[zhunterzz]

I get to this step. Connect the external DVD drive to the Mini, insert the DellMiniBoot CD that you just burned, and boot up using the DVD drive. Eject the DellMiniBoot CD, put in the Mac OS X Leopard DVD, then boot with drive number 9f. (You may need to unplug the USB cord, power down, power up the DVD drive and reinsert the USB cable to get it to work properly. It may take a while for the drive to recognize the disc, so be patient.)

and then it never loads the disk and will eventually get a EBIOS timeout error. I tried unplugging the DVD drive at this point and plugging it back it and then it will boot from the OSX disc and comes up to a white apple screen but then loads for a bit and then shows the circle with the line through it.

idk what to do next, I don't think im doing anything wrong. Ideas?

[zhunterzz]

cmon, why cant I get it to boot off of the retail DVD? No one?

[underwhelmed]

It is probably your DVD Drive. It may not be supported by OS X.

I used an XBOX 360 HD DVD add on USB drive to do my install, it is supported by OS X, and it is cheap, since the HD format is dead now.

[zhunterzz]

thanks for giving a reply. I ended up doing it the EFI way. Lucky for me, my friend just got a macbook so I was able to create the USB installer. Updating to 10.5.7 right now. Thanks

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