How to install os x 10.6 on virtualbox mac os x#

WeвЂ™ll then proceed to attach this disk image and at the same time: (So essentially in: вЂњ /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app/ Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmgвЂњ) Inside its content: вЂњ/ Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmgвЂќ The disk we want to attach is contained in the app you downloaded from the App Store: вЂњ /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.appвЂќ We achieve this using the вЂњ hdiutilвЂќ command: вЂњ attachвЂњ. Effectively simulating a device (the installation disk in this case) attached to our mac.

It is a command used to manipulate disk images and you can find detailed about this command here:ДЇirst thing we need to do is attaching the image of the installer (that we downloaded) as a device. WeвЂ™ll make heavy use of the вЂњ hdiutilвЂќ tool. I will put the whole list of commands at the end of this article, but I will explain every line to make it clear whatвЂ™s going on. What weвЂ™ll need to do is manipulate the installer disk in order to make it ready for our Virtual Machine to understand.

How to install os x 10.6 on virtualbox mac os x#

I wrote a dedicated post for this and you can find it here:Д¬reate Mac OS X Installer USB Disk Time to do some magic!ДЄs it stand the installer will not work on the Virtual Machine (and you will experience the error I mentioned at the start of the article). The very first thing to do is to download the OS X Installer. You can do this by clicking the blue icon (вЂњnewвЂќ) at the top:

Proceed creating a new Virtual Machine.

The image is ready to use in VirtualBox.

Copy the System Installer to the new disk image