[lfzguud]

Well, after a week of not using my hackintosh mini 10v, I started it up. It went to apple and sent me the update to 10.6.2 (I was using 10.6.1).

It did the install, then after it was finished and said the install was ok, it went to reboot. OUCH! Now, it reboots to the hackintosh screen, then, reboots again, then gets to the hackintosh screen, then reboots, repeat.

ARGHH! Do I need to start all over again with the thumbdrive?
Please advise!

[soho100]

The 10.6.2 update has support for the Atom processor removed. There is a hack to replace the kernel file manually which would be quicker than reinstalling. Try searching here for it.

[tchariya]

Originally Posted by lfzguud

Well, after a week of not using my hackintosh mini 10v, I started it up. It went to apple and sent me the update to 10.6.2 (I was using 10.6.1).

It did the install, then after it was finished and said the install was ok, it went to reboot. OUCH! Now, it reboots to the hackintosh screen, then, reboots again, then gets to the hackintosh screen, then reboots, repeat.

ARGHH! Do I need to start all over again with the thumbdrive?
Please advise!

At this stage, you will need the 10.6 USB stick that you blessed with NBM. Boot of of that and get a terminal prompt.

From what i recall (vaguely) you will need to backup the current kernel to ba backup mach_kernel_10.6.2 eventually copy the mach_kernel on your USB stick into place and book.

Run 0.8.3RC4, copy over the backup 10.6.2 kernel into place.

I am probably missing some steps here, so do your search and you will get the directions to recover from this, since many have done what you did already.

[lfzguud]

Ok, so here's what I've done:
I rebooted it using the original thumbdrive that was used to install the OSX (Snow Lep)
Then, I ran the backup from last week.
Once the backup was done, it wouldn't boot (grr) instead it gave me:
boot testing
boot testing
boot error
So, I booted from the thumbdrive, then hit enter, and selected to boot from the harddrive. That worked.
Now, as we speak I'm running netbookinstaller 0.8.3 rc4.
So, if all works right, after this is done I should be ok?
Can I run the 10.6.2 update after this?
Please advise.

[ProxyOne21]

Far as cant tell its best not to do the 10.6.2 update yet. As it does not have ATOM support. Im running 10.6.1 with little to no problems and wont be doing anything till its been tested to work.

[Akki]

Originally Posted by ProxyOne21

Far as cant tell its best not to do the 10.6.2 update yet. As it does not have ATOM support. Im running 10.6.1 with little to no problems and wont be doing anything till its been tested to work.

If 10.6.1 is serving you well then by all means you can stay with it. But the 10.6.2 support in NBI 0.8.3 RC4 is completely effective.

[lfzguud]

All fixed. Gotta agree - 8.3.RC4 fixes it all - just have to pay attention to what you run. I mistakenly ran RC3 thinking it was RC4 - that put me into the boot loop. Eventually I got smart and ran 8.3 from my boot thumbdrive but then got into a loop where my bios refused to see anything except the network card. Fixed that and now everything is up and running on 10.6.2

The secret to success is read first, always have backups ready, and listen to the awesome folks on here that share their knowledge and experience.

BIG thanks to all the folks that make the 10v Hackintosh possible - you folks are amazing.

[bmcclure937]

Words of wisdom. Before any upgrade, make sure the waters have been tested.

Living on the bleeding edge means dying on the bleeding edge as well. Always keep a backup (or two) handy and have a sound backup strategy. It is not always effective to have backup images without selective restore options or vise versa.

Those things being said, the OSX 10.6.2 news about dropping Atom support surfaced in the form of rumors many weeks ago. Since then, testing and development has been done. When Apple officially released 10.6.2, the kernel did not support the Atom. Simply logging onto MDM and reading the front page (or the loads of duplicate threads about the matter) would have informed you about this.

Initially, there was a crude solution which involved replacing the new 10.6.2 kernel with the old 10.6.1 kernel, which was effective as a temporary solution. This is also effective as a recovery method.

The current solution lies in NetbookInstaller .8.3RC4, which makes the Mini report the CPU as a "Core Solo" (to put things simply). This "spoofs" the kernel into thinking you are running on an "acceptable" CPU.

Check the information in the .8.3RC4 thread. I have links to recovery methods, for those members who accidentally upgraded without knowing the consequences. This gives you a way to get back into a working OSX. From there, you can run .8.3RC4 and then replace the 10.6.1 kernel back with the 10.6.2 kernel and be on your merry way

Thanks to meklort and teateam for their developmental efforts and diligence.

[Lord Loki]

I also thought I killed my hackintosh after the update. I had downloaded and ran .8.3RC4 before the update. My problem was when I went to rerun .8.3RC4 I accidentally ran an older version that was still in my applications folder. The fix I used was much simpler than anything I have read yet.

I had access to the mac that I used to create the installer USB key, so I set finder options to display hidden files. I inserted the OSX installer USB key and opened the Applications folder. Then I replaced the NetbookInstaller file in that folder with .8.3RC4, I'm pretty sure that it needs the same name. I used disk utility on the usb drive and repaired the disk. it didn't find anything to repair but it rebuilds the boot folders. Then I booted the netbook from the USB key and reran NetbookInstaller. After a reboot I was back into 10.6.2 without reinstalling anything.

It worked for me so I thought I would pass it along.

[billy925]

I have a question, I just finished installing Snow Leopard, and it is asking me if I want to transfer information from another mac / volume / time machine / etc....

I would love to move everything over from another time machine backup, but will having the information coming from a 10.6.2 machine crash the mini 10v?

I'm currently running 0.8.3 NBI