I have used VMWare 2.5 player on Linux. The installed system is a 10.5.6 upgraded to 10.5.8.
I have started from Donk's tutorial available here
The VM specs are below.
In order to enable the VMWare tools I have downloaded the VMWare Fusion 2.0.5 and then using dmg2img tool I have extracted the content. Inside the extracted image there is a file called Archive.pax.gz. Using pax you can uncompress it. Inside the Library directory of the compressed file there is an ISO file called darwin.iso. Connect it to the VM and install the tools from it.
They will enable shared folders and better performance of the VM.
#!/usr/bin/vmware
.encoding = "UTF-8"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "7"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"
memsize = "1024"
scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.fileName = "OSX.vmdk"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.fileName = "/home/nilu/darwin.iso"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"
floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"
floppy0.autodetect = "TRUE"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.connectionType = "nat"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
usb.present = "TRUE"
ehci.present = "TRUE"
sound.present = "TRUE"
sound.fileName = "-1"
sound.autodetect = "TRUE"
pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge4.functions = "8"
pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge5.functions = "8"
pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge6.functions = "8"
pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.functions = "8"
vmci0.present = "TRUE"
roamingVM.exitBehavior = "go"
displayName = "OSX"
nvram = "OSX.nvram"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
ft.secondary0.enabled = "TRUE"
tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal"
extendedConfigFile = "OSX.vmxf"
floppy0.fileName = "/dev/fd0"
checkpoint.vmState = ""
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
uuid.location = "56 4d 70 12 43 d2 19 fe-fd 0c 32 6e e2 bc 29 80"
uuid.bios = "56 4d 70 12 43 d2 19 fe-fd 0c 32 6e e2 bc 29 80"
scsi0:0.redo = ""
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "16777216"
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"
usb.pciSlotNumber = "32"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "33"
sound.pciSlotNumber = "34"
ehci.pciSlotNumber = "35"
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "36"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:bc:29:80"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
vmci0.id = "-490985088"
tools.syncTime = "FALSE"
guestOS = "darwin-64"
ich7m.present = "TRUE"
smc.present = "FALSE"
keyboard.vusb.enable = "TRUE"
mouse.vusb.enable = "TRUE"
monitor.virtual_exec = "hardware"
monitor.virtual_mmu = "software"
ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE"
usb:0.present = "TRUE"
usb:1.present = "TRUE"
tools.remindInstall = "FALSE"
usb:1.deviceType = "hub"
usb:0.deviceType = "mouse"
sharedFolder.option = "alwaysEnabled"
sharedFolder0.present = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.enabled = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.readAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.writeAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.hostPath = "/home/nilu/Public"
sharedFolder0.guestName = "Public"
sharedFolder0.expiration = "never"
sharedFolder.maxNum = "1"
isolation.tools.hgfs.disable = "FALSE"
debugStub.linuxOffsets = "0x0,0xffffffff,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0"
Now I can join the world of Cocoa developers :)
