[Oscar]

I meant to edit this thread out a long time ago as i found it to be of little use... just never got around to it. but something good did come out of it, as what i was originally attempting to do was to run NBI special from USB. the solution was posted by another user: starting on post #7 of this thread.

eventually on post #9:

"Thanks for the input with the terminal stuff. It DOES simplify the process.

Specifically;

1. I copied NBI...351 to the root of the USB drive (open the USB, and copy straight to it).
2. I renamed the file "NBI" -- for simplicity's sake.

run the installer, open a terminal from the installer task bar.

3. the specific line to type into the terminal is:

/NBI.app/Contents/MacOS/NetbookInstaller

That worked for me without having to worry about all the numbers in the NBI name.

Cheers."


and... that did the trick. --- with my thanks to pcmaniac who pointed me in the right direction.

[Akki]

Or you drag it onto the USB key's top level folder, and when you've booted off that USB key run Terminal and run NBI from the command line.

[demort]

Ahh, thank you.
It took me several attempts to get this right.
I ended up using TransMac to replace the Contents Folder of my flash drive's 'HFS + Volume' \ Applications \ Utilities \ 'Network Utility.app' with the Contents of 'NetbookInstaller 20100616212351.app'

Akki - can you give the command necessary to launch NBI from terminal? I tried that also & was unable to get a proper syntax.

I ended up in the predicament by:
1 - figuring that I hadn't needed my SL install USB, so I repurposed it.
2 - although I had been avoiding software updates; my iTouch wouldn't take a video I got from iTunes so I let that update... ... Apparently I got more update than I bargained for.

Lesson learned - re-make my SL install USB and SAVE it, and be cautious on all updates.

[Oscar]

Originally Posted by demort

Akki - can you give the command necessary to launch NBI from terminal? I tried that also & was unable to get a proper syntax.

I can't figure it out either , when i try the command 'open' is not recognized .

also, demort, you didn't mention if this actually helped you recover your mini?

cheers.

[pcmaniac]

Generally terminal command to run NBI is
<Full path to NetbookInstaller.app>/Contents/MacOS/NetbookInstaller
E.g. Boot from HD and in terminal run:
/Applications/NetbookInstaller.app/Contents/MacOS/NetbookInstaller
When booted from USB you may run NBI off HD with:
/Volumes/<HDD with mac osx>/Applications/NetbookInstaller.app/Contents/MacOS/NetbookInstaller
And so on...

[Oscar]

Originally Posted by pcmaniac

Generally terminal command to run NBI is
<Full path to NetbookInstaller.app>/Contents/MacOS/NetbookInstaller
E.g. Boot from HD and in terminal run:
/Applications/NetbookInstaller.app/Contents/MacOS/NetbookInstaller
When booted from USB you may run NBI off HD with:
/Volumes/<HDD with mac osx>/Applications/NetbookInstaller.app/Contents/MacOS/NetbookInstaller
And so on...

Have YOU done this?

'open' will not work.
'run' will not work.

if anyone has actually accomplished this from the bash command line in the installer terminal specifics would help. I'm curious now.

[pcmaniac]

I do not have any problem to launch NBI from command line just typing
/Applications/NetbookInstaller.app/Contents/MacOS/NetbookInstaller
in terminal
Or any other application for the matter. The following command in terminal:
/Applications/Calculator.app/Contents/MacOS/Calculator
runs Calculator...

Just to make sure, a couple minutes ago I
Booted my Mini 10v from NBI USB
Opened terminal
Typed "Volumes/Mac\ OS\ X/Applications/NetbookInstaller.app/Contents/MacOS/NetbookInstaller" command to launch NBI off my HD where "Mac OS X" is my HD label
Ran NBI watching nice trace output in terminal window
Rebooted from HD
Typing this message...

[Oscar]

I get it now....

TY.

I thought there was an actual command like 'open' that was needed.

[Oscar]

Thanks for the input with the terminal stuff. It DOES simplify the process.

Specifically;

1. I copied NBI...351 to the root of the USB drive (open the USB, and copy straight to it).
2. I renamed the file "NBI" -- for simplicity's sake.

run the installer, open a terminal from the installer task bar.

3. the specific line to type into the terminal is:

/NBI.app/Contents/MacOS/NetbookInstaller

That worked for me without having to worry about all the numbers in the NBI name.

Cheers.

[Louiex23]

I have a Dell mini 10v and I did a fresh install with snow leopard 10.6.3 and used netbook installer rc1. Everything worked great. I then used netbook installer again and updated to 10.6.4 combo and then the same again for 10.6.5 and everything went well again. Once I ran netbook installer again and tried 10.6.7 and now I keep getting message saying hit power button and start computer again. Keeps coming up. I dont know what to do from this point. I try to just reinstall from beginning but it will not let me. It keeps coming up with same message. i am a nubee and I need direct instruction on how to fix this. I miss using my dell mini and now it is useless. Is my netbook a lost cause now.