Actually, this is not only possible, but easy to do under VMWare in only 7 steps!

Here’s what I did personally, and it worked without a hitch. (BTW, my host environment is a Compaq Presario C508US notebook, Intel Celeron M, 1024MB RAM)

Step 1:

Install a full-blown instance of OS X86 10.x.x on your hardware by running OSX setup.

During OSX setup, open up the Disk Utility and create 2 equal partitions.

Format the first partition only at this time, making sure to select the Journaling option when formatting. Leave the second partition unformatted for now.

Make sure that OS X installs OK, and then make sure you can boot into it. Once you get OS X up, running and stable, goto step 2.

Step 2:

Reboot your machine, and this time around install Windows XP from CD.

When you get to the point in the XP install where you have to select which partition to install it, MAKE SURE TO CHOOSE THE SECOND PARTITION (in other words, NOT the partition where OSX is installed. Format the XP partition as NTFS.

When you reboot this time around, voila, you will now be presented with a Darwin duel-boot menu, allowing you to choose which OS to spin up. This is a really cool Darwin feature. If you are at this point, move on to step 3.

Step 3:

Boot into Windows XP. You will of course notice that Windows cannot see the MAC volume.

Download and install an app called MacDrive. This tool installs on Windows and it permits windows to not only SEE MAC volumes from within XP, but also to SEAMLESSLY move data back and forth. The install of MacDrive is important, so do not skip it. Once MacDrive is installed, make sure it is running and that you can see your Mac Volume. If you can, move to step 4.

Step 4:

Reboot. When you get the duel-boot menu, boot up into OSX.

Download the latest beta of VMWare Fusion. This is wicked cool. It’s more or less just like Parallels Desktop For Mac, but of course better. Once Fusion is installed and running in OSX, move to step 5.

Step 5:

Make a new Virtual Machine in Fusion. Set the OS type to FreeBSD. Into that VM, again run the OS X setup, keeping the same choices and settings that worked for your host hardware. In other words, it’s literally a mini-clone of the OSX you’re currently running (Mac on Mac, to use a good phrase from this post).

After your done installing OS X into your Virtual Machine, make sure the VM then reboots and launches OK.

LET’S REVIEW WHAT WE’VE DONE THUS FAR:

- Making 2 partitions, install OSX to partition 1

- Install Windows XP to partition 2

- Reboot and verify that you have a duel-boot menu

- Boot back to XP and install MacDrive. Reboot

- Boot back into OSX and install VMWare Fusion

- Create new FreeBSD vm in Fusion

- Install OSX into that vm

If you’ve done all this successfully, move to step 6.

Step 6:

Boot back into XP. When you are in XP, you will now be able to browse and find the Virtual Machine you created in OSX. Copy this vm to your Windows XP partition.

VOILA!! You now have a fully-functioning Mac OSX Virtual Machine which is usable in VMWare running on Windows. NOTE: You should now burn this vm to a cd dvd or Hard drive, just so you have a permanent backup of it somewhere! Move to step 7.

Step 7:

Reformat your whole machine. (make sure your OSX vm is stored somewhere safely elsewhere)

Install Windows XP, Vista or whatever you like.

Install VMWare Workstation 6 in Windows (won’t work with VMWare Workstation 5.x because Fusion has functions that 5 doesn’t have, but 6 does).

Copy the OSX vm back onto Windows, and open it in VMWare just like any other vm.

YOU’RE DONE!!! ENJOY!!