[6upxc]

Hi all

3 late nights trying to solve this problem have left me a bit tired and wondering if my attempt to get OSX running on "the easiest OSX netbook" are doomed! Any help greatly received.

Ok first the specs;

Brand new out of the box Inspiron Mini 1018 - Bios version A02 - Atom N455@1.66 Ghz - 1Gb Ram.
Genuine new SL DVD 10.6.3
16 GB USB2 Stick

Method;
first time - created DVD image using Mac disk utility - made bootable with NBM 0.8.4 RC1. Did not pre-format the existing Mini HD which had Windoze pre-installed. No legacy option in Bios. set Bluetooth enabled, USB wake support disabled. Proceeded fine with instal, disk utility from install to format HD as per guides. Installation completes fine - reboot cycles endlessly with message "unable to patch 64 bit kernel. Use arch=i386 to use a 10.6.2 or newer kernel. Cant find mach_kernel"

Second time - format USB stick - recreate bootable install disk image. USB stick capacity 16 gb - used after disk image instal 7.25 gb.
Boot Mini with GParted bootable USB. There were 3 partitions after first failed install -
dev/sda1 - fat32 - EFI - 200mb capacity - 3.09 mb used - flagged boot
dev/sda2 - hfs - 232Gb -
unallocated - 128mb
deleted all partitions - created one large single partition - formatted NTFS.
Repeated the install - result exactly the same - "unable to patch 64 bit kernel. Use arch=i386 to use a 10.6.2 or newer kernel. Cant find mach_kernel"

third time - GParted Mini HD - created 1 partition HFS+ but did not format it. repeated install - same outcome "unable to patch 64 bit kernel. Use arch=i386 to use a 10.6.2 or newer kernel. Cant find mach_kernel"

Pulling my hair out now guys - ANY remotely sensible advice would be greatly appreciated. Otherwise i think I hear UBUNTU quietly calling! :-(

Quick post script - after the last failed install i booted GParted to examine the partitions
dev/sda1 - fat32 - name=EFI - size=200mb - 3.09mb used - flagged boot
dev/sda2 - hfs+ - name=untitled - size 232.57 Gb - 6.45Gb used
unallocated - 128mb

does 6.45 Gb sound about right for an installation?

Cheers
Chris

[jmacie]

Where did you get the info-"the easiest OSX netbook". Thanks, johnm

[6upxc]

John

I realise now that easiest and best are not necessarily directly interchangeable .......

A simple google search (which is the best macosx netbook) returned not only a huge amount of links to this particular forum but also this ..
//gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/12/17/osx-netbook-compatib.html
along with other similar references.

C'est la vie! It seems my enthusiasm to build a reasonably solid OSX netbook from a Dell Mini might have been premature - this seems borne out from the complete lack of ANY replies to my questions on this board (other than yours).

Maybe everyone's on holiday? :-)

---------- Post added at 06:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:57 PM ----------

I put UBUNTU on it just to take a break!! it works brilliant right from the getgo but this was simply for me to convince myself that the USB/HDD/system was all ok. Seems it is. Still hopeful of some brilliant suggestions guys please!!!

[jmacie]

OSX on a dell 1018 with a 3150 video card is not going to be functionally adequate. No video kext means no video acceleration. So sorry it's bad news. The 1011 or 10v was discontinued long ago, so few people are here, but you can still get info here, just not as quickly.

[Oscar]

Originally Posted by 6upxc

Hi Oscar

Sorry to bother you. I wondered if i could ask your advice.

I am attempting OSX on a mini 1018 but am having terrible problems getting passed the dreaded "mach_kernel" problem. I made a couple of posts on the forum asking for any advice but so far no replies are forthcoming.

here's my problem .....

Ok first the specs;

Brand new out of the box Inspiron Mini 1018 - Bios version A02 - Atom N455@1.66 Ghz - 1Gb Ram.
Genuine new SL DVD 10.6.3
16 GB USB2 Stick

Method;
first time - created DVD image using Mac disk utility - made bootable with NBM 0.8.4 RC1. Did not pre-format the existing Mini HD which had Windoze pre-installed. No legacy option in Bios. set Bluetooth enabled, USB wake support disabled. Proceeded fine with instal, disk utility from install to format HD as per guides. Installation completes fine - reboot cycles endlessly with message "unable to patch 64 bit kernel. Use arch=i386 to use a 10.6.2 or newer kernel. Cant find mach_kernel"

Second time - format USB stick - recreate bootable install disk image. USB stick capacity 16 gb - used after disk image instal 7.25 gb.
Boot Mini with GParted bootable USB. There were 3 partitions after first failed install -
dev/sda1 - fat32 - EFI - 200mb capacity - 3.09 mb used - flagged boot
dev/sda2 - hfs - 232Gb -
unallocated - 128mb
deleted all partitions - created one large single partition - formatted NTFS.
Repeated the install - result exactly the same - "unable to patch 64 bit kernel. Use arch=i386 to use a 10.6.2 or newer kernel. Cant find mach_kernel"

third time - GParted Mini HD - created 1 partition HFS+ but did not format it. repeated install - same outcome "unable to patch 64 bit kernel. Use arch=i386 to use a 10.6.2 or newer kernel. Cant find mach_kernel"

Pulling my hair out now guys - ANY remotely sensible advice would be greatly appreciated. Otherwise i think I hear UBUNTU quietly calling! :-(

Quick post script - after the last failed install i booted GParted to examine the partitions
dev/sda1 - fat32 - name=EFI - size=200mb - 3.09mb used - flagged boot
dev/sda2 - hfs+ - name=untitled - size 232.57 Gb - 6.45Gb used
unallocated - 128mb

does 6.45 Gb sound about right for an installation?

Any advice would be very welcome

Chris

Sorry. But I don't know anything about the 1018, except that those running OS X on it have been met with a good deal of difficulty.

I was gonna point you to the OS X on th 1018 thread. But I see you've already found it.

GL