[aqualero]

So I followed the method described in the first how-to for the Dellefi method using 2 usb drives (4gb FAT, 8gb), both from macs. Upon booting up I get the error message:
PXE-E61: Media test failure. check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM.
Operating System not found

What's up? :shock:

[William]

Looky here and you may find the answer.

[lancorp]

Originally Posted by aqualero

So I followed the method described in the first how-to for the Dellefi method using 2 usb drives (4gb FAT, 8gb), both from macs. Upon booting up I get the error message:
PXE-E61: Media test failure. check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM.
Operating System not found

What's up? :shock:

I had similar issues...no matter how many times I booted off my USB thumb drives with the "-f", it wouldn't flag the SSD as bootable (or something).

After hooking up a USB DVD drive and booting off the boot CD I made, and starting OSX on the SSD from there, then running DellEfi from the CD, it boots fine. It's happened like that everytime I setup a Mini 9 with OSX.

[aqualero]

DellMiniBoot123v8.01
OS X 10.5 (doesn't say which version on the disk, I've tried both dellminiboots)

I was trying the DVD method, but I realized that because I don't know how to syslinux the dvd before burning it, it wasn't working. So I started using the dual windows/mac usb method. I then got to the dellefi boot, typed in 81, and started the install startup.

utter failure. kernel crashed:

"panic(cpu 0 caller 0x0042F4E3): "Unable to find driver for this platform: \"acpi\".\n"@/courcecache/xnu/xnu-1228/iokit/Kernel/IOPlatformExpert.cpp:1378
debugger call: <panic>
backtrace, format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x1aaebdd8 : 0x12b0e1 (0x4555b4 0x1aaebe0c 0x133238 0x0)
It repeats similar numbers for 6 more lines
Backtrace terminated- (obstructed by message that I need to restart the computer)

Mac OS version:
Not yet set

Kernel version:
Darwin Kern Version (obstructed......) ASE-I386

A computer engineer friend of mine looked at it for a couple of hours, read the forums, and concluded that either there's something basic we're missing, or Dell changed something to prevent us from installin OS X. Sorry to pester everyone but I really have not idea what to do now. Yes I have surfed the forums and can't find what's going on. If it's out there, I apologize in advance.

[llamakiller4]

Watching this this thread, I have a new Mini 9, Bios A04.
The bootable cd I made of DellMiniBoot123v8.02b1.iso (for OSX 10.5.6 retail) boots up fine but never
gives me the "Install OSX 10.5.6" prompt, I just get the "boot:" prompt.
Hitting ESC and entering "9f" (the default choice, as well) merely hangs for a while and then starts reporting
ebios boot error.

One guide says turn on USB Legacy (it's on by default) and I found another guide that says turn it off.
So Im off to try that.

tech level - aging pc tech, but zero apple experience.

[bozeefus]

PXE-E61: Media test failure. check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM.
Operating System not found

i got this message upon restart


right when the OS X installation reached 100%, it said it failed. it restarted to show the above 3 lines.

[kabelabs]

Originally Posted by bozeefus

PXE-E61: Media test failure. check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM.
Operating System not found

i got this message upon restart


right when the OS X installation reached 100%, it said it failed. it restarted to show the above 3 lines.

yeah, it does that. you need to make the osx hd bootable before it'll boot osx.

[STiMULi]

Originally Posted by kabelabs

yeah, it does that. you need to make the osx hd bootable before it'll boot osx.

YES. What he said... Believe it or not that failure is a good sign. You are most of the way there now.

[bozeefus]

Originally Posted by bozeefus

PXE-E61: Media test failure. check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM.
Operating System not found

i got this message upon restart


right when the OS X installation reached 100%, it said it failed. it restarted to show the above 3 lines.

upon further reading of the install guide last night, i realize that it is suppose to say fail as noted by the 2 ppl above me

i simply restarted, booted into the bootloader again by hitting "esc" then typing "82" to get into SSD. the mac os finally loaded, i used 1.1 to install the drivers and after the restart, it booted normally all by itself.