Running Mac OSX Lion 10.7.2 with VMware Workstation 8.0.1 for Linux

Host system configuration:
Intel Core2Duo 6300 w/VT
CentOS 5.7 x64
VMware Workstation 8.0.1

• Install VMware Workstation 7.1.2 (VMware-Workstation-Full-7.1.2-301548.x86_64.bundle)


• Patch VMware Workstation to support OSX (macosx_guest_vmware_7.tar.gz)


• Create empty OSX 10.6 Server x64 virtual machine with VMware 7.1.2


• Uninstall VMware Workstation 7.1.2

• Install VMware Workstation 8.0.1


• Patch VMware Workstation to support OSX (macosx_guest_vmware_7.tar.gz)
  
  
  
  • Patching of libvmwarebase.so.0 fails, this is why we need empty VM created with 7.1.2

• Create copy of OSX VM you created earlier, store original in safe place


• Change existing primary SCSI disk ID to 0:1


• Add "Mac OS X Lion Installer.vmdk" as SCSI ID 0:0 in non-persistent mode


• Start VM


• After installer is running select Utilities > Disk Utility
  
  
  
  • Create new partition
  
  
  • Mac OS Extended
  
  
  • GUID Partition Table


• Return to installer and install normally

• After install, shutdown and remove "Mac OS X Lion Installer.vmdk"


• Boot to new OSX install


• Trigger install of latest fixes, System Preferences > Software Updates


• Reboot

• Required VMware Tools are part of VMware Fusion 4.1.1.
  
  
  
  • Take snapshot of VM
  
  
  • Install Fusion
  
  
  • Open Terminal (Finder > Applications > Utilities > Terminal)
  
  
  • Copy /Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/isoimages/darwin.iso to safe place
  
  
  • Revert back to snapshot
  
  
  • Mount darwin.iso as virtual CD
  
  
  • Install VMware Tools

• Done.

P.S. To fix broken-by-design hostname configuration system run these in command prompt:

sudo scutil --set HostName MyComputer
 sudo scutil --set ComputerName MyComputer
 sudo scutil --set LocalHostName MyComputer