![]() ![]() When you do, exit Disk Utility and continue with the OS X installation as normal. Once Disk Utility has finished formatting your drive, you should see it show up in the left sidebar.Give your drive a name (like "Macintosh HD") and click "Erase". Click on your VirtualBox hard drive in the left sidebar, then click the Erase tab in Disk Utility's main pane.To fix this problem, head up to the menu bar and go to Utilities > Disk Utility. After you choose your language and agree to the terms and conditions, you'll see that OS X doesn't detect any valid hard drives.After a moment, it'll take you to the OS X Installation screen. It should reload the boot menu, this time showing you an "OS X Install DVD". Go back to the HackBoot boot screen and press F5.This time, choose your hacked Mountain Lion ISO. Click on the CD icon at the bottom of the VirtualBox window and select "Choose a Virtual CD/DVD Disk File".It'll bring you to the HackBoot boot screen, with one icon in the middle labeled HackBoot. Select your OS X machine in VirtualBox's left sidebar and click the Start button in the toolbar.When you're ready, start up VirtualBox and follow these instructions: The next step involves actually installing OS X to your new virtual machine. Make sure you have your Mountain Lion ISO ready to go and proceed to the next step. Now, your machine is ready to boot for the first time. Then, click the CD icon next to the "CD/DVD Drive" dropdown, and select "Choose a Virtual CD/DVD Disk File". Click on the Storage section of the settings and click on the CD icon that says "Empty" under Storage Type.Go to the "System" section and uncheck "Enable EFI". From here, right-click on your OS X machine in the left sidebar and click Settings.When you're done, VirtualBox should take you back to the main screen. Create your new disk in VDI format and with dynamically allocated storage. Click Next again, and choose "Create New Disk".4GB of RAM should be a good amount, though I gave mine 6GB since I had RAM to spare. This depends on how much RAM is in your system-you can get away with 2GB, but if you have more, give it more. ![]() Click Next and choose how much RAM to give your virtual machine.Give your new virtual machine a name (I just called it "Mac OS X") and set the operating system to "Mac OS X Server (64-bit)". Start up VirtualBox and click the New button.Step One: Install and Set Up VirtualBoxīefore we install OS X, we'll need to set up VirtualBox so the OS X install disc can boot correctly. Make sure to download MultiBeast 4-it's labeled "Lion", but for our purposes the Lion version works better than the Mountain Lion version. ![]() You'll need to register for a free account over at to download this.
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