[reydemia]

Fool Proof Install Guide for a 100% Working Macbook Mini 10v!
Now updated for 10.5.8!!!

Before we start, Here are all of the files you will be needing:
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[reydemia]

Originally Posted by Sup3rsonic

Can i set up the install USB on windows?

Hmm I am not familiar with the windows method of installation, but I do know it is possible. I know there are guides out there that outline how, if you can find one of them, simply follow it up to the point at which your have completed making the boot/install USB(replacing step one of this guide) then from then on out you should be able to follow this guide as normal.

Sorry i cant help that much, but I seriously haven't even looked into a windows method, so I don't want to end up giving you any wrong info! Basically just know that once you have OSX installed on your Mini, you can follow this guide to update to 10.5.7 and/or 10.5.8 and get everything else working as well.

[bosten]

-Run the Combo/Incremental Update as normal
-Upon Restart click the "-" key when you see the blue progress bar below the apple logo
-type"-x" and hit enter (you should see "boot: -x" in the bottom left)

Just wanted to add another successful install to the list. Two things I found that threw me. I had trouble accessing SAFE MODE although I got there in the end. I am unclear. You press the "-" key during the progress bar countdown but should you then press "-x Return" during the same countdown or when the following boot selection logos are displayed? Please give me a nudge. I am reluctant to update to 10.8 until I know for sure. I must have rebooted 6 times before I got the right combination.

I also found that leaving the USB drive connected after the update (Combo) caused a panic. Now I know, it wont be an issue in the future. But it does make you think it has failed. All the welcome video's played too, cool.

The Chameleon bootloader and metal Apple logo are a nice touch.

After following the guide and testing Skype (yes it all works) I used disk utility to shrink the drive, add a FAT32 partition and then load Windows 7 RC. Of course, this killed Leopard booting so I used easyBCD for Windows to add a dualboot menu and all is now well.

I just want to say many thanks to everyone who contributed. I am very pleased.

[bosten]

sudo rm /var/vm/sleepimage

This was not found on my system?

[DMBryant]

Originally Posted by reydemia

Hmm, run DellEFI for 10v again only checking install bootloader. Then delete the sleep file again. Try again. Truthfully, it could be quite possible that you need more RAM, long story, but this could be the issue. See I only have one gig, and if I have too many apps running when I enter sleep mode, it sometimes fails as well.

Thanks for your help on this. I reinstalled the bootloader (this time I made sure I was in Safe Boot which I wasn't before - dont know if it makes any difference?), rebooted and tried the hibernation test again. I only have 1gig of RAM at the moment so this time I made sure I had no running programs or anything. It still comes up with the same error message 'Not enough space to restore image'.

I have checked the sleepimage file and the file size is listed in the terminal as 1073741824 bytes (Finder shows it as 1 GB) so the image shouldn't be too big.

Is anyone else seeing this error message (even occasionally)?

[DMBryant]

Okay, I have done some digging and Googling and managed to fix the problem. It involved overwriting the /boot file with a new version from this post on the MSI Wind forums (the thread is about RC1 but the file in the post below is for RC2):

Msi Wind Forums • View topic - Chameleon 2.0 RC1 (possible) deepsleep fix

Strangely, I think this is the same boot file that is included with Chameleon RC2, which is the bootloader included with DellEFI for 10v isn't it?. The file sizes are the same (304KB) but this version works.

Just to check, I re-ran the 'Install Bootloader' from DellEFI and tried hibernate again. Same error message as before: Not enough space to restore image.

Copied over the new boot file and hibernate works fine again

[Sup3rsonic]

so do you need 2 USB sticks and a DVD-RW?

[wethead4]

is there a way to create netbookmaker on a pc? how would you create it without a mac.

[pskaronis]

I have a Dell Mini 10v with Mac OS X10.5.8. My internal microphone wasn't working and the external speakers jack.
After I run this customized Dell EFI,everything works 100%. All jacks the internal mic and with the fix for audio after sleep I have a perfect little Mini me.

Thanks everyone.

[dvdv]

I gather from some of the posts I am seeing that a lot of people are ending up with conflicts and diverse non functioning and bits and pieces in their system, despite doing their best to follow the Guide.

Because people are starting from different places, as far back as 10.5.0 as well as with different skill levels, a lot of crazy stuff can happen along the way, especially with those unused to modification.

I got up to 10.5.8 relatively quickly, took a day and a night following the pioneering work of Mechdrew, Guide Method 1 - Single USB Drive (Mac-only) | DellEFI | mechdrew and a post from 10vfan | 14 Jul 2009 @ 20:58 - 10.5.0 Successful Mini 10v install Instructions. Mac OS X on Dell Mini 10v, not so easy | Geek stuff. Went by way of Netputing netputing.com • Index page which has an updated version of Mechdrew's method which should be helpful for beginners. Ran a few more variations of installers and got progressively more confusing little glitches and inconsistencies.

By the time I finally found Reydemia's masterpiece of a guide I had 10.5.8 running flawfully! Trackpad was useable after NetbookInstaller 8.2 but no sound. Sound OK with Reydemia's method but Trackpad dodgy. I had a bad feeling that I had a mess going on in the bowels of the system. Not at all confident in putting too much of my work on the machine.

I wasted 2 days and nights trying to get the tap and drag functions to work, messing with things, reinstalling the entire OS from scratch, running various versions of installers etc.

I realised that I had ended up with a big clutter of extra folders full of duplicates in the root folder (i.e. what you see when you open the hard drive icon on the desktop). So I made a clone of the HD and bit the bullet.

ROOT FOLDER CLEANUP
1. Restart in safe mode, open root folder and
2. Get rid of all the non-apple files. Dump everything to do with Dell into the trash except Applications, Library, System and Users folders.
3. Run DellEFI for 10v. Set it at:
•install Bootloader
•Install Extensions
•Delete dsdt.aml file
•Install old GMA kext
4. Let it reboot into OSX.
5. Run DellEFI for 10v again set at Install dsdt.aml file
6. Restart.

This got rid of any of the bugs I could think of. Even Reydemia's green lizard was back in action. But I still had the no-click-no-drag trackpad?

TRACKPAD FIX
I see I'm not the only one trying to make sophisticated changes to the trackpad software. Don't be fooled by the Synaptics trackpad icon in the System Preferences on the bottom row. The settings cannot be changed from there. If you click in the boxes you get no changes and may think something needs fixing, which it doesn't.

Go into Keyboard and mouse on row 2 instead. Enter the trackpad section there and click all the boxes. The thing works perfectly after that.

I hope this is helpful for beginners. The Mini 10v is a joy to use now. Thanks a million to all the pioneers for making this available to us all.

[reydemia]

Originally Posted by bosten

-Run the Combo/Incremental Update as normal
-Upon Restart click the "-" key when you see the blue progress bar below the apple logo
-type"-x" and hit enter (you should see "boot: -x" in the bottom left)

Just wanted to add another successful install to the list. Two things I found that threw me. I had trouble accessing SAFE MODE although I got there in the end. I am unclear. You press the "-" key during the progress bar countdown but should you then press "-x Return" during the same countdown or when the following boot selection logos are displayed? Please give me a nudge. I am reluctant to update to 10.8 until I know for sure. I must have rebooted 6 times before I got the right combination.

I also found that leaving the USB drive connected after the update (Combo) caused a panic. Now I know, it wont be an issue in the future. But it does make you think it has failed. All the welcome video's played too, cool.

The Chameleon bootloader and metal Apple logo are a nice touch.

After following the guide and testing Skype (yes it all works) I used disk utility to shrink the drive, add a FAT32 partition and then load Windows 7 RC. Of course, this killed Leopard booting so I used easyBCD for Windows to add a dualboot menu and all is now well.

I just want to say many thanks to everyone who contributed. I am very pleased.

to boot into safe mode: when you see the progress bar that moves backwards below the chameleon or apple sign, press any key. Then type "-x". now check the bottom left corner of your screen, you should see "boot: -x" written there. now hit enter. it may take a few tries, but eventually it will work.

also your kernal panic/usb problem might be because of BIOS settings. check step 7. and follow it to correct that issue.

Originally Posted by bosten

sudo rm /var/vm/sleepimage

This was not found on my system?

that is fine, just continue with the next steps

Originally Posted by DMBryant

Okay, I have done some digging and Googling and managed to fix the problem. It involved overwriting the /boot file with a new version from this post on the MSI Wind forums (the thread is about RC1 but the file in the post below is for RC2):

Msi Wind Forums • View topic - Chameleon 2.0 RC1 (possible) deepsleep fix

Strangely, I think this is the same boot file that is included with Chameleon RC2, which is the bootloader included with DellEFI for 10v isn't it?. The file sizes are the same (304KB) but this version works.

Just to check, I re-ran the 'Install Bootloader' from DellEFI and tried hibernate again. Same error message as before: Not enough space to restore image.

Copied over the new boot file and hibernate works fine again

good to know, if the issue comes up for others in the future, I will let them know about this, or perhaps even include a small section in the guide on it.

Originally Posted by Sup3rsonic

so do you need 2 USB sticks and a DVD-RW?

Originally Posted by wethead4

is there a way to create netbookmaker on a pc? how would you create it without a mac.

as for you two, as I said before, I have not even looked into the windows method, but many users are reporting this helps them get the install going: 63oh.com
you can the come back and follow this guide to update OSX and correct any issues