Kailm,

Thank you for this great post. It works very good.
( ubuntu host, vmware 6.5.3)

eminovsky

first of all hi and thanks for the geuide...
but i have a big problem doing so cause i doesn't even get to that point.
i set up my virtual machine and start it, push any button to get into setup, and then i fairly can see the apple and then... restart.
so what's wrong or what have i done wrong?
aitkos v5 workes fine with the same options.

also tried it directly from my pc's bios, no problems there at all...

my specs:
Core2Duo E6600
ASUS P5Bdeluxe Wifi/ap
2Gb Ram 800Mhz
VGA ATi X1800XT
Os Win7 Prof.

made it to finish setup but i cant start after the install,
when i hit F8 after installing booting with parameters it starts from the cd again if i hit nothing it boots from hdd (i think) but i get an error. cause i cant set any parameters.
when i disable the Iso in the VM i get an error "operating system not found - so what should i do now?

I am new at Macs but I have managed to install iATKOS V7 on my VMWare 7, but i cant seem to bootup normally unless i enter these startup options;

-v busratio=10 -cpus=1

I tried adding these strings to the com.apple.Boot.plist using the terminal window as "sudo nano"
but everytime i restart, i have to re-type those startup options again, this is how my boot.plist file looks like

<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>-v</string>
<string>busratio=10</string>
<string>cpus=1</string>

Is there anything i am missing or that i am doing wrong? please advice.

download an app called efistudio and edit it via that. You may be missing tags or editing the improper location for the file. (i have seen it in 2 places)
Using the app, it makes sure you edit the right one the system booted from.

Give this a try

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MOBO: Z77MX-QUO-AOS CPU: Core i7 3770K GPU: MSI N760 TF 2GD5/OC Case: Modded MacPro2,1
Memory: 32GB Corsair Vengeance (CMY32GX3M4A1600C9) Wifi: Airport Extreme bcm94321MCA BIOS: HermitCrab Labs H3A.816M
Monitor: AOC Q2963Pm 29" WFHD 2560x1080 21:9
Interests: KDE on Apple Darwin, Keeping it real with the command line, Helping those that help themselves

thank you kailm, that is a good program to use in OSX, easy to modify the boot.plist file without running the command in terminal window

@ lanceomni; what can i say? U DA MAN!! I cannot believe it was easy as that, now my os 10.6 boots up perfectly.. I thought i needed to add a string per boot option, newbie me.

Thanks man!!

Hi, i was wondering how i can change the options without installing the complete os again every time :P
I'm trying to get this OS running on my pc, but for now, it won't work, and reboots after the install, and keeps rebooting. (even with all options.)
I already tried both kernels, but nothing seems to work till now.
Specs :
Asus striker extreme
Intel Q6600 processor
Ati Radeon 4890
4Gb OCZ memory
Windows 7
And running VMware 6.5

Greetings, Chris

Hi
first thank's for your work
So i follow your instructions carefuly but when i reboot i reach the screen with Cameleon but
when i hit F8 nothings happen!!
so i can't hit "-v busratio=!!
which bootloader must be installed?
i am on Vmware 7.0 workstation
leopard 10.5.1 work on it.
sorry for my bad english.
regards.
Dan