[tudor2]

I have tried to make a bootable usb flash drive following the instructions on the Gizmodo 10v hackintosh link as well as others, but after about 30 minutes I get the error message: "Restore failure Could not restore - Cannot allocate memory". I'm using retail snow leopard on a late 2008 macbook pro with 4 GB of memory and a 16GB generic usb flash drive. Any help would be appreciated.

[BKR2879]

First and easiest thing to try, use a different flash drive.

Not all are created equal, and some of the cheaper no name brand ones aren't even bootable.

Dont use a SanDisk drive with the U3 stuff on it, those are a nightmare.

I use Patriot XT drives and love them for their speed, but other brands should work as well.

An 8GB stick will work, which won't be too expensive.

[tudor2]

Thanks BKR2879. It turns out the flash drive wasn't the problem although the one I used was slow. I have Snow Leopard installed on my computer and I'm guessing that prevented me from copying SL to the flash. Why? I have no idea, but I was able to copy other installs. This morning I tried my other mac ( without SL ) and it worked just fine. Do you have an idea as to the cause or am I way off the mark?
Again thanks. Tudor2

[ParkBench]

I'm getting this error as well.

I tried my 8gb USB flash, then opted to try and ext hard drive connected via USB. same error in verification.

any other thoughts?

thanks folks,

-parkbench

[blakediamond]

I having the same problem and i'm ready to throw my mini 10v into my new 27" iMac.

[BKR2879]

Sorry been away for a while.

This is the exact step by step that should work (just for verification)
Taken from http://osx.mechdrew.com/guides/nbi1.shtml and also http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/gene...-official.html which has the newest info for SL.


Insert DVD and USB drive.

Open Disk Utility (Applications/Utilities).

Click on USB drive icon that states the capacity of the drive (i.e. 7.1 Gb, 7.6 GB, etc.).

Open the Partition tab.

Set:
Volume Scheme: 1 Partition
Name: OSXDVD
Format: Mac OS Extended
Options...: Master Boot Record, then click OK.

Click Apply.

Click Partition.

When Partition is finished, open the Restore tab.

Drag "Mac OS X Install DVD" from the left pane into the Source field in the right pane.

Drag OSXDVD from the left pane into the Destination field in the right pane.

Click Restore, then click Restore in the popup window.

Enter your password (if used), and then wait approximately 25 minutes to 2 hours.

When restoration is finished, close Disk Utility and eject the DVD.


Those steps should make a bootable OSX USB stick, but you'll still need to patch it with NetBookInstaller to install to a Mini9/10 or other non-Mac machine.

[dexx0008]

was surprised it worked for me but I just used a sd card i had lying around and a usb adapter worked fine for me. I used the steps listed just above this post.

[kalkin0]

the error sounds a bit like a snoLep finder problem with copying certain bundles containing symlinks with group write permission.

sudo find / -type l -perm +g+w -ls
or
sudo find /Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X\ Install\ DVD -type l -perm +g+w -ls

none on my install dvd & only openOffice on root.
source: tidbits

nice little forum here, found it whilst researching bootable snoLep flashdrive. gots one for tiger.
thanks for listening while i babble--kalkin0

[aldus]

I haven't seen anyone offer up a fix on this ... and it doesn't appear to be the media that people are trying to use as their USB install source. I'm getting this error, and a variant of it, using several different approaches, and still am making no progress.

I'm using a retail disc of Snow Leopard. Have been trying to use 1.) brand name 32 GB USB stick that I used previously to install Leopard on my Mini 9 (which went pretty smoothly, using the DellEFI method.) 2.) brand name 8 GB SD card, w/ USB adapter (following up on one of the earlier suggestions in this thread). Using a 2007 MacBook, running 10.6.2, as the Mac to partition, and restore the DVD to the USB media.

That's how I started, anyway.

I tried at least 4 times, with both the USB media, following the Netbookinstaller method as outlined <A HREF="http://osx.mechdrew.com/guides/nbi1.shtml">here</A> (and is quoted above). Each time I got the error message about being unable to allocate memory AND at one point, got an "input/output" error.

Upon reading this thread and the suggestion that the problem was with Snow Leopard (from Kalkin0, above) and the Finder, I had an idea. I tried this on my G5 tower, as it is the last of the PPC and runs Leopard. Off to my studio ...

No joy. Same errors, including the "input/output" message.

I thought I'd go a slightly different tack and try using Carbon Copy Cloner to "clone" the DVD to the USB media...we'll all have to wait until CCC has finished; I had to leave it running overnight on the G5 and won't get to see if it finished until I get back home from work today (it's still running; up to 4GB cloned just now).

As I have tried this now in both a Leopard AND Snow Leopardenvironment, I'm not inclined to believe that the problem stems from the OS (unless it's something intrinsic to the OS, which is possible, but why now, with the Snow Leopard disk?) itself. I don't believe it is the media (the USB stick I'm using was previously successful, several times, as I did several installs of Leopard on my Mini 9).

It seems strange, but I'm beginning to think it's the retail disc. I got the disc to update my 2008 MacBook Pro and it went fine (the reason I didn't use the MBP for all this is that it's now developing mechanical problems with its DVD drive; part of the reason for the Mini 10v Hack is so I have a backup machine!).

But the disc seems to be the factor in all of this ...has anyone been successful in getting past this stumbling block and how?

Thanks, and a specil thanks to everyone working on making this possible.

[Dankass]

Every single time I have tried to restore the OS 10.6 install dvd to my 8gb flash drive, I have received "input/output" error.

When I view the contents of my flash drive after the attempts, it always looks identical to the contents of the dvd itself, yet netbook maker will not even recognize my flash drive partition.

Have yet to see a real solution for this on any forum I've checked out. Huge bummer.