Virtualize Mac OS X Client on VMware Fusion
Aug 08, '08 07:30:03AM
Contributed by: Anonymous
VMWare Fusion 2.0 beta2 supports virtualizing Mac OS X Server as a guest OS. If you try to install a Leopard Client guest, however, you get an error: "The guest operating system is not Mac OS X Server." However, if you create an ISO/CDR image from your Leopard install DVD, mount it, then do this in Terminal...
touch "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD/System/Library/CoreServices/ServerVersion.plist"
After running that command, unmount the image. You can now use that image to install Leopard Client into VMware Fusion with no complaints. After you install, reboot VMware Fusion from the install DVD ISO again, launch Terminal, and run this command:
touch "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/System/Library/CoreServices/ServerVersion.plist"
Then reboot from the hard drive. This probably violates your license agreement, so don't do it -- I certainly wouldn't. See this blog entry for further updates.
[robg adds: I haven't tried this one, and I imagine this hint will stop working with the next VMware Fusion beta release.]
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