[justjeeeeen]

can we use a memory stick pro duo 8gb for the install?

[virusdoc]

Originally Posted by justjeeeeen

can we use a memory stick pro duo 8gb for the install?

If you have a USB card reader for it, yes. If not, no.

[justjeeeeen]

a usb card reader? say if i used it through my psp would it work?

[virusdoc]

Originally Posted by justjeeeeen

a usb card reader? say if i used it through my psp would it work?

Umm, I'm not sure how the 10v will boot from a PSP. Can the PSP act as an external hard disk via USB interface? If so, it might work.

But I would be willing to bet that it won't. Sony of all companies goes out of their way to make their stuff incompatible with the rest of the world.

[mrcooldrumman]

I'm considering hackintoshing a 10v, and I currently have a Snow Leopard upgrade disk which I already used to upgrade my macbook. Would using the same disk work for this hackintosh?

[virusdoc]

Originally Posted by mrcooldrumman

I'm considering hackintoshing a 10v, and I currently have a Snow Leopard upgrade disk which I already used to upgrade my macbook. Would using the same disk work for this hackintosh?

Technically, yes it will work. The 'upgrade' disk contains all the code of the full version disk.

Ethically, I would encourage you to buy an additional license. The Snow Leopard End User License Agreement stipulates that

1) you install the upgrade on only one machine per license
2) that the machine be built be Apple
3) that the machine already have a legal copy of Leopard on it. If your Macbook was running Tiger, the EULA requires you to buy a "full" non-upgrade license that costs $169.

We obviously can't obey (2) with a hackintosh. (3) seems a bit insane for a device that only costs $300 or less, and even Apple has made no attempt to enforce it with their installer, which will install with no problem on a Tiger system. But in order to maintain some vestige of ethics, an additional $29 for a new DVD seems worth it.

[stuman74]

This was an excellent guide! I love my Dell 10v now!

Question...would this method also work for my Dell Inspiron 14 (1440)? The wireless module is the same in both (1397). Wasn't sure if other components and drivers would work too. Thanks!

[wtb]

I tried the mini10v hackintosh. I've reached the point almost at the end of the process, where it says "installation successful" (for Snow Leopard) on the 10v. When it re-starts, however, the Dell logo comes up briefly, followed by a black screen with a blinking cursor in the top left-hand corner. This seems like it will last indefinitely (I've let it last a couple of hours). When I restart, the same thing happens, although I'm able to use the F2 function at the Dell start-up. I tried the whole process again from the very beginning, and the same thing happened a second time. Does anyone have any idea what is going on? Any suggestions? Thank you!

[virusdoc]

Originally Posted by wtb

I tried the mini10v hackintosh. I've reached the point almost at the end of the process, where it says "installation successful" (for Snow Leopard) on the 10v. When it re-starts, however, the Dell logo comes up briefly, followed by a black screen with a blinking cursor in the top left-hand corner. This seems like it will last indefinitely (I've let it last a couple of hours). When I restart, the same thing happens, although I'm able to use the F2 function at the Dell start-up. I tried the whole process again from the very beginning, and the same thing happened a second time. Does anyone have any idea what is going on? Any suggestions? Thank you!

It sounds like chameleon, the bootloader, is not detecting your Snow Leopard install.

I'm assuming here that you built your installation USB with NetBookMaker 0.8.3 alpha, the latest version.

Restart your 10v with the Snow Leopard (SL) USB inserted, and boot to the SL installer. Once it loads to the first installer window, select your language and then go to the next step. From the Utilities menu at the top of the screen, select "NetBookInstaller" (NBI). When NBI loads, select your internal hard drive as the target and run it with the following options selected:

-install Chameleon
-install 10v extensions
-disable hibernate
-regenerate DSDT.aml

You can also choose:
-enable quiet boot (if you don't intend to multi-boot)
-enable remote CD
-enable bluetooth (if you have a BT module installed)

Run NBI. It will take several minutes. After that, go to the apple menu and exit the installer. Remove the USB stick and reboot. See if that fixes it.

-virusdoc

[wtb]

Thank you very much for the quick reply and the suggestion. I tried your suggestion, but unfortunately, it didn't work. Yes, I used the latest version of NetBookBootmaker. The BIOS is A06, but I gather that shouldn't be a problem. Also, if I boot from the USB and go to start-up disk in the disk utilities, it doesn't list the HD as an option (only network). I don't know enough about these things to know if this means there's a problem.