I have used this pre created disk to boot and install Lion OS X in VMware workstation, which is already covered here. The procedure is already covered in Sysprobs clearly, please check this guide on creating bootable Lion OS X disk. We need to modify some packages and create a new disk which can be booted in VirtualBox or VMware.įor this process, you must have a working Snow Leopard on physical or virtual machine. The ordinary installation DMG file you download from Apple or any torrent sites will not work here. This is the very important part in this installation. ( Install the latest VirtualBox extension pack also)Ģ) The pre created Lion OS X installation disk. Hardware Virtualization Technology (VT) is enabled in the host processor and processor is 64 bit ready.ġ) Oracle VirtualBox 4.1 or later. Intel Core2Duo 2.66GHz, 3GB RAM on Host and Windows 7 32 Bit Operating System. OK, I demonstrate these steps in my Windows 7 32 Bit computer with Oracle VirtualBox 4.1.2. Highly advisable to go with original Apple hardware and Mac OS to get the all features and power of Mac. This method is not recommended for production or long term use, also not all applications will be working on Mac Lion virtual machine as its not recommended by Apple company. Please note this is just for testing and learning purpose only. Here I explain and demonstrate step by step method to install Mac OS X 10.7 Lion on VirtualBox in Windows 7 host Intel computer. The main issue every hackintosh users faced with Lion, is the boot loader to start the installation in normal PC or in any desktop virtualization software. Finally I managed to find out the working method to install and run latest Mac OS X 10.7 Lion on Oracle VirtualBox with normal Intel computer.

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