Increased RAM of the VM to 2GB (originally I was using 1GB on SL)ġ3. Upgraded the OS X SL VM to Version: Workstation 8.0 virtual machine after opening it in Vmware workstationġ1. Reinstalled Vmware tools from Fusion 4.0.1 (available in Donk's unlocker)ġ0. Uninstalled VMsvga2_v1.2.3 and EnsoniqAudioPCI_v1.0.3 using uninstall.sh fromĤ. I have upgraded my SL installation on Vmware player 3.1.4 to Lion on Workstation 8 successfully. (I will try to keep this post updated, with all relevant contributions gratefully received and credited)įirst of all thanks to Donk and MSoK for the unlocker and the guide. Special thanks to Donk and Zenith432 without who's continued time and commitment none of this would be possible. 'Official Mirror' for Donk's 'Unlocker' files:

Link(s) to darwin.iso from ESXi 5 (current version 5.0.0) and Fusion 4 (current version 4.0.1) to install VMware Tools: Zenith432's Mac OS X (Generic) Unlocker's for Windows, Linux (Workstation 8, Player 4) and OS X (Fusion 4): Links to all the relevant and related topics in the InsanelyMac forum:ĭonk's ESXi 5 (unlock-all) Mac OS X Universal Unlocker:ĭonk's ESXi 5, Workstation 8, Player 4 and Fusion 4 Mac OS X (unlock-all) Universal Unlocker:Īlthough I have supplied both links the 'Unlocker' is identical and supports ESXi 5, Workstation 8, Player 4 and Fusion 4. The current version is 'unlock-all-v101.zip'. The latest 'universal unlocker' ( unlock-all) is a consolidation of Donk and Zenith432's work and provides the unlocker and scripts to stop and start relevant services as well as install the latest darwin.iso for installing VMWare Tools. ESXi 5 (including the latest patch), Workstation 8, Player 4 and Fusion 4. PLEASE NOTE: Donk has released an update to his 'universal unlocker' ( unlock-all) which supports all current variants of VMware, i.e. 'The guide will appear here shortly, just need a little more time to iron out some of the new 'opportunities' Apple have given us with trying to install Lion'. Please use Donk's topic for questions regarding the Unlocker and this topic for questions regarding Mac OS X installation and guide update requests.

I have created this topic as an installation guide and consolidated view for installing OS X 10.6 'Snow Leopard' and OS X 10.7 'Lion' under VMware Workstation 8, Player and Fusion 4 based on Donk's topic 'Workstation 8 and Fusion 4 Mac OS X Unlocker' link below:

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