Is the ability to run OSX in a VM tied to the host OS or hardware?

[IvarREW]

Would be possible to run OSX as a guest on my Macbook Pro running Linux as the host operating system ?

[nancyz]

Hi IvarREW,

Did you mean you want to run OSX as a VM on a Linux host? But how did you install your Linux to your MacBook? Is it a VM or physical machine?

[schepp]

Hi,

it would be allowed by Apple EULA, but since this is a very uncommon setup VMware Player and Workstation probably won't allow OSX installation without any modification.

Tim

[IvarREW]

This would be by booting Linux as the primary OS on a Macbook Pro.

[IvarREW]

VMware Player and Workstation probably won't allow OSX installation without any modification.

So it *could* be possible for either of those two products to identify the host hardware as an Apple product and consequently unlock the ability to run OS X as a guest... but that feature doesn't exist yet. Any chance of making an official feature request ?