Mac OS X 10.6.2 VMware image for AMD hosts

MAC OS X SNOW LEOPARD 10.6.2 VMWARE IMAGE FOR AMD CPUS I was looking for a recent Mac OS X vmware image that I could use on my AMD box as an OS X tutorial when I came across this:- http://www.vo2ov.com/Vmware-Mac-OS-X-Snow-Leopard-x65-AMD-10-6-6_426624.html It took a while to download the 78 parts, but once I extracted it and set it up in WorkStation 7 (reducing the cpu cores from 4 to 2 - it looks like it was created on a quad core Phenom) it booted as OS X 10.6.0. To my surprise it even updated to 10.6.2 using Apple Software Updater (OS X 10.6.2 Combo Update). Apparently, what makes all this possible is EmpireEFI4AMD.iso, which I'd never heard of. More information about Empire EFI can be found here:- http://prasys.co.cc/2009/10/empire-efi/ I've not been able to test this on any other setup other than my own (dual core 64-bit Athlon, Windows 7 64-bit, VMware WorkStation 7), but it may work with with VMware Player 3. To use it, power on the virtual machine and wait for the Darth Vader screen to appear, then --> to select OSX and hit Enter. Ignore the F5 instruction at the bottom; this is only for when installing on a physical machine. It auto logs in to the administrator's account. The administrator's user name is "no skill" and the password is "noskill" (without the quotes, of course). So, what works and what doesn't. Network works almost out-of-the-box. I had to go to System Preferences -> Network where the default interface in PCI slot 33 showed as not connected. I was wondering what to do about this when a box popped up saying it had detected a new interface on PCI slot 34. Once I selected this new interface it found the right DHCP settings and auto connected to the network. USB support works. VMware shared folders works once you set the host's shared folders path. Sound didn't work for me because of a PCI slot conflict. In the .vmx file sound is assigned to PCI slot 34 which was grabbed by the ethernet interface. At the moment I can have the network or sound, but not both. The default screen resolution is 1024x768 and I haven't found a way to change this yet. The default keyboard is German. Go to System Preferences -> Languages -> Input Devices and select your choice and de-select German. The only problem I don't understand is memory. "About This Mac" shows 1GB of memory no matter what you allocate in virtual machine settings. To sum up, the only things I changed from the vm I downloaded was to change the cpu cores from 4 to 2 and to do the update to 10.6.2. As there was no problem doing this suggests that future updates will also not be a problem. I'm a Mac NOOB, so I can't really answer any questions you might have. If anyone finds a way to add extra screen resolutions please post the answer in a comment. It is slow on my rig, but I'm only using it as a cheap way to teach myself OS X. I'd be interested to know how it performs on a fast quad core Phenom. Note:- EmpireEFI4AMD.iso has to stay in the virtual CD drive for all this to work. You'll have to add another CD drive (virtual or physical) in machine settings if you want to mount another disk. EmpireEFI4AMD makes it possible to install OS X on a physical AMD machine using an unaltered off-the-shelf OS X retail disk! I'll post a separate torrent of this amazing little utility (only 50MB) for anyone who wants to play with it. Intel users will have to download a suitable file from the Empire EFI link above. Enjoy (and seed!)

udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80
udp://open.demonii.com:1337
udp://tracker.coppersurfer.tk:6969
udp://exodus.desync.com:6969

kocoman (2010-01-23)

Why is everyone stuck at 97.7%?

klein666 (2010-01-26)

hey there i have a question!
I downloaded it,but now when i hit OSX and click enter it restarts and im at the screen wehere dath vader is what must i do???

OlympusDeadPool (2010-02-03)

how do i fix sound

Deadhorror (2010-02-03)

After I hit "Enter" on the Darth Vader screen on the VMware Workstation 7. Why did it not work? It's gave me a bunch of codes. Can u help me?

Deadhorror (2010-02-03)

I got it right now. Thx u so much. Forget about my last question. IT Work. Yea WOOT. SO much relief for me.

OlympusDeadPool (2010-02-06)

@deadhorror
How did you fix it? I have the same problem

 cclloyd (2010-02-09)

I should let you know the answer to the resolution problem.
OS X defaults to 1024x768 when there is no video driver (mac os x kext). So search for a kext for your gfx card, and it will get full resolution.

FartOnMe (2010-02-09)

it says on the empire link that they have limited it to 1GB ram by default. would be nice to be able to raise this. also they say 4GB is too much.

 cclloyd (2010-02-10)

Do you think if i copied all the files from the vm image, and put them into an HFS+ drive, it would boot like a hackintosh, which I have had before?

ScrubbyScott (2010-02-13)

I'd also like to know the answer or any success or failures to cclloyd's last question.. LoL

funforus (2010-02-18)

For those who are getting ?Invalid front-side bus frequency 6600000 Hz?
Put:
guestOS = ?darwin10-64?
in your .VMX file. And be sure you have enabled VT in the BIOS.

me.home (2010-02-18)

running on vmware 7 on win 7 (64bit) with AMD Phen. X4.
No real sound no Lan ?
Grafix 1400x900 and more works (no QE, CI) with a small pkg. found here:

LAN + Sound need help.

upeco (2010-02-24)

It works fine on AMD 64 X2 4400+ and Win7 32bit with VMware 7 Lite.

drcoxer (2010-03-19)

PLEASE Rise on distribution

Grimdrome (2010-06-12)

When I hit enter it's just stuck on the darth vader screen can anyone help me please. I don't really care about sound I just need this for some small testing

Grimdrome (2010-06-12)

Never mind I was just being stupid :|

chaddi (2010-06-13)

What is the password ??????

Th3_0ne (2010-07-07)

how long is it suppose to sit on the darth vader screen?

FartOnMe (2010-07-09)

@me.homenTHANKS!!!nusing the stuff at your link, i got adjustable video resolution, working sound, and working also updates to 10.6.4 without any issuesnthe only limit i see left is the damn 1GB ram limit

FartOnMe (2010-07-09)

god dammit, this comment form doesn\'t handle new lines correctly...

citizenatlarge (2010-07-22)

Found a sweet post over at demon's for this exact same torrent..
Posted by Ratio: 0.43Telekast 3 months ago [ Complain ] [ Send PM ]
Just got this running, it's by far the best OSX image out there.
Here's how I installed properly and solved a bunch of problems(Using VMware Workstation 7.0.0)
Getting Around Lag:
The first time I booted I noticed there was a TON of lag.
To fix go to
Virtual Machine Settings -> Hardware Tab -> Processors
Go to Virtualiation Engine
and Select either Intel-VT / AMD-V or Intel-VT/EPT / AMD-V/RVI
Most people have the former, if you get a prompt for both though saying that virtualization is not available you'll have to live without it. I highly recommend virtualization though because without it it will be very laggy.
Accessing More than 1GB of RAM / More CPUs if Your Hardware Allows:
This gets a little complicated.
Go to the Bootdisk Folder (Should be on your desktop) -> Extras -> Post Install (or something like that, mines not open atm).
You're gonna need to install a native install to the virtual machine, if you've ever tried this before you'll know what an ass that can be.
I suggest opening myHack and fiddling around with the options till you get one that will boot with your hardware.
I don't suggest doing this if you don't know your hardware specs / what you're doing.
I do suggest making a backup of the disk image folder because chances are you'll need to do this more than once. It's easier to just delete your old VMware folder and start over if you have freeing, kernel panics, etc.
Full Screen Video:
As Armony posted earlier VMsvga2 is a great tool that allows for ported VMware drivers to be installed on the virtual machine.
I'd also suggest installing guestd_patches.pkg which is on the same page under files.
This allows for not only full screen support but also scaling for resizing the window. A little buggy but very useful.
Both can be found here:

Sound Drivers:
On the same link listed above you can go to
Audio -> Snow Leopard
and download

It works to give you very basic audio drivers. It was static-y on my laptop but I'm only using OSX as a dev environment so it doesn't bother me much.
EDIT:
A couple other things. 1) This will work on non-AMD Intel systems. And even some Atom and i series systems if configured properly. Using the boot disk it should work fine with 1GB as well.
also
Networking:
To enable networking on OSX go to
Virtual Machine Settings -> Hardware Tab -> Network Adapter
Select Network Connection -> Bridged
When you open OSX when you go to the System Preferences -> Network Utility it should recognize it in a few seconds
Shared Folders:
To enable a shared folder between your Host PC (Windows I'm assuming) go to:
Virtual Machine Settings -> Options Tab -> Shared Folder
Select Always Enabled and then Add... and then select your folder and it should show up on your desktop in OSX

citizenatlarge (2010-07-22)

Here's another trick I just found.. by default, you can't get any more than 1024 mb ram.. here's how to get around that..
with the vm os-x powered off, edit the memory to what you want.. ie-2048mb.. VM>Settings>Memory
now power on the vm os-x.. when you get to the darth vader screen, click inside the window, press the right arrow to select OSX.. now BEFORE hitting ENTER, type "maxmem=2048"
Now hit ENTER.. let the vm boot, and check.. it should show 2048mb ram or what ever values you put in respectively.. :D
unfortunately, you have to type it everytime.. D:
don't know how to make it stick yet.. anybody?

seeder08 (2010-09-10)

@upeco
how did you make it work?
I use clloydd's torrent but no luck, I'm stucked in "power on this virtual machine". it says "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."
please help upeco.

seeder08 (2010-09-10)

@upeco
how did you make it work?
I use clloydd's torrent but no luck, I'm stucked in "power on this virtual machine". it says "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."
please help upeco.

seeder08 (2010-09-10)

sory i double posted.
coz i didn't see my post. ^_^

illitero (2010-10-01)

EXCELLENT trainer for a final hackintosh install. Thank you!

Ambly (2010-11-14)

Thanks men! I really needed to run MAC and install SDK on my AMD. Works perfect! Cheers, i owe you a beer!

Ambly (2010-11-14)

Did someone allready update to 10.6.5?
Its ok to update?
I got another VM image running on a I7 with bios virtualization, and updated. But im afraid that this one doesnt. I apreciate an anwser, Thanks!