[jnm1963]

After many failed attempts I have found the easiest way to install Snow Leopard on my dell Minni 9 so i figured i would share with the rest of you, before i start i want to thank some of the members on this board, Click here to read the entire tutorial

[jnm1963]

Originally Posted by quattleb

I am grateful for the guide but also wondered why there was no mention of the Mac OS X install itself. So how about a few minor updates to your guide - and while at it correct some spelling, punctuation and HTML? :-) On the spelling I'll only point out one I think really should be corrected.

The HTML cleanup first - you have it such that entire sections of your text are clickable, not just the http address.

Spelling/punct: "use guide partition" should be "use GUID partition" And add a period after "partition."

Punct: "hit apply once done run" looks like it should be "hit apply once. done. run" But I also guess the install of the OS X to the flash drive should be BEFORE the "run..." part so why not add that in?

Please don't take these suggestions wrong - just trying to clarify your instructions for all of us! :-)

I don't mind the criticism, I know that my spelling is not the best in fact i rely alot on spell check, as for the HTML i do not know y it came out that way I am grateful for your suggestions

[Auzburner]

Did the 10.6.2 update work without a hitch?

[pmronline]

Hello, will this method work good on a Latitude 2100?

Originally Posted by jnm1963

After many failed attempts I have found the easiest way to install Snow Leopard on my dell Minni 9 so i figured i would share with the rest of you, before i start i want to thank some of the members on this board, tchariya and masari for pointing me in the rite direction. This guide is for those hew have a hackintosh and want to either upgrade or do a clean install of snow Leopard
What you will need
1: 16 Gig flash drive
2: NetbookBootMaker_0.8.3_RC3.app You can download it from the link below
Downloads - netbook-installer - Project Hosting on Google Code
Step 1
Use disk utility to partition your flash drive
choose partition tab, Volume scheme select 1Partition go to the options tab and use guide partition on the right hand name your flash drive something like snow Leopard DVD, for format choose Mac OS extended (Journal) hit apply once done run netbookBootMaker choose the flash drive you just partitioned let it finish
Step 2
Restart computer and boot from flash drive ( either set up your bios to boot from your flash drive or just find out what key to hit on your net book to get into boot options if all goes well your install should start without a hitch. I chose to do a clean install you can now remove the flash drive , you well not need it to start your computer again,everything worked flawlessl. I even did the latest updates



Once again thanks to those that helped me

[redmini]

Can't find the answer anywere, can I install Snow Lepoard onto a external drive so I dont have to install on the internal SSD?

[jnm1963]

Originally Posted by pmronline

Hello, will this method work good on a Latitude 2100?

I am not sure,but i guess it wont hurt to trey.Let me know if it works for you
Good Luck

[neuralstatic]

i've tried this a few times:

• install 10.6 from mac to ssd hd (via usb in my case)
• run the NetbookBootMaker 0.8.3.app
• put in dell mini 9, boot it up

this boots -- with no sound. but very simple.

i pretty quickly tried to install 10.6.2, and after using it, i'm getting intermittent kernel panics. also on one try, i tried to install xcode, but that failed repeatedly.

how did everyone else make out?

[dellilama]

Originally Posted by redmini

Can't find the answer anywere, can I install Snow Lepoard onto a external drive so I dont have to install on the internal SSD?

You can easily install and run SL to/from an ext HD, as long as you run netbookbootmaker on that drive. Here's what I did:

1. Connect ext HD to a Mac
2. Install SL from the DVD to the ext
3. Boot from the ext HD (while connected to Mac - hold down option key while rebooting)
4. Run all updates (to 10.6.2)
5. Slim using monolingual
6. Connect ext HD to Mini 9 and boot from it (make sure legacy USB is enabled in BIOS)
7. Used carbon cloner to copy the entire disk to 8Gb SSD
8. Run netbookbootmaker/netbookinstaller again for luck!
9. Reboot from SDD (disable legacy USB so sleep works)

Everything works except for the mic. I have 3.0Gb free (out of 6.8Gb) after disabling hibernate and removing the sleep image, some apps, screensavers, desktops, and dictionaries.

Hope this helps.

[mameman]

I installed Snow Leopard by following the instructions here http://osx.mechdrew.com/guides/nbi1.shtml
was having issues trying to install to the std 8GB SSD after making sure X11,Printer Support etc were all removed I was still lacking 704mb to do the install.

I finally tried modifying the installer to allow you to edit the essential software drop down to allow removal of the DVD player, AdditionalSpeechVoices, and oxford dictionary. I followed pretty much to the word this how to (http://osx.mechdrew.com/guides/advanced3.shtml). paying special attention to the choice list order so i knew which item to uncheck as they are blank in the installer window.

This allowed me to get it installed perfectly, when it booted the first time everything with the exception of the mike worked perfectly. I ran the 10.6.1 updater, rebooted then run the netbook installer. I have yet to goto 10.6.2.

After updating everything except 10.6.2 i am sitting with 2.8GB of free SSD of the original 8GB. it boots in about 15 seconds.

lovely, and better than my 10v with it's 64GB SSD and Snow.

[Treth]

This may be called the easiest Snow Leopard guide . . . and the tool may be supposed to work with 10.5.6 . . . BUT IT'S ALL FILTHY LIES!!!

*ahem*

I know bitching endlessly isn't the way to get help on a forum, I just had to express my frustration for a moment. If anybody could give me any clues or assistance, I would very greatly appreciate it. I write iPhone software on my mini (sssh, don't tell Steve) and without it I'm completely unable to work.


Ok. So I have a 10.5.6 retail disk and an 8 gig Sandisk SD card. I hackintoshed the machine successfully about half a year ago and it's been working fantastically since. Then it crashed hard and now I'm trying to restore. I've followed all the instructions to the letter, I've let the disk verify after the restore, I've run the boot tool.

These are the possibilities:

-- Normal boot - Grey apple logo with grey pinwheel stays forever
-- Boot with -x, -x -v, -f - Boot makes it to stars and colored pinwheel, and stays frozen there forever, occasionally flashing a few lines of black across the middle of the pinwheel, which also does not move. Pinwheel stays rotating.

I've restored onto my card more than once, but the process has yet to do anything but the above. I've been trying to locate the files for the Type 11 install so I can go into my 'wayback machine' to February of '09, using the original methods I used way back then, but I can't locate everything at once it seems.

I'd love to give more information but I can't find anything else that might help. If anybody has any ideas I'd love to hear them, and if there's anything I could provide that'd help, please just let me know.

[kd4crs]

Treth, I just installed using the Snow Leopard retail upgrade via the USB method using the latest Netbook Bootmaker and it went flawlessly. I am even able to update using the online software updates. My advice would be to abandon the 10.5.6 and spend ~$25 bucks and get a retail Snow Leopard upgrade disc and save youself alot of trouble. I hacintoshed my mini9 with 10.5.4 retail disc originally. Once the Snow Leopard upgrade was released and the good folks here worked out the bugs I decided that would be the easiest way to get SL on my my mini9. The install was so easy a cave man could do it.