I found and upvoted this solution on ServerFault. TLDR: Use OS X Disk Utility to Create a New Sparse, Case Sensitive Disk Configure VirtualBox to use this new disk Some screenshots that may be helpful: From Disk Utility -> File -> New Image: From VirtualBox -> Preferences:
What is Vagrant? From the Vagrant website: Vagrant is a tool for building and distributing virtualized development environments. Why would a sysadmin care about building a development environment? Vagrant is a good way to get started with Puppet/Chef without a ton of overhead in setting up a server. How does using Vagrant mean I can do more with less? Imagine being able to provide developers with a virtual environment to do testing on their first day....