This guide assumes that you have:
- a Mac OS X host environment, running VirtualBox on an Intel Mac
- a universal or i386 install image or disk for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
The environment of the example installation procedure was:
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) - MacBookPro11,5
- 2.5 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
- macOS Monterey 12.7.6 (21H1320)
- VirtualBox 6.1.34 r150636 (download directly from Oracle here)
- the Mac OS X Server v10.4.7 (Universal) image
(which can be found by searching for "10.4" in https://developer.apple.com/download/more/)(which can be found on Macintosh Repository)
The following step-by-step procedure will guide you in the creation and configuration of the virtual machine:
- select Machine → New... from the menu (or click on the New button)
- choose the name of your virtual machine (the example uses "Tiger")
- select Type: Mac OS X
- select Version: Mac OS X (32-bit) or Version: Mac OS X (64-bit)
- choose the amount of RAM (default: 2048 MB)
- choose Create a virtual hard disk now
- choose the settings for the creation of the virtual hard disk (the default ones should work just fine)
- from the command-line, run the following commands (replacing "Tiger" with the name of your virtual machine):
VBoxManage modifyvm "Tiger" --mouse usb
VBoxManage modifyvm "Tiger" --firmware efi32
VBoxManage modifyvm "Tiger" --cpu-profile 'Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz'
VBoxManage modifyvm "Tiger" --cpuidset 00000000 00000004 756e6547 6c65746e 49656e69
VBoxManage modifyvm "Tiger" --cpuidset 00000001 00000f43 00020800 fbffffff ffffffff
VBoxManage modifyvm "Tiger" --cpuidset 80000001 00000000 00000000 ffffffff ffffffff
VBoxManage setextradata "Tiger" VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiBIOSVersion EFI32..Virtual.Box
VBoxManage setextradata "Tiger" VBoxInternal/Devices/efi/0/Config/DmiUseHostInfo 0
VBoxManage setextradata "Tiger" VBoxInternal/Devices/smc/0/Config/GetKeyFromRealSMC 1
The virtual machine should now be ready for the install procedure. Its vbox
file should match the reference Tiger.vbox except for the
name, timestamps and UUIDs.
- start the virtual machine
- since it is the first boot, VirtualBox will open a popup asking for the install media; select the Mac OS X install disk image
- wait some time for the boot to complete; the system might either immediately
start or stay frozen for several seconds in a state like the one shown in the
following image before getting to the UI; after a minute, if it shows no
progress or if the console shows
Still waiting for root device., try rebooting the machine
- choose the language you are going to use
-
from the hidden menu at the top of the screen, select Utilities → Disk Utility...
IMPORTANT: open Disk Utility immediately after selecting the language. Stepping through the installation and then running Disk Utility will likely result in the hard disk not being shown.
- erase the VBOX HARDDISK hard disk using a Mac OS Extended volume format; you can choose whether to also make it Journaled and/or Case-sensitive; the default is Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
- quit Disk Utility and proceed with the installation