[Aureleus]

Okay, I have tried to install Snow Leopard onto my 10v using Mechdrew's guide for external DVD drives (using an Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive).

I got into the Disk Utility and set up my partition.

I have tried to install 10.6 twice and it freezes on installation stating:

"You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button until it turns off, then press the Power button again."

Does anyone know how to fix this or what is wrong?

[minimalpc]

Are you using a genuine (i.e. not an image you "found") retail Snow Leopard upgrade DVD?

[Aureleus]

Originally Posted by minimalpc

Are you using a genuine (i.e. not an image you "found") retail Snow Leopard upgrade DVD?

Yep, I bought it on Amazon.

I tried a few more times to install with different customization options (Rosetta, printer support, etc.) and it still tells me I need to restart.

[minimalpc]

Originally Posted by Aureleus

Yep, I bought it on Amazon.

I tried a few more times to install with different customization options (Rosetta, printer support, etc.) and it still tells me I need to restart.

Try doing a custom install and uncheck every option possible. You can always add them later from OS X.

[Aureleus]

Originally Posted by minimalpc

Try doing a custom install and uncheck every option possible. You can always add them later from OS X.

K, I'll try that and let you know. Thanks.

K, that didn't work. It freezes at 19 minutes remaining on installation (I think it froze at 19 minutes every time it froze, no matter what customization I had selected).

I am going to try repartitioning the drive and installing without any customization. Any other ideas?

K, repartition and no customization install froze again.

Tried swapping the hard drive with the original one (I was using a SSD ealier) and it does the same thing (freezes and tells me to power off).

[Whoopmeister]

I am having the same issue. After restarting I booted again with the boot cd and tried to resume the install but it just hung on the gray screen with an apple logo and the spinning circle for about an hour before I gave up.

In my opinion the DellEFI seemed more reliable though less friendly. I wonder if the newer BIOS on my 10v and 9 are behind any of these issues. I seem to be completely unable to reinstall OSX to either netbook when they installed without any problems prior. I guess I will try downgrading the BIOS tomorrow and give them both another go.

[humph]

Originally Posted by Aureleus

.... Any other ideas?.....

When you are on the installation screen, there's the option to see the install log (select from top menu bar, under Window or smth, can't remember).
In the log, you can select to see only errors or all activity.
It might help to be watching all log activity to see at what point the thing fails, as this may give some insights as to where the problem is.

(I had a similar prob the other day, failing to extract/verify a package, ie: USB image was corrupted in some way; knowing the failure mode I was able to see I needed to re-image the USB stick, which then worked perfectly).

P.S. On my machine, an "8.21GB" install w/o the extras (no fonts, printers etc) basically starts at 19mins to go. So yours is failing pretty early on in the process.

[Aureleus]

Originally Posted by humph

When you are on the installation screen, there's the option to see the install log (select from top menu bar, under Window or smth, can't remember).
In the log, you can select to see only errors or all activity.
It might help to be watching all log activity to see at what point the thing fails, as this may give some insights as to where the problem is.

(I had a similar prob the other day, failing to extract/verify a package, ie: USB image was corrupted in some way; knowing the failure mode I was able to see I needed to re-image the USB stick, which then worked perfectly).

P.S. On my machine, an "8.21GB" install w/o the extras (no fonts, printers etc) basically starts at 19mins to go. So yours is failing pretty early on in the process.

Okay, I will try that after work today and post it here, thanks.

Originally Posted by Whoopmeister

I am having the same issue. After restarting I booted again with the boot cd and tried to resume the install but it just hung on the gray screen with an apple logo and the spinning circle for about an hour before I gave up.

In my opinion the DellEFI seemed more reliable though less friendly. I wonder if the newer BIOS on my 10v and 9 are behind any of these issues. I seem to be completely unable to reinstall OSX to either netbook when they installed without any problems prior. I guess I will try downgrading the BIOS tomorrow and give them both another go.

I was thinking about trying a downgrade to BIOS A04 or A05. I thought I read that external disc drives worked with the new NetBookCD loader and A06, but I could be mistaken.

[tpzahm]

Sounds to me like a corrupt image on the install USB drive. Could be an issue:
- with the original DVD (try cleaning/polishing it)
- with the thumb drive (try re-partitioning it)
- with the restore process. (no clue how to fix this except to try again)