Continuing the bump ... > On Jul 27, 2011, at 6:55 AM, Neil Laubenthal wrote: > >> Regular SL won't install on VMWare or Parallels (at least it wouldn't the >> last time I tried maybe 3 months ago) . . .if it works that would allow me >> to keep SL around for the 1 or 2 Rosetta required apps I haven't gotten rid >> of. > > Google is your friend
Googling around, I found ways of putting it inside a VM box of Microsoft windows. So, I could use 10.7 lion host, a windows guest, and then a 10.6 snow leopard guest. Or by creating a file, tricking the VM programs into thinking it's a server -- but that doesn't work with the latest versions of the VM software programs. Apparently, if your machine is one of the new late 2011 systems it's impossible (or not yet known) to get 10.6 on it at all. (Maybe inside the windows guest as a guested-guest?) And if it's a different system with 10.7, you can partition the drive, run it in target mode to export the new partition, and install onto that via firewire -- but that gives a dual boot machine, and only works on machines with firewire (not on the thin wifi only machines) Oh yea -- on the parallels forums, there was the mention that while you can install 10.7 as a guest if the machine came with 10.7, it doesn't have to run as a guest under 10.7 -- so it's legal to install a 10.6 host, and a 10.7 VM (which is backwards ... sigh.) So what have I missed? -- Political and economic blog of a strict constitutionalist http://StrictConstitution.BlogSpot.com This message may have been spell checked by a laptop kitten. _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
