[snkhan]

Originally Posted by bsoplinger1

Sounds to me you did what's needed. You ran 0.8.3 RC4 NBI/NBM on your mini OS X install. You should be all set now.

I ran NBI 0.8.3 RC4, and rebooted. Although the system boots correctly, I can not install the 10.6.2 combo update - I always get a kernel panic. I also get a kernel panic whenever I attempt to repair permissions.

To clarify, I'm still on my fresh install of 10.6.0.

[knowbody]

I think I screwed things up when trying this, because now I get an error message when I try to boot either OSX or Win7 via EasyBCD. When I select to boot OSX, I get a message saying that "\NST\nst_mac.mbr" is missing or corrupt.

I also get a message when trying to boot Win7, but I was able to somewhat repair it using my Win7 install USB, but now Win7 will only boot when I have the USB inserted.

What did I mess up here, and how can I fix it?

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Ok, so while in Win7, I reset the boot order in EasyBCD and made OSX boot first, as well as deleted and recreated the Win7 boot. After a reboot, Chameleon now shows up first, but now I can't get Win7 to boot properly. Also, I still can't boot either w/o the Win7 install USB inserted.

Anyway to fix this problem w/o reinstalling either OSX or Win7?

[bsoplinger1]

There's a whole forum on dual booting. Likely there's a good answer there.

[Brokenlax]

Quick question:

Since I only have one flash drive, is there anyway for me to load up netbookinstaller, disconnect it, reformat, put osx image on flashdrive, then install?

[bsoplinger1]

That's what NetBookMaker is for. You duplicate the OS X install DVD onto your flash drive and then run NBM on that flash drive. It will set things up to do its magic as part of the OS X install process and adds NBI to the utilities menu so you can run it once you've installed OS X. If you don't have access to a Mac the install CD is supposed to do the same sort of magic with a PC I think. I didn't follow the thread too closely as I have a real Mac here also so never needed a PC only solution.

[Brokenlax]

Originally Posted by bsoplinger1

That's what NetBookMaker is for. You duplicate the OS X install DVD onto your flash drive and then run NBM on that flash drive. It will set things up to do its magic as part of the OS X install process and adds NBI to the utilities menu so you can run it once you've installed OS X. If you don't have access to a Mac the install CD is supposed to do the same sort of magic with a PC I think. I didn't follow the thread too closely as I have a real Mac here also so never needed a PC only solution.

So it will work even if i disconnect the flashdrive?

[bsoplinger1]

I'm sorry but I don't understand your question.
1) Plug in flash drive (8G or bigger)
2) Use disc utility to duplicate the OS X install DVD to the flash drive
3) Run NBM on that flash drive
4) Use that flash drive to boot a mini to install OS X

Obviously steps 1-3 require a Mac. If you only have a PC you must use the NetBookCD method, another thread here.

If you've already created a flash drive (did steps 1-3 some time in the past) you can just run the latest NBM to update the flash drive to the latest goodies from NBM/NBI. There is no need to do steps 1 and 2 again.

[mechdrew]

A new version of NetbookInstaller has been released, making this thread outdated. It's closed, go talk about the new version: NetbookInstaller 0.8.3 Final (Official Release)