[joeltje]

This tutorial will take a Dell Mini 10 (not Mini10v!) to Mac OS X 10.6.2. This tutorial assumes that you have access to a Mac with OS X 10.6.x and you are comfortable running commands in a terminal window. You will need an external USB Hard Drive, a USB...

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[jjavierrd]

Hi guys,

I have managed to create the USB drive, with macOS and the bootloader following the instructions posted in this forum, Everything works fine, I can boot from the USB Device, but my Mini 10 does not find my internal drive for the macOS installation.
I have looked in the BIOS if there is something I can change for the drive to be recognized but I have not found anything.
I would appreciate your help and comments
cheers
Jorge

[aprince04]

Thanx to the many resources, I have managed to get this animal off the ground. Installed with retail OSX DVD, external adapter for HDD, USB Flash drive.

Needed:
PC/Internet … no Mac is needed for this
Netbook CD
OSX install DVD (I used 10.6.2 retail)/external DVD
Removed internal HDD and connect external via USB
Flash drive to copy files (does not have to be 32GB –- 1 to 2 GB is fine)

Downloads needed:
NShowD10 Kexts files Link
Audio Kexts Link
NBCD Link
Ketchtool (kexthelper b7) Link
Netbook Installer Link (I used RC5)

1) Burn ISO to DVD
2) Pull HDD from internal connect external (left side by power)
3) Boot from Netbook CD/DVD (connected to either of the two right side USB ports)
4) Once loaded interface is loaded, remove NBI DVD and replace with OSX
5) F5 to refresh
6) Select HDD Start install
7) Initial screen with OSX should open.. head to Disk utilities, HDD, set partition to GUI, Format (lots of details on this all over the place if you need details)
8) (Note: you will need to enable / set root password… search for it while the install is going – pretty simple)
9) Continue to install – reboot at end --- you will need to boot to the Netbook CD as the OSX install needs some help before it will boot – even externally – make sure the Netbook CD is in the drive as you just finished using the OSX install J)
10) On first boot, most likely an error that assistant can’t run…. No problems.. cancel and continue.
11) Download (if not already) NSHOwD10, Audio, Ketchtool, Netbook Installer and copy to USB (leave as ZIPS)
12) I noted that the progress does not update… move the mouse now and then and it will refresh… took about 30 minutes to install
13) You now see the crisp, schweet OSX desktop… booted from CD running on external HDD. Now we need to get things where it will boot from the hard-drive internally (that internal part is what caused me the most grief)
14) (Note: first thing I did before anything is to auto-hide the dock to give more real estate)
15) Copy items from flash drive onto desktop of netbook now showing OSX desktop (will decompress much faster on desktop than on USB).
16) Unzip by clicking on each ZIP (you can clear some space by moving the ZIP files to trash once completed… they are still on flash drive if you need them later)
17) Run the ketch tool…. Drag and drop the following from the NShowD10 folder: 1)AppleintelPIIXATA.kext (There are others that we can tinker with later… let’s get this thing booted internally first) 2) all three files in audio folder.. enter root password (told ya that it was needed)… easy install… close
18) Run netbook installer… choose HDD as volume then leave defaults (can uncheck remote if you wish)… install
19) I just booted with internal, touchpad, wireless and sound work. I can assume that if LAN and Bluetooth don’t you are a couple of kexts away (like patching audio, HDD drivers above) from full function.

Note: If you plan on updating, do so prior to all of the patching and such otherwise it gets to be a mess.....

Resources that helped me trial and error to get here…. 20+ hours of tinkering (crashing ):
MyDellMini
MechDrews Guides (and downloads)
Zolitare’s info on patching that was the break-through! Cheers guy!
Many, many others giving smaller steps along the way.

[sevimli]

Originally Posted by aprince04

Thanx to the many resources, I have managed to get this animal off the ground. Installed with retail OSX DVD, external adapter for HDD, USB Flash drive.

Needed:
PC/Internet … no Mac is needed for this
Netbook CD
OSX install DVD (I used 10.6.2 retail)/external DVD
Removed internal HDD and connect external via USB
Flash drive to copy files (does not have to be 32GB –- 1 to 2 GB is fine)

Downloads needed:
NShowD10 Kexts files Link
Audio Kexts Link
NBCD Link
Ketchtool (kexthelper b7) Link
Netbook Installer Link (I used RC5)

1) Burn ISO to DVD
2) Pull HDD from internal connect external (left side by power)
3) Boot from Netbook CD/DVD (connected to either of the two right side USB ports)
4) Once loaded interface is loaded, remove NBI DVD and replace with OSX
5) F5 to refresh
6) Select HDD Start install
7) Initial screen with OSX should open.. head to Disk utilities, HDD, set partition to GUI, Format (lots of details on this all over the place if you need details)
8) (Note: you will need to enable / set root password… search for it while the install is going – pretty simple)
9) Continue to install – reboot at end --- you will need to boot to the Netbook CD as the OSX install needs some help before it will boot – even externally – make sure the Netbook CD is in the drive as you just finished using the OSX install J)
10) On first boot, most likely an error that assistant can’t run…. No problems.. cancel and continue.
11) Download (if not already) NSHOwD10, Audio, Ketchtool, Netbook Installer and copy to USB (leave as ZIPS)
12) I noted that the progress does not update… move the mouse now and then and it will refresh… took about 30 minutes to install
13) You now see the crisp, schweet OSX desktop… booted from CD running on external HDD. Now we need to get things where it will boot from the hard-drive internally (that internal part is what caused me the most grief)
14) (Note: first thing I did before anything is to auto-hide the dock to give more real estate)
15) Copy items from flash drive onto desktop of netbook now showing OSX desktop (will decompress much faster on desktop than on USB).
16) Unzip by clicking on each ZIP (you can clear some space by moving the ZIP files to trash once completed… they are still on flash drive if you need them later)
17) Run the ketch tool…. Drag and drop the following from the NShowD10 folder: 1)AppleintelPIIXATA.kext (There are others that we can tinker with later… let’s get this thing booted internally first) 2) all three files in audio folder.. enter root password (told ya that it was needed)… easy install… close
18) Run netbook installer… choose HDD as volume then leave defaults (can uncheck remote if you wish)… install
19) I just booted with internal, touchpad, wireless and sound work. I can assume that if LAN and Bluetooth don’t you are a couple of kexts away (like patching audio, HDD drivers above) from full function.

Note: If you plan on updating, do so prior to all of the patching and such otherwise it gets to be a mess.....

Resources that helped me trial and error to get here…. 20+ hours of tinkering (crashing ):
MyDellMini
MechDrews Guides (and downloads)
Zolitare’s info on patching that was the break-through! Cheers guy!
Many, many others giving smaller steps along the way.

Thanks for this.


But I am wondering is it really worth it without grpahic card driver??? i can't use iwork, i cant use ilife, i can't use hdmi port etc etc. What is the point then?

Why nobody cares GMA drivers?

[aprince04]

Why? Well in my case, it was the hunt - not the kill

[ikokomo]

Will this wipe my hard drive? Can I (and how) can I 2x boot my 7 Ultimate and OS X?

[stroebi]

Hi - i tried this steps yesterday, and everything in Phase 1 works without problems. I have a Samsung S1 Mini 120 GB USB Device Running Phase 1 as it is posted. Now I´ll go to Phase 2 where I have to boot my Mini from the USB Device. If I press F12 then, I cant select the USB Device - it´s not listed! The same if i go to the BIOS and check there USB as first boot device - it ist not recogniced - does anybody know how i can fix that?

[J Vee]

All working well except I have a nagging problem with ethernet connection. Basically I can't connect except with wireless which is a problem sometimes. When using the Network Setup as "automatic" and DHCP I get "Connected --- has a self assigned IP address and will not be able to connect to the internet". And sure enough, there is a self assigned IP which I have never entered. I wonder if this is just something "stuck" in a buffer? Any suggestions? J Vee

[aprince04]

RE: not recognizing USB HDD... I had to go into BIOS - turn off legacy... reboot... then go bacvk and turn on for it to recognize. It was a pain, but the only way I got it to work.

RE: networking> If everything is set to automatic ("Confiugre IPV4: Using DHCP) it should pull needed info from router. You might also check settings under advanced for TCP/IP and Ethernet to see if that might be set to manual. You are close!

[ikokomo]

OK, when i get to this step (step 2)
cd /dw-howto-files/scripts/
sh 02-prepare-mini-hd.sh disk0

It always recognizes as the main hard drive (even if i change the disk0 to any other number) I am trying to install it to a SD Card, but even if i change it to disk1 it still shows only the Windows main partition which is not what I want) THANKS

[tEhLoNeR]

i did the article above all the way to the last step
i've tried to boot but it wont let me.. it keeps complaining about hybernation and use forcewake=y option
i know i have to edit the com.apple.Boot.plist but i dont have another mac to edit it

how do i fix this?

---------- Post added at 11:56 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:37 AM ----------

Originally Posted by ikokomo

OK, when i get to this step (step 2)
cd /dw-howto-files/scripts/
sh 02-prepare-mini-hd.sh disk0

It always recognizes as the main hard drive (even if i change the disk0 to any other number) I am trying to install it to a SD Card, but even if i change it to disk1 it still shows only the Windows main partition which is not what I want) THANKS

dont use the script?
do everything by hand

find out where your drive is mounted and its disk identifier using diskutility and write it down

so it should be /volumes/blah for your mount point and diskX for your disk id (blah being the name of the disk and x the number)

install chameleon if your using GUID (not mbr)

diskutil unmount diskx
fdisk -f /dw-howto-files/Chameleon-2.0-RC4-r684-bin/boot0 -u -y /dev/diskx
sleep 2
diskutil unmount diskx
dd if=/dw-howto-files/Chameleon-2.0-RC4-r684-bin/boot1h of=/dev/diskxs2
diskutil mount disk0
cp /dw-howto-files/boot-auto_res/boot /volumes/blah
cp /dw-howto-files/NSnowD10_12-11-09_no_sleep/dsdt.aml /volumes/blah

now once thats done install the rest:

cp -r /dw-howto-files/NSnowD10_12-11-09_no_sleep/Extra/Extensions/* /Volumes/blah/System/Library/Extensions/

cp -r /dw-howto-files/NBI-0.8.3RC4/IOATAFamily.kext /Volumes/blah/System/Library/Extensions/

chmod -R 755 /Volumes/blah/System/Library/Extensions/*

touch /Volumes/blah/System/Library/Extensions/

now tbh idr if thats the right command for diskutil in the chameleon part it should tell you the right one if you try

tell me if that works