Claims of Rosetta working

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57329027-263/vmware-4.1-lifts-block-on-snow -leopard-client-virtualization-updated/

NOTE: The update to the article indicates that VMware removed this feature in version 4.1.1

MlchaelLAX wrote:

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57329027-263/vmware-4.1-lifts-block-on-snow -leopard-client-virtualization-updated/

NOTE: The update to the article indicates that VMware removed this feature in version 4.1.1

What is the current version of VMWare Fusion? and why did they correct their error?

Don't know: I use Parallels...

Maybe you should ask VMware!

My understanding is that VMware made a mistake and corrected in the next upgrade. Under the terms of Apples licensing agreements only the server edition of SL can be used.

Under the terms of Apples licensing agreements only the server edition of SL can be used.

Which agreements? Between Apple and VMware or ??

Antony D\'Emanuele wrote:

My understanding is that VMware made a mistake and corrected in the next upgrade. Under the terms of Apples licensing agreements only the server edition of SL can be used.

It is an Urban Myth. I have yet to see anyone actually quote the terms of the Snow Leopard EULA that would prohibit virtualization of Snow Leopard in Lion. This guy has articulated the issues very well:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3193258?answerId=18039235022#18039235022

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3193258?answerId=18039444022#18039444022

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3193258?answerId=18040262022#18040262022

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3193258?answerId=18042986022#18042986022

MlchaelLAX wrote:

Antony D\'Emanuele wrote:

My understanding is that VMware made a mistake and corrected in the next upgrade. Under the terms of Apples licensing agreements only the server edition of SL can be used.

It is an Urban Myth. I have yet to see anyone actually quote the terms of the Snow Leopard EULA that would prohibit virtualization of Snow Leopard in Lion. This guy has articulated the issues very well:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3193258?answerId=18039235022#18039235022

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3193258?answerId=18039444022#18039444022

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3193258?answerId=18040262022#18040262022

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3193258?answerId=18042986022#18042986022

And yet VMWare did change their software to prohibit installation of Snow leopard client.

As Col. Nathan R. Jessup in "A Few Good Men" might have responded to your post:

"I'm an educated man, but I'm afraid I can't speak intelligently about the operating practices of VMware."

Maybe Lt. Daniel Kaffee, like me, uses Parallels...

MlchaelLAX wrote:

As Col. Nathan R. Jessup in "A Few Good Men" might have responded to your post:

"I'm an educated man, but I'm afraid I can't speak intelligently about the operating practices of VMware."

Maybe Lt. Daniel Kaffee, like me, uses Parallels...

Just so we are clear though. There is NO currently available VM software will install Snow Leopard client, although you can try to find an obsolete version of VMWare that will?

Correct? or will you answer with another one of your movie missives.

"YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!"

"CLEAR?"

"CRYSTAL!"

Just as I thought, you won't address the question, so to all our readers please remember that Mr Lax's advice is missing one crucial piece of information.

You can not install Smow Leopard Client in any current VM as supplied by VBox, VMWare or Parallels. So don't waste your time.

Mr Lax, we're done, you are a miscreant.

Bye

Csound1 wrote:

Mr Lax, we're done...

I'm going to hold you to your word!

While I do understand the arguments as to why it is not possible to install Snow Leopard Client in a virtual machine, because it was really important for me not to loose access to certain research files, in one of my "Oh heck, what have I got to loose moments", I followed instructions found on various sites and managed to install Snow Leopard onto the latest version of VirtualBox. Although the instructions to create a diskimage of the Snow Leopard installation disk which Vbox could read, failed (Vbox would not boot from disk image I created), just as I was about to give up, VirtualBox booted directly and unexpectedly from the Snow Leopard installation CD and proceeded to install Snow Leopard. While use of VirtualBox is a bit kludgy to say the least (I would much prefer to be using Parallels), it came up, was able to connect to the internet (after some screwing around), and installed all the required updates. Since file sharing between VirtualBox and Mac OS X is rather weak, I set my entire hard disk to be shared, added a second ethernet virtual adapter (this must be done to access the shared volume), and moved over my critical application files. Photoshop CS, Prism, Office V.x, and Office 2004 all ran, which made me a very happy camper indeed.

While the entire process eventually worked, it did require a lot of fiddling and trying different things out. Figuring out how to change the screen size took a bit of Internet slewthing, but the information was there. However, I never had to modify disk images to make VirtualBox think I was installing Snow Leopard Server or do anything really arcane. Whether or not I could repeat the process easily, I really don't know. But indeed running Snow Leopard in a VirtualBox is possible and at no time did I encounter any indication that only Snow Leopard Server could be installed.

I am posting this to suggest that hope is possible, not to engage in a flame war. Below is a picture of my virtual system

Peace

It may work in some instances, and through some instructions, but isn't something that folks who need to do it should rely on. It's definitely not a simple three-step process.

Jim Downward wrote:

While I do understand the arguments as to why it is not possible to install Snow Leopard Client in a virtual machine, because it was really important for me not to loose access to certain research files, in one of my "Oh heck, what have I got to loose moments", I followed instructions found on various sites and managed to install Snow Leopard onto the latest version of VirtualBox. Although the instructions to create a diskimage of the Snow Leopard installation disk which Vbox could read, failed (Vbox would not boot from disk image I created), just as I was about to give up, VirtualBox booted directly and unexpectedly from the Snow Leopard installation CD and proceeded to install Snow Leopard. While use of VirtualBox is a bit kludgy to say the least (I would much prefer to be using Parallels), it came up, was able to connect to the internet (after some screwing around), and installed all the required updates. Since file sharing between VirtualBox and Mac OS X is rather weak, I set my entire hard disk to be shared, added a second ethernet virtual adapter (this must be done to access the shared volume), and moved over my critical application files. Photoshop CS, Prism, Office V.x, and Office 2004 all ran, which made me a very happy camper indeed.

While the entire process eventually worked, it did require a lot of fiddling and trying different things out. Figuring out how to change the screen size took a bit of Internet slewthing, but the information was there. However, I never had to modify disk images to make VirtualBox think I was installing Snow Leopard Server or do anything really arcane. Whether or not I could repeat the process easily, I really don't know. But indeed running Snow Leopard in a VirtualBox is possible and at no time did I encounter any indication that only Snow Leopard Server could be installed.

I am posting this to suggest that hope is possible, not to engage in a flame war. Below is a picture of my virtual system

Peace

Still seems a lot more sensible to upgrade your programs. I had two PPC programs remaining when I updated. Now all my software is compatable with Lion, which was pretty much the idea when Apple began phasing out PPC well over 6 years ago. PPC Macs themselves could not even run Snow Leopard. Seems like a complicated way to go about holding on to the last renants of an outdated program (Rosetta) which was only ever included as one last chance for users to get somewhere near modern software.

Good Luck, but it's not for most of us.

Pete