[bmaltais]

I will try to see if I could create a new build of DellEFI around the new 10.5.7 kext such that we can make the whole process easier.

Something like:

Start point is 10.5.6 with old DellEFI
Install new 10.5.7 optimized DellEFI
Install Combo Update
Reboot
Run new DellEFI again
Reboot
Enjoy

Not sure if it will be doable but I will try to look at it this week-end as it is a 3 day week-end and I might find some time.

Too bad I will have to trash my Win7 installation ;-)

[ronbar]

It seems the use of an external monitor worked in getting around the blue screen of death. I booted as normal using DellMiniboot123v8.02b except this time I connected the external monitor and switched to it using the blue FN key and the 8 key (screen switch). As soon as I did that it booted right to the safe mode login screen (whew!). From there I ran DellEFI 1.1, reinstalled the mini9 extensions and verified that the dsdt.alm file was deleted (previously deleted but did a search for it to verify). Next I tried to reboot again into safe mode but didn't hit the ctrl key fast enough and didn't switch to the external monitor and to my surprise it booted successfully to the OS (interesting?). Just to be safe I rebooted again this time into safe mode using the external monitor and it froze at the splash screen (oh no!). I tried again without the external monitor and this time was able to boot into safe mode (go figure). From there I ran DellEFI 1.1 again and reinstalled the dsdt.alm file. Next I rebooted normally, no safe mode and no external monitor and what do you know successfully running 10.5.7.

[vestan_pance]

Well that was a painless upgrade thanks to Conq's procedure and of course the continued efforts of the team to make this hackintosh the best.

[cal82]

By all means, don't just try "Software Updates" from the Apple menu. I'm looking at the equivalent of a BSOD. More like a gray screen of death. I hope I can recover and not need a complete rebuild.

[jkillebrew]

I'm using an 8GB SSD and didnt want to reinstall from scratch, so this worked for me.





I'm using DellEFI 1.1 and am updated to 10.5.6, re-ran monolingual and cleared out EVERYTHING I possibly could that way, leaving 1.6GB free. then started this process:

1. Download 10.5.7 delta updater to USB drive (requires only 1.3GB of free space) I DID NOT TRY THE SOFTWARE UPDATER! THIS WAS DOWNLOADED FROM THE APPLE WEBSITE
2. Run the update and reboot (I tried to run DellEFI after the install but could not, so was forced to reboot)
3. When rebooting, boot into safe mode (-x)
4. System will reboot itself after a while on the gray apple screen
5. When rebooting again, use safe mode again
6. A blue screen will appear for a lot longer than normal, but just wait a few min and get to the finder.
7. Run Dellefi, custom, options to remove custom dsdt file and reinstall extentions
8. Immediately run DellEFI again without rebooting, custom, create new dsdt file.
9. Reboot normal, not safe mode.
10. Re-run aboutthismac.pkg if desired

I had no video problems at all. Everything went totally normal. I am not using any odd trackpad drivers or anything like that. This was done on a plain 10.5.6 install via miniboot123 v8.01 with DellEFI 1.1 installed.

I wont promise you this will work but i had no issues what so ever.

[Neo_Reloaded]

With Conq's instructions I have recovered my "Mac Mini 9" and it's working perfect in 10.5.7.

Now time to check if everything else is working! Will post here if anything fails.

[berbamac]

Unfortunately I had downloade the software update automatically through software update,so I had the combo update on the machine.10.5.7

After many attempts at the Conq method,I knew that it was working for some but not for me.

Then I stumbled across the "KNM" post with details regarding the 1.2a4zip EFI.

I simply downloaded it.
Copied to a thumb drive(unzipped)
Booted the dell mini in safe(holding control while pushing power,then typing -x at the prompt)
copied the EFI 1.2a4 file to desktop
ran "easy install"

The machine rebooted automatically after updating boot caches.

Now its working perfectly. thanks forall the hard work of those in this forum. you guys are awesome. Without it,non technical noobs like me could not enjoy the spoils of your success.
Thanks again.

here's the text from "KNM"'s post.

A bit more details to Conq's method for people having problems with blank/blue/garbled screen after updating to 10.5.7:

1) I had installed OSX 10.5.6 + DellEFI1.1 using a retail 10.5.6 DVD purchased from Apple. Installer ran fine, and updater ran fine, but screen was garbled after reboot into 10.5.7 update, and continued to remain that way after using conq's steps to resolve.

2) Turns out the DellEFI1.1 was the problem, or at least the version I had. I downloaded DellEFI1.2a4.zip from DellEFI1.2a4.zip - mydellmini - DellEFI 1.2 alpha 4 - Google Code, copied it to a USB thumb drive.

3) Booted in safe mode using -x. This step is apparently confusing to some people. If you see a message text "<several lines of boot text and copyright notices> Boot:" when you reboot your Dell, then just type "-x" without quotes and hit enter. It is case insensitive, so either "-x" or "-X" should work. Both versions worked fine on mine. If you don't see the text message, then you have graphical booting enabled. In that case, just hit any key when you see the moving graphical progress bar during boot, then type "-x" at the "boot: " prompt, then hit Enter.

4) Inserted said USB drive, unzipped DellEFI1.2a4.zip in Finder, then ran DellEFI application. Updated the bootloader and recreated the dsdt.aml file in DellEFI. This sounds a lot harder than it is - just enable the checkboxes to install bootloader and remove dsdt.aml in DellEFI's fool proof dialog box and click on Install. No need to know where and how the bootloader is stored, or sweat about dsdt.aml locations. No need to know what this file does either.

Note: You have to remove the dsdt.aml file from any DellEFI version you have (by checking the box to remove dsdt.aml in DellEFI), and reboot in safe mode before starting step 4..

5) Rebooted in normal mode (just reboot normally without "-x"), and my Mini (2GB/BT/1.3MP/64GBSSD) is up and running 10.5.7 now. I just installed iLife 09 and ran software update again successfully without having to repeat above steps.

Hope that helps. Please email me if you need more details.

Cheers.



-Berbamac

[GutterIsATool]

I seem to be having trouble with my Mini going to sleep when I close the lid now. When I close it, the power light stays solid until I open it. Then when I open it, most of the time, it will start the fading in and out. I close it again, and it stays asleep. The next time I open it, it wakes up like normal. Anybody have any clue how to fix this?

Edit: I reran the DellEFI and rebooted a time or two and that seems to have taken care of it.

[sroveson]

OK I'm a total noob at this Dell Mini stuff but a buddy has like 15 he was selling so I picked up 2 last week. I ordered a RunCore Pro 64GB Mini PCIe PCI-e SSD and a Transcend 2GB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz SODIMM. The install on both were easy.

I followed the Section 2 guide here http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/faqs...fi-method.html

Great Guide! The best I have ever seen for a hack like this. Only issue is that the links to syslinux 3.63 are dead. syslinux is at 3.80 and that worked fine for me.

So it's like midnight last night and I have it all up and working under 10.5.6 and stupidly update the software to 10.5.7. What happens? The same things people here have said--mine looked like a grey fuzzy screen with a few odd black diag lines running through it. Very frustrating. So I:

1. Booted using the "-x" which brought the screen back up in safe mode.
2. Reinstalled the AboutThisMac.pkg
3. Reran the DELLEFI 1.2 experimental package
4. Rebooted in normal mode - it came back up
5. Reran the DELLEFI 1.2 again (seemed to me like the last time it removed some items like the dsdt.aml file and wanted to reinstall them. I also installed the Chameleon 2.0RC1-r431 Bootloader which is really nice.)
6. Rebooted

System ran great except for a hang every time I tried to wake it after it slept.

To fix this I disabled the USB legacy support in the BIOS. Now the system works better than my brothers fancy MacBook Air...for about 1/4th the price.

Thank you Dell! Thank you all on this forum for great advice and tricks. Thank you to whoever is doing the DELLEFI stuff. And especially thank you to mechdrew for the awesome guide. Total time from end to end (including creating the DVD image of the MacOSX) was about 5 - 6 hours. This included my time to research the 10.5.7 screen issue and the lock upon sleep issue.

Next step: Attempt to clone the drive and put it in a 2nd mini for my daughter at college who just burned up her old MacBook G4.

[GutterIsATool]

Originally Posted by sroveson

System ran great except for a hang every time I tried to wake it after it slept.

To fix this I disabled the USB legacy support in the BIOS. Now the system works better than my brothers fancy MacBook Air...for about 1/4th the price.

Maybe that's where I went wrong. I'll try that. Thanks.