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====== Mac OS X Virtual Machine  ======
A few things before we dig into this... Download [[http://www.virtualbox.org|Virtualbox]] and [[http://www.grc.com/securable.htm|SecurAble]] Use SecurAble to check if your CPU supports hardware virtualization. If it doesn't, the whole project is kind of dead in the water. Get the Snow Leopard ISO by Hazard. It shouldn't be hard to find. Once that's downloaded open a terminal and dump it to the hard drive.
<cli>dd if=/dev/sr0 of=osx.iso</cli>

  *Once you've made sure your CPU supports hardware virtualization and VirtualBox is installed get VirtualBox running. Once it's open click new to setup a new   virtual machine.
  *In the name field enter: OS X
  *Set the Operating System to OS X
  *In the version field enter: Mac OS X Server.
  *1 gig of ram should be enough
  *Create a new hard disk
  *Dynamically expanding storage
  *Set the location to a directory called OSX
  *Give the disk 20 gigs.
  *Select the osx.iso and click finish
  *Under settings >> display crank up the video memory to 128 megs
  *Enable 3d acceleration
  *Under system >> motherboard >> Extended features: Enable IO APIC and Enable Absolute pointing device
  *Under the acceleration tab: enable VT-X/AMD-V and nested paging
  *Under storage >> storage tree >> click empty and then click the disc icon under attributes then select the location of your OS X Iso. click ok
  *Click start
  *Once the installer is running, press f8
  *Enter "-v" at the prompt. This will let you know if something goes wrong and if so, what.
  *Once OS X is running select the language, click the arrow button and then continue after a few seconds.
  *Agree to the usage terms
  *Select the disk utility and select VBOX HDD
  *Erase option with the following settings - Extended journaled name: OS X
  *Leave the disk utility
  *Select the new hard disk
  *Click customize and select chameleon boot load 4 and legacy kernel and click ok
  *Click install and then play the waiting game
  *When it tries to reboot close the VM and reset the boot order in VirtualBox to start with the HDD
  *hit enter at the chameleon boot loader screen, otherwise it will just sit there.
  *At this point OS X will have you do some configuring. Skip or enter the information.
  *In the finder, click go >> utilities and open a terminal
  *login as root
  *cd into /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration
  * do a vi com.apple.Boot.plist
  * enter the following lines: the resolution is simply an example, make the resolution suitable to your monitor
    *<key>Graphics Mode</key>
     <string>1280x1024x32</string> 
  *Save and exit 
  *Restart the VM and all should be well
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