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I'm getting ready to upgrade my MacBook Pro from Snow Leopard to El Capitan, but I want to be able to keep running MT-Newswatcher, so I want to run SL in VirtualBox. I followed the directions at this site

http://www.macbreaker.com/2012/02/snow-leopard-virtualbox.html

and everything seemed to be going well through step 4. After it went through the SL Installer, I clicked on Restart. But then it shows a screen saying I need to restart again. I can't seem to get past this.

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I'm using the retail Snow Leopard disk I bought years ago. Could this be because I'm installing regular Snow Leopard and not Snow Leopard Server?

I also tried the additional steps here:

https://stephenmonro.wordpress.com/2015/10/04/running-mac-os-snow-leopard-in-virtual-box-on-a-mac-not-a-hackintosh/

specifically the additional lines in ~/Library/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml

  <ExtraDataItem name="VBoxInternal2/EfiBootArgs" value=" "/>
  <ExtraDataItem name="VBoxInternal2/SmcDeviceKey" value="ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpleasedontsteal(c)AppleComputerInc"/>

Now I don't get that screen, but when it tries to boot I get

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Could the problem be due to the version of VirtualBox? I was hoping to get the VM working before I upgraded my Mac, and the latest version of VB that runs on Snow Leopard is 4.2. When you're creating the VM, OS X Snow Leopard isn't listed in the Version menu, as I see in most of the web sites that show how to do this. So maybe I need to switch to El Capitan first, install VB 5.0, and install it again.

Barmar
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  • Mac OS X Snow Leopard client version is not allowed to be virtualized by its SLA. – user3439894 Jun 05 '16 at 21:32
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    I know about that, and I'm willing to take the risk that Apple's lawyers come after me. – Barmar Jun 05 '16 at 21:33
  • @user3439894 I've read that I can purchase Snow Leopard Server from Apple. But when I search for it on the Apple website, I just find this which seems to be the same Snow Leopard that I already have. Do I have to go to eBay to find it? – Barmar Jun 05 '16 at 22:30
  • aha, just read here that SL Server can only be purchased over the phone, not online. – Barmar Jun 05 '16 at 22:44
  • I just got off the phone with Apple and you want to call 866-752-7753 and the Part # is MC588Z/A and it's MAC OS X 10.6.3 SLSVR UNLCL SING LIC-INT and if they're having trouble finding it tell them it's under tech solutions. – user3439894 Jun 05 '16 at 23:34
  • Sigh, I read in that other thread that it hasn't been available since Jan 2015, so I just ordered one on eBay. – Barmar Jun 06 '16 at 01:43
  • @user3439894 I tried calling that number, it wanted me to enter an access number. Earlier tonight I tried calling 800-MY-APPLE, and gave up waiting on hold after about 10 minutes. I'll stick with my eBay order; it's a little more expensive, but it will arrive in a few days, and I suspect it will be slower from Apple. – Barmar Jun 06 '16 at 01:51
  • It's absolutely still available from Apple although it will not show up in the computer on the regular retail side when calling the normal 800 # and why my rep said to tell you to mention it's under tech solutions and gave me that phone number, although that's not the number I called. BTW When I ordered my copy from Apple, several years ago now, I received it in three days. With tax and shipping it was ~$25. – user3439894 Jun 06 '16 at 02:10

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