwin or rebel EFI boot image. Otherwise, you will not be able to boot the installed Mac OS X system. If one boot fails, try using another boot image.
8. Now, the installation of Mac OS X snow leopard 10.6 in VMware is complete. To sum up, note the following points:

   When installing Mac OS X, you also need to make some settings for the VM:

   (1) The allocated memory is more than MB.

   (2) allocate a hard disk larger than 15 GB (preferably 30 GB ).

   (3) The CPU uses 1 core. Of course, 2 core is also supported.

   (4) Delete a floppy disk (the floppy disk is no longer used ).

   (5) Select SCSI for CD/DVD and Darwin. ISO for use ISO image file (BOOT required for installing Mac OS X on a VM ).

   (6) Select Nat as the network adapter.

    

   Note the following When configuring the OS to be installed:

   (1) select other in guest OS and FreeBSD 64-bit in version.

   (2) modify the attributes of the FreeBSD 64-bit.vmx file guestos = "darwin10 ".

   (3) restart the VMware software. The Guest OS version is automatically changed to Mac OS X Server 10.6.

    

   After you start the Darwin. ISO pilot program, note the following:

   (1) The VM must change Darwin. ISO in CD/DVD to the DMG image file of Mac OS X.

   (2) Change the DMG image file to Mac OS x, and the virtual machine enters the installation interface of Mac OS X.

   (3) During the installation process, you need to erase the Virtual Machine hard disk from the "utility" on the menu bar and give the name (equivalent to the partition and format in Windows ).

    

   After the installation is complete, note the following:

   (1) Reload the Darwin. ISO boot program into the CD/DVD (Mac OS X requires boot to start ).

   (2) share the iphonesdk directory in windows, edit the Virtual Machine network configuration, and install the iPhone SDK on Mac.