Instructions for installing OpenDarwin in VirtualBox

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Instructions for installing OpenDarwin 8.0 in VirtualBox

You want the file darwinx86-801.iso

1. Set machine type to Windows NT 4 (you want to avoid an EFI machine)
2. PIIX3 chipset, 256MB of RAM is okay. Set ethernet controller to Intel 82540EM (Darwin 8.x has a driver for it)
3. Enable ACPI with VBoxManage modifyvm OpenDarwin --acpi on
4. Set up storage: PIIX3 controller with host i/o cache enabled.
   • Virtual hard disk should be first disk. I created an 80GB drive.
   • CDROM as second disk
5. Start machine. Interrupt boot and at the command line type: -v rd=disk1s2 and press enter
6. Follow install instructions, partition the entire disk. The installer should create only a single partition
7. After install, eject CD. At boot time, boot with -v rd=disk0s1

Instructions for installing OpenDarwin 7.2.1 in VirtualBox

You want the file opendarwin-7.2.1.iso

1. Set machine type to Windows NT 4 (you want to avoid an EFI machine)
2. PIIX3 chipset, 256MB of RAM is okay
3. Disable ACPI with VBoxManage modifyvm OpenDarwin --acpi off
4. Set up storage: PIIX3 controller with host i/o cache enabled.
   • Virtual hard disk should be first disk. I created an 80GB drive.
   • CDROM as second disk
5. Start machine. Interrupt boot and at the command line type: -v rd=disk1s3 and press enter
6. Follow install instructions, partition the entire disk. The installer should create only a single partition (older versions create two)
7. After install, eject CD. At boot time, boot with -v rd=disk0s1