Mount IE6, IE7, and IE8 on one computer
I’ve been trying to get this to work for a while, and I’ve finally succeeded in mounting a virtual image of IE8 on mac for testing. I ended up using the first half of:
http://bavotasan.com/tutorials/creating-an-internet-explorer-testing-environment-on-a-mac/
and the second half of:
to get the job done.
The whole process went like this, I just renamed the IE8 file to IE6 from the article to keep things simple.
1. Download these programs, and install the first three:
2. Change the extensions on IE8-XPSP3.exe from .exe to .zip.
3. Create a sub-folder in your Applications directory called “IE”.
4. Launch Zipeg and drag the IE8-XPSP3.zip file into it for extraction.
Extract the .vhd files into the IE sub-folder you created.
5. Open up your IE sub-folder and you will see a folder called “IE6-XPSP3″.
Open that folder and you should have a file called “XP SP3 with IE6 2009-Apr.vhd. Rename it to ie6-xpsp3.vhd.
5. Now launch Terminal (Applications => Utilities => Terminal) and type:
/Applications/Q.app/Contents/MacOS/qemu-img convert -O raw -f vpc /Applications/IE/IE6-XPSP3/ie6-xpsp3.vhd /Applications/IE/IE6-XPSP3/ie6-xpsp3.raw
6. Next, type:
VBoxManage convertdd /Applications/IE/IE6-XPSP3/ie6-xpsp3.raw /Applications/IE/IE6-XPSP3/ie6-xpsp3.vdi
7. Open VitrualBox and choose Windows XP as the OS
8. When you get to Virtual Hard Disk page add ie6-xpsp3.vdi as the disk
9. Click Start to boot up the drive
10. Cancel all the pop-ups and on the bar at the top of your computer click on Devices> Install Guest Additions
Just say yes to anything it asks in Windows
11. Restart
12. Go to start>run and type
D:\VBoxWindowsAdditions-x86.exe /extract /D=C:\Drivers
13. Now go to Start > Administrative Tools > Computer Management and select the Device Manager there.
Navigate to Network Adapters, Ethernet Controller. Right click it and choose “Update Driver…”. Select “Yes, now and every…” and click Next. Select “Install from a list or specific location”, click Next. In the Location box paste in “C:\Drivers\x86\Network\AMD” or navigate to it manually. Click Finish.
Then we’re all good! 
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