[anguish]

I don't think anybody has any confirmation yet. It's possible that some feature was indeed added that broke it, but it's also very possible that it was done intentionally. Hard to say...it's all speculation at this point.

[michaelrw11]

Originally Posted by shines on

If the above didn't work, and you performed the actions correctly, you must be having some other problem. What did you use to install osx on the mini originally? A usb drive made with netbook boot maker? If so, boot from the usb drive into the installer again and run netbook installer from the utilities menu. Point it at the mini's partition and make sure 'install bootloader' is checked as well as 'generate system specific dsdt.aml'.

If some other installation media was used, I'd slave the drive on your mac again and try running netbook installer from there pointed at the mini's partition. MAKE SURE 'GENERATE SYSTEM SPECIFIC DSDT.AML' IS UNCHECKED.

If that doesn't work than I'm out of ideas, perhaps someone else can help you.



Voodoopowermini.kext is not a kernel. It is a kernel extension. It gets loaded by the main system kernel to provide speed stepping on non-mac hardware. Using it will have no effect on 10.6.2 problems.

Thanks for the reply shine on this is how I built up this mini .

I have remove the SSD HD from the 10v and hooked it up to my MAC mini using a USB external drive enclose. Can I run net book installer on my MAc mini pointing to the 10v SSD HD? I have a warning message on the net book installer screen saying that the changes will take place on the boot disk which is my MAC MINI? Is net book installer smart enough to make the changes on the 10v HD and not screw up my MAC MINI HD?

Thanks again

[shines on]

There is a drop down box at the top of the netbook installer window which allows you to select the partition. The box labeled 'volume'. The yellow warning doesn't apply for your situation. If you select the correct partition it will install correctly for your situation.

[lugesm]

Meklort Quote:

3.Type the following in the terminal "sudo cp /mach_kernel /mach_kernel_10_6_2"
4."sudo cp /mach_kernel_10_6_1 /mach_kernel"


Question: Do I hit "return" between lines 3 and 4 or type one continuous line ? I think this might be where I am losing it.

THANKS

[preel]

Originally Posted by lugesm

Meklort Quote:

3.Type the following in the terminal "sudo cp /mach_kernel /mach_kernel_10_6_2"
4."sudo cp /mach_kernel_10_6_1 /mach_kernel"


Question: Do I hit "return" between lines 3 and 4 or type one continuous line ? I think this might be where I am losing it.

THANKS

Yes, those are 2 separate commands.

cp takes 2 arguements. what you're copying, and where you're copying it to.

[michaelrw11]

Originally Posted by shines on

There is a drop down box at the top of the netbook installer window which allows you to select the partition. The box labeled 'volume'. The yellow warning doesn't apply for your situation. If you select the correct partition it will install correctly for your situation.

Thanks for the help Shine on but that did not fix it. Looks like I may need to do a wipe and rebuild unless there are other suggestions. Lesson learned, do not update without checking with mydellmini first.

[lantzn]

Originally Posted by Crisu

At the moment I am installing 10.6.2 on the Mini10v ... we'll see.

I will tell you ... just wait...

---------- Post added 11-10-2009 at 12:02 AM ---------- Previous post was 11-09-2009 at 11:38 PM ----------

So, I can tell you 10.6.2 DOES NOT WORK with the Mini10v.

OSX tries to start, but it hangs before you can see the apple and system ist trying to boot again ... you are in a loop...

Perhaps you can start the Mini10v with installed 10.6.2 with a new version of NetBookInstaller which offers 10.6.2-support.

I have also tried to boot from the USB-stick (with the OSX-install-DVD) and to reinstall 0.8.3. RC3 NBI. But no success.

OSX won't start. So keep 10.6.1 until Meklort offers 10.6.2-support by NetBookInstaller.

It doesn't sound good.
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[lugesm]

Originally Posted by preel

Yes, those are 2 separate commands.

cp takes 2 arguements. what you're copying, and where you're copying it to.

Thank you. That would have been my guess (I'm no programmer.) but I didn't want to blow it and start all over again.

[whipstitch]

Originally Posted by shines on

Voodoopowermini.kext is not a kernel. It is a kernel extension. It gets loaded by the main system kernel to provide speed stepping on non-mac hardware. Using it will have no effect on 10.6.2 problems.

Thanks for the info. That's good to know.

[bsoplinger1]

Here's a writeup on what's in the 10.6.2 update. I'm guessing the changes listed to add more security to the kernel is what broke Atom support and it may come back on its on in 10.6.3 or folks can make a new 10.6.2 kernel once the source gets released in a week or two. No need to panic.

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