Mac OSX vmware solutions :

To determine whether your PC supports hardware virtualization and how to enable it in BIOS:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/configure-bios.aspx

Step 1. Does my PC have a CPU with support for hardware virtualization?

Download and run the Hardware-Assisted Virtualization Detection Tool (included in this folder)

If you receive the message “This computer does not have hardware-assisted virtualization,” your computer does not meet the hardware requirement for Windows Virtual PC

If you receive the message “Hardware-assisted virtualization is not enabled on this computer,” go on to Step 2 below.

If you receive the message “This computer is configured with hardware-assisted virtualization,” download and install Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/configure-bios.aspx

1- download darwin snow leopard iso v 2 from here : http://www.rapidshare.com/files/328517751/Darwin_SnowLeopardv2.0.zip

2- if u have errors using the darwin iso then download this darwin snow legacy iso image in this zip folder and put it to drive : C

CPU front bus errors :

in vmware Workstation settings under OPtions>General>Guest Operating System set it to Other> and Version>Other

see if it works if not then use this command in boot menu (hit F8) to enter boot menu :

-v busratio=10 cpus=1

change the busratio to 7 or 20 or 45 se which one will work

Open .vmx file with folder and see if these commands are there if not copy them there if yes change the values to these :

smc.present = "FALSE"

ich7m.present = "TRUE"

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

keyboard.vusb.enable = "TRUE"

mouse.vusb.enable = "TRUE"

guestOS = "darwin10-64"

monitor.virtual_exec = "hardware"

monitor.virtual_mmu = "software"

1. CPU Disabled

a. Is you processor 64-bit & VT-X enabled?

b. Have you enabled it in BIOS and cold power cycled the machine?

c. Get you processor number and check it out here http://ark.intel.com/VTList.aspx

d. Some machines e.g. Sony Vaios have a hard lock to stop VT-x. Not much you can do apart from some BIOS hacks floating around the web.

2. Mac OS X cannot be installed on this computer

a. You have a grey restore DVD which is tied to a specific model. It may be hackable but I haven't tried.

b. Get a retail copy from an Apple store!

3. Keyboard and mouse act strange

a. Read the manual the solution is in there.

b. Upgrade to VMware Workstation 7 or Player 3 as the issues have gone away

4. Guest freezes

a. Power settings not set correctly in Leopard or Snow Leopard

b. In the manual!

5. Voodoo and SL updates

a. Run the setup uninstall command

b. Replace with darwin.iso from the zip file

c. Run the setup install command

6. Shared folders not working

a. Workstation 6 - read the manual

b. Workstatuion 7 - no need to the hack just install tools from darwin SL zip

c. Make sure Shared Folders are enabled in VMware

d. Make sure you have actually shared something or you will get an error.

7. Sound and Video Drivers

a. Follow Zenith432 posts here or his SourceForge web site http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmsvga2/

b. His work is pretty amazing and suggest posting issues about his drivers in his own threads in this forum so he can see them.

8. Snow Leopard support

a. Only Workstation 7, Player 3 and Fusion 3 using this method

b. Not earlier versions of those products or ESXi 4 and Server 2

9. Installing

a. Use an ISO image and connect to VMware virtual drive

b. Real DVDs and Daemon tools do not seem to work

10. VMware Server 2 Network

a. Network does not connect

b. Need to manually edit the guest VMX file and add:

ethernet.virtualdev = "e1000