Just install with all the default settings. You should have the Empire EFI disc on your OSX desktop, so double-click on that, then in the window that pops up, open the Post-Installation folder. If you leave things as they are, you’ll be able to use the VM just fine, but you’ll have to have the EmpireEFI ISO mounted to boot, like we did just now. You’re almost ready there’s just one more thing to do.

Proceed with the setup register with your Apple ID, create your user account, etc. (It will ask you to “Press any key to continue…” like last time, so do that.) You’ll get a welcome screen. Push the right arrow key to select OSX, and then press enter. Click Devices->CD/DVD Devices and select the EmpireEFI iso again, then click Machine->Reset to reboot the VM. When it’s done, the installer will reboot, and the reboot will fail, like this:ĭon’t panic! This is ok. Follow the rest of the installation procedure as normal. OSX will now be installed it took about half an hour on my VM. It will probably only take a few seconds. It will ask you to confirm what you’re doing, and then it will format the VM’s virtual hard disk. Once you’re satisfied that it looks correct, click “Apply” in the lower-right corner. In the Volume Scheme dropdown, select “1 Partition”, and then just to the right of that, under Volume Information, change the name to something prettier than “Untitled 1”. On the right, click on the “Partition” button. On the left you’ll see a hard drive and an optical drive listed.

Pretty soon you’ll get to this screen:Ĭlick the “Utilities” menu, then choose “Disk Utility”. So far, so good 🙂 Proceed with the OSX installation. Wait a bit longer 😉 You should soon see this screen: This boot may take a few minutes you might think it’s frozen. EmpireEFI will prep the system for boot, and it will tell you to “press any key to continue”, as in this screenshot:Īt this point, press any key. After a few moments, the text below the CD icon should change, like this: (If you want to use a Snow Leopard ISO instead, mount that.) Wait five seconds or so, then press F5. In your VM, click the Devices menu, then under “CD/DVD Devices” choose the host drive that has the Snow Leopard DVD. Ignore the Autoplay or Boot Camp popup in Windows. Pop the Snow Leopard DVD into your DVD drive. The VM will boot up, and you’ll get this screen: Select the new VM from your list of VMs, and click “Start” on the toolbar. Yesterday we set up the VirtualBox VM so it would be ready to install OSX on our Windows host.

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