[gabbagabbawill]

I am new here, but I've done as much research as I could and still have the same issue. Can you please help me figure this out?

I have a Dell Mini 10V and I'm trying to install from a Snow Leopard 10.6.3 Retail disc.

I am using a Windows computer to make the two USB drives using the method outlined here: NetbookInstaller 2: USB Mac Installation via Any Operating System | Guides | OS X | mechdrew

I use Win32DiskImager to install NBI_084RC1.img to the small USB thumb drive.

I cannot get Win32DiskImager to see my 'large' USB drive (a 250GB seagate USB external drive). So, I follow the 'Windows Alternate 1' instructions for using dd for Windows. When I run the command: "dd bs=1M if=C:\macdvd.iso of=\\.\Volume{number-of-the-large-drive}" it runs for about 15 minutes and the command prompt returns. When the command prompt returns, I close the CMD window, and try to safely remove the HDD, but it says the disk is still in use by another program. I even tried letting it sit for hours, and it still said it was in use. I cannot figure out why it's in use.

Nonetheless, I turn the computer off to get the disk to unmount, and then try to install to the Mini 10V.

After pressing F12 during bootup, I select the USB drives, then I get the Macintosh grey screen with two harddrives. One says "OS" underneath it. When I select the first one it goes to a black screen and says "no bootloader". When I select the one with "OS" underneath it, it goes to a black screen with a flashing underscore in the top left corner and stays like this for a while (at least an hour) until I reset it. This is as far as I can get.

I have tried re-formatting and installing the disk images to both external USB drives, but I don't know how to verify that this is working correctly.

So, what am I doing wrong? Are there any suggestions as to what I can do to get this working? Has anyone run into this before?

Thanks in advance!

Will

[dmxsoulja3]

I tried and tried all the various windows methods and while I could make the bootable 84Rc1 work, the OS one never would, finally I went to someone with a Mac, and an 8 gig usb stick, the mac was older ibook with Tiger, I followed the steps there of creating a restore, it worked the first time. Find someone with a mac take your cd and a thumb drive and you will get it going, at one point I was going to go to a store and do it lol

[gabbagabbawill]

Alright. I am running bios V A06... I wonder if this might have something to do with it, since I'm using NBI instead of NBM?

I'll try creating the boot drive with a friend's mac tonight. wish me luck.

[dmxsoulja3]

I am using A06 as well, I used two USB sticks one with that 084 image that someone posted on this board that was similar to the CD method, and then used a Mac to make the OSX install, even an older one with Tiger will be fine, for whatever reason multiple attempts led me no where, one old ibook later I had a hackintosh

[nerdlord20]

Originally Posted by gabbagabbawill

I am new here, but I've done as much research as I could and still have the same issue. Can you please help me figure this out?

I have a Dell Mini 10V and I'm trying to install from a Snow Leopard 10.6.3 Retail disc.

I am using a Windows computer to make the two USB drives using the method outlined here: NetbookInstaller 2: USB Mac Installation via Any Operating System | Guides | OS X | mechdrew

I use Win32DiskImager to install NBI_084RC1.img to the small USB thumb drive.

I cannot get Win32DiskImager to see my 'large' USB drive (a 250GB seagate USB external drive). So, I follow the 'Windows Alternate 1' instructions for using dd for Windows. When I run the command: "dd bs=1M if=C:\macdvd.iso of=\\.\Volume{number-of-the-large-drive}" it runs for about 15 minutes and the command prompt returns. When the command prompt returns, I close the CMD window, and try to safely remove the HDD, but it says the disk is still in use by another program. I even tried letting it sit for hours, and it still said it was in use. I cannot figure out why it's in use.

Nonetheless, I turn the computer off to get the disk to unmount, and then try to install to the Mini 10V.

After pressing F12 during bootup, I select the USB drives, then I get the Macintosh grey screen with two harddrives. One says "OS" underneath it. When I select the first one it goes to a black screen and says "no bootloader". When I select the one with "OS" underneath it, it goes to a black screen with a flashing underscore in the top left corner and stays like this for a while (at least an hour) until I reset it. This is as far as I can get.

I have tried re-formatting and installing the disk images to both external USB drives, but I don't know how to verify that this is working correctly.

So, what am I doing wrong? Are there any suggestions as to what I can do to get this working? Has anyone run into this before?

Thanks in advance!

Will

I don't know about any OS, but i used my friend's iMac (running Snow Leopard) and prepped it with NBBM 0.8.4 using the 10.6.3 disk. I am currently typing this on my new "MacBook mini" I would highly recommend doing it this way. Best of luck!

[gabbagabbawill]

In the process of installing after using a friend's mac to create the external usb boot drive installer. Everything going smoothly so far. Thanks!

[mateuk]

Originally Posted by gabbagabbawill

In the process of installing after using a friend's mac to create the external usb boot drive installer. Everything going smoothly so far. Thanks!

You'd think somebody would be able to just upload a disk image of a working boot disk...

I also have the kernel panic messages - despite trying everything.

It's not fair that windows people have so many problems.

By the way... had a bricked mini 10v through this process - so only do this if you want to take your mini 10v apart and unplug the cmos battery for a few seconds... what fun! (Fantastic guide on disassembling and reassembling on youtube.)

I give up anyway... Windows 7 will have to do - at least everything works!

[mateuk]

Originally Posted by mateuk

You'd think somebody would be able to just upload a disk image of a working boot disk...

I also have the kernel panic messages - despite trying everything.

It's not fair that windows people have so many problems.

By the way... had a bricked mini 10v through this process - so only do this if you want to take your mini 10v apart and unplug the cmos battery for a few seconds... what fun! (Fantastic guide on disassembling and reassembling on youtube.)

I give up anyway... Windows 7 will have to do - at least everything works!

In way of update - I had another go. I downgraded to A04 bios. Now my bootloader wont identify the OSX image on the other flash drive 'operating system not found'. I can't even get as far as OSX loading with kernal panics.

I have 1011, dell mini 10v - I bought it specifically so I could hackintosh it - apparently it's the ultimate hackintosh netbook... what rubbish.

Anyway it's a good windows 7 netbook - so for £209 from amazon.co.uk - I'd recommend it just as a Windows 7 netbook!!

OSX wont install... and I'm not a newbie.

I hope you all have better luck - but if you did into the forums you'll find loads of people with problems even if they could get it to install. Windows users are not having such an easy time of it. Oh and I tried Mechdrew's guide, Barneshill guide and others - no chance. Shame really.

[mateuk]

LISTEN UP

I got it working - and I don't think anyone has listed these fixes.

Dell mini 12v
Press F2 to enter bios on startup.
Disable and ENABLE - do both
USB BIOS Legacy Support
Save changes.

You should have 2 usb drives - small one near the power lead.
larger one (with osx) next to it.
Use TRANSMAC to create your images - it's much more stable than the other bits of software.

That's it - ensure you disable and then enable the bios settings - use transmac to make your image files. Also ensure you use dmg direct - don't convert to iso/img on a pc - use transmac to burn the dmg file to the flash drives.

worked for me - i'm typing this on a hackintosh.

The bios disable enable thing is a bit odd - but will stop the 'no operating system' error message when you press F12 to boot from the flash drive.

Wish someone had told me to use transmac and enable/disable (do both) when setting the bios. Don't know why just enabling legacy support and saving settings didn't work.

[PhilT]

I'm not clear what you mean when you say "Disable and ENABLE - do both"

Disable and Enable what ?

I did an install on a 1011 Mini 10v replacing Windows 7 using two CDs. Wasn't 100% so am going back round the loop now. It did however work and run including sound.