Install OSX 10.5 as Virtual Server on SL

I am running OSX Snow Leopard and want to install OSX 10.5 as a virtual server in Parallel's. Is this possible?

 

The system requirements say yes as long as you mean to install Mac OS X Server to the VM. I don't know how well it works though.

 

Thanks for that - It looks like this is not possible, as I want to install OSX 10.5 (not server). If anyone else has tried this please let me know, it would be very helpful as a few bits of hardware don't run correctly on Snow Leopard.

 

What kind of hardware can be made to work in a VM but not on the physical Mac? I can only think that you're talking about a USB device? What kind of USB device works in Leopard but not Snow Leopard? Are you running Snow Leopard kernel in 32 bit mode?

Maybe you can install Mac OS X client in Parallels like you can on a PC - using a boot loader like Chameleon or something. I have no experience doing that though.

 

I run two device that won't work on SL.

1. Duel adapter to import P2 cards for video
2. An old firewire Bluray drive that just won't work properly in SL

Really would be nice to boot 10.5 instead of carrying around a bootable external drive.

 

Parallels Desktop does not support FireWire devices - only USB.
http://kb.parallels.com/en/5161
http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=29707

Parallels Desktop for the Mac does not support expansion cards of any type.

Parallels Workstation / Server for Windows might support PCIe pass through using Intel VT-d technology:
http://download.parallels.com/works...llels/rc/Readme_For_Parallels_Workstation.txt
http://kb.parallels.com/8713
http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=20241
http://www.parallels.com/products/extreme/features/
http://www.parallels.com/news/id,7411
http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=21975
I don't know if any of that includes support for PCMCIA, CardBus, ExpressCard, etc. They only mention network and graphics cards. I don't know if there will ever be support for it on Macs.

If you want to boot Leopard on your Mac without using an external drive, then instead of wasting space on a VM that won't work anyway, why not make a new partition on your hard drive and install Leopard? Does your Mac support Leopard? If so, then boot your Leopard Install DVD, run Disk Utility, shrink your existing Snow Leopard partition, make a new partition for Leopard, then install Leopard.

 

Well, than I guess trying to get 10.5 running on Parallels is pointless - Thanks for that info.

Is it possible to create a partition and leave the rest of the HD(system drive) as it is? I thought I would have to wipe the whole drive to create 2 partitions. It would be nice to have 10.5 on a partition on my system drive.

 

Yes, Disk Utility has the ability to change the size of a partition without wiping it. iPartition can too.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2374