error mac os x vmware installation failure windows

[sagngh8pro]

Hi All

I am trying to install the mac vm on the windows7 after going through the article provided here.

http://asendure.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/osx86-how-to-install-mac-os-x-on-vmware-server-amd-64/

I did everything listed there but i get the following error after some steps.

The error message occurs after carrying out the following steps.

Run the mac vmware,
press F2
set the first bootable device as CD Rom
save and exit.

Error messages:

PXE: No boot filename received.
PXE-MOF: Exiting Intel PXE ROM,
Operating system not found

I carried out the above steps two times after downloading two iso files for mac osx.But same error comes both the

times.
An early reply is highly valued,
Sagar.

 

[Giaguara]

Hi sagngh8pro,

Your virtual machine is using a net boot (there the PXE) as it does not see your Mac OS X disc image as bootable.

If all the settings for that VM are correct (FreeBSD etc), then the CD image is not recognized, or is not bootable. I'm going to pretend I didn't see the above about downloading the images - so please try with a physical Mac OS X retail install disc.

There is a difference with a disc being copied or cloned and it being bootable. But that's enough detail for that. This forum doesn't allow talking about software pirating. If you do own a copy of a Mac OS X retail disc, you can install that on an Apple computer, one per license. If you do have the install discs and you prefer to install your Mac OS X system on some other hardware (like above), that could still be made to comply with the OS X's EULA somehow. Install the system on an Apple hardware - your non-Mac hardware being on your Apple hardware during the installation, or strategically placing the Apple sticker that came with the system to cover the Dell or Vaio or whichever logo it needs to cover. With the latest few OS X releases you have been allowed to virtualize Mac OS X Server when run on a Mac OS X Server system, but so far virtualizing Mac OS X hasn't been really allowed or encouraged at all by Apple.

It can be done of course with the method you describe, but there are several good reasons not to. Even if you do have those install discs that you should have, it is bad karma. As you see from that VM, it is set to run painfully slow. You don't want to run a Mac OS X system (anything later than 10.1 which was painfully slow per se) with just 512 MB of RAM. Even if you managed to give it enough RAM and enough processors and other attributes, it'll still be just a reflection of what it can be when you run it natively. Unlike Windows or several Linuxes which can run smoother than when run natively.