[gillum]

I've got issues. First of all, my combo update stopped at 60% and 6 minutes left for over 30 minutes so I turned off via power button and turned back on. Now I get the endless "restart" message after apparent kernel panics whether I boot normally or attempt safe mode with -x. Basically, I'm not confident its even trying a safe boot. I made a new bootable USB but I can't get it to show up under boot options. What else can I try? I've read this whole thread as well as hours of other info

[ezeitler]

Do you have legacy USB support turned on in the BIOS?

Originally Posted by gillum

I've got issues. First of all, my combo update stopped at 60% and 6 minutes left for over 30 minutes so I turned off via power button and turned back on. Now I get the endless "restart" message after apparent kernel panics whether I boot normally or attempt safe mode with -x. Basically, I'm not confident its even trying a safe boot. I made a new bootable USB but I can't get it to show up under boot options. What else can I try? I've read this whole thread as well as hours of other info

[gillum]

Legacy enabled and USB wake from sleep disabled.

[halu2047]

Faithfully followed the steps specified on page 1. Everything went well.
Thanks to everyone whose continuous contributions are massive!!

[cal82]

Originally Posted by kwheaties

HELP! I've read through this entire post numerous times. Everytime I follow the instructions I get stuck at the blue screen. I've tried every combination possible. Removing "Extra" directory, not removing, EFI 1.1, EFI 1.2b5, removing dsdt, then rebooting, not rebooting, "-f", not using "-f" to force kexts, etc. I'm very familiar with hackintoshs but this has me stumped.

I can always get back into safe mode using USB Boot123.

Any other tips? Whenever I'm done installing the extensions and creating the custom dsdt, I reboot normally and I get stuck at the blue screen.

Me too, except I can't get back into Safe Mode. I've used the Leopard DVD (in conjunction with Boot123 on CDROM) to get a terminal window and delete the Extra and Extra.bak directories. If I do a graphical boot, it's the gray Apple screen with the endless rotating circle gizmo.

So I've tried a verbose boot. It gets to this point:
localhost /usr/sbin/kdcmond[incrementing number]: kdcmond could not launch krb5kdc due to absence of localhostname

I've gotten to about ten iterations of that before I press the power button. I used the Leopard DVD (again, with Boot123) to get a terminal to try editing /etc/localhostname. However, I can't find vi or any edit tool when I boot that way. So I removed /etc/localhostname.

Same thing with the verbose boot. Keeps trying to launch kdcmond.

I foolishly have not backed up this build. With a 16 GB HDD, I obviously don't have a lot of files. However, I did have all my software loaded and configurations set. Plus, it's simple geek pride to want to repair rather than rebuild.

Anyone know the path back to the light from here?

[jeffburg]

Installed 10.5.7 and the 1.2 Alpha boot loader at the same time. All went well. The new boot loader has potential but the default theme needs work. After finals are over i might investigate changing the theme. I am seeing a slight boost in battery life, but nothing as significant as what some people have seen.

overall though, much easier than the move to 10.5.6 which caused kernel panics and other bad things

thanks for the tutorial

[cal82]

Originally Posted by cal82

Me too, except I can't get back into Safe Mode. I've used the Leopard DVD (in conjunction with Boot123 on CDROM) to get a terminal window and delete the Extra and Extra.bak directories. If I do a graphical boot, it's the gray Apple screen with the endless rotating circle gizmo.

So I've tried a verbose boot. It gets to this point:
localhost /usr/sbin/kdcmond[incrementing number]: kdcmond could not launch krb5kdc due to absence of localhostname

I've gotten to about ten iterations of that before I press the power button. I used the Leopard DVD (again, with Boot123) to get a terminal to try editing /etc/localhostname. However, I can't find vi or any edit tool when I boot that way. So I removed /etc/localhostname.

Same thing with the verbose boot. Keeps trying to launch kdcmond.

I foolishly have not backed up this build. With a 16 GB HDD, I obviously don't have a lot of files. However, I did have all my software loaded and configurations set. Plus, it's simple geek pride to want to repair rather than rebuild.

Anyone know the path back to the light from here?

Back to the BSOD. Tried connecting external monitor. No output there, but the Mini goes from orange screen to green screen to blue screen to a couple of grayscale screens to black to white then back to orange. Kinda Pink Floydish. Disconnect VGA cable, light show continues.

[jascarter]

I accidentally hit the auto-updater to 10.5.7. Long story short: full format and reinstall before knowing the easy safe mode fix, restored via time machine, updated successfully to 10.5.7 and most everything seems to be fine.

The problem: through multiple reinstalls and EFIs and updates, the wireless card is not being recognized. It has the radial wedge icon (pie piece) at the top but it is empty and when clicked on it says "No AirPort card installed."

Any ideas?

[3riverssouth]

I upgraded without thinking and he the screen with all the artifacts. This fix worked great and the mini is back up and running took about 5 minutes.

thanks

[thedankone]

i have had my mini 9 for about a week, installed 10.5.7 right away. Using dellefi 1.1final everything is great except restart. It quiets the os but doesn't reboot goes to a blank screen thats it. I have aperture 2 installed working great and dreamweaver cs4 too. Netflix is my only problem runs like crap, hulu ok. The weird thing is 480p apple previews are great and video I compressed with badaboom, even video ichat is perfect. I install boxee and netflix did run better.

mini 9 10.5.7
2gb kingston hyperx
16gb stock ssd
1.3mp webcam
bluetooth
usb legacy off
bios a05