Welcome to the group. I just checked the specs of the system you have
and it appears to be very hackable. You didn't say whether or not you
want to dual boot with Windows or not, so a lot depends on that. I
believe the best course of action is to use the NetbookBootmaker to
install Snow Leopard on your system, but again, a lot depends on whether
or not you want to save your Windows XP install which I assume is what
you have on the system now.
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As I said, the specs are very close to a number of other netbooks, so
much so that my advice is to get a copy of the Snow Leopard DVD and just
use the NetbookBootMaker to install it with. You will need an 8 Gb or
larger bootable flash drive, but the rest should be provided by NBBM.
You can use my guide here:
http://groups.google.com/group/hq-a/web/installing-snow-leopard-on-a-usb-flash-drive
to install Snow Leopard on the flash drive. Then just run the NBBM app
on a system Mac or Hack running 10.6.x, choosing the flash drive as the
target. Once that is done, just boot your netbook from the flash drive
and install Snow Leopard onto your hard drive. That is pretty much it
as NBBM installs NBI on the hard drive and it should boot on it's own
after that.
You can use my Neutrino guide if you want, it's located here:
http://groups.google.com/group/hq-a/web/ocz-neutrino-10-5-install-guide-w-update-to-10-6
and skip down to the 10.6 Update section. Let me know how it goes.
Forgot to mention, be sure to use the latest NBBM available here:
http://code.google.com/p/netbook-installer/
I think the latest is 0.8.4 RC1
> I do have a question about the Snow Leopard DVD that are sold on
> Apple's website. Is the version of the disc that Apple sells a
> complete install or only and upgrade from 10.5? It seems from what I
> have seen it's only an upgrade from MacOS X v. 10.5, is that true or
> does it contain the full install?
>
Although Apple advertised it, and sold it as an upgrade, the DVD
which you can buy at retail outlets everywhere is indeed a full
version, valid for every Apple system which officially supports Snow
Leopard, and as our luck would have it, is also valid for every non-
Apple system which unofficially supports it.
It is the "buy with" DVDs which only work on the systems with which
they are sold.
> Also, I should be able to do all this on my iMac with 10.5.8, correct?
Definitely.
The various manipulations of the packages may be done on Leo.
The "Make USB flash drive bootable" may also be done on Leo.
Ditto to everything PH said, with one possible exception. Since I
started doing netbooks with my lowly Neutrino, it has always been
acceptable to use 10.5.x to prepare the USB flash drive, both to
restore Snow Leopard to it and to run the installer to make it
bootable. However, this changed with the Asus 1201N, as preparing to
make the flash drive bootable MUST BE DONE ON A SYSTEM RUNNING 10.6.x!
I only mention this as your system is indeed an Asus Eee PC, so if you
run into any problems with the install this might be a clue as to the
problem source. HTH
>
> On Jul 28, 2010, at 1:04 AM, Peter Haas wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jul 27, 2010, at 9:28 PM, Barry wrote:
>>
>>> I do have a question about the Snow Leopard DVD that are sold on
>>> Apple's website. Is the version of the disc that Apple sells a
>>> complete install or only and upgrade from 10.5? It seems from
>>> what I
>>> have seen it's only an upgrade from MacOS X v. 10.5, is that true or
>>> does it contain the full install?
>>>
>>
>> Although Apple advertised it, and sold it as an upgrade, the DVD
>> which you can buy at retail outlets everywhere is indeed a full
>> version, valid for every Apple system which officially supports
>> Snow Leopard, and as our luck would have it, is also valid for
>> every non-Apple system which unofficially supports it.
>>
>> It is the "buy with" DVDs which only work on the systems with which
>> they are sold.
>>
>>
>>> Also, I should be able to do all this on my iMac with 10.5.8,
>>> correct?
>>
>> Definitely.
>>
>> The various manipulations of the packages may be done on Leo.
>>
>> The "Make USB flash drive bootable" may also be done on Leo.
>
> Ditto to everything PH said, with one possible exception. Since I
> started doing netbooks with my lowly Neutrino, it has always been
> acceptable to use 10.5.x to prepare the USB flash drive, both to
> restore Snow Leopard to it and to run the installer to make it
> bootable. However, this changed with the Asus 1201N, as preparing
> to make the flash drive bootable MUST BE DONE ON A SYSTEM RUNNING
> 10.6.x!
>
> I only mention this as your system is indeed an Asus Eee PC, so if
> you run into any problems with the install this might be a clue as
> to the problem source. HTH
Another thought just occurred to me, if you purchase a new Snow
Leopard retail DVD, more than likely it will be a version past the
10.6.0 that were used for most of the guides. This will alter the
install method somewhat as I mentioned Atom powered netbooks have no
support after 10.6.1. Most of the guides compensate for this by using
the auto patching version of Chameleon, which allows the boot utility
to patch the kernel on the fly.
So if you use one of the later install DVD's, be sure the version of
Chameleon you use to reboot after installing Snow Leopard to the hard
drive is capable of patching the kernel on the fly. Otherwise you
will get a KP and the system will not boot.
> It seems I have purchase version 10.6.3 (although
> the empty box they had on display was 10.6). The woman that sold it
> to me kept asking me too many questions and she wanted to know what
> computer I had and what version of OS I had because she kept saying
> that it was only an upgrade but I also do not believe it "only an
> upgrade."
Apple has been shipping 10.6.4 "upgrade" DVDs, but these are really
"full retail" DVDs, IF you purchased it at retail.
> I told her "Oh it's marked as 'upgrade' but it should have
> the entire version on the disc" and she seemed aggravated at me and
> then said "I don't know. Whatever you say?" of which I said "You
> should know since you work here." I really felt as if she were trying
> to figure out if I was trying to install the OS on a non-Apple product
> with all the questions.
I strongly suspect she's not well-trained, and just wanted to avoid
having a dissatisfied customer.
Any Apple product which came with 10.6 (AKA, 10.6.0) or 10.6.3 can
run 10.6.4, by definition.
However, not any Hack can run 10.6.4, or even 10.6.3, if it can run
10.6, 10.6.1 or 10.6.2.
10.6.3 "breaks" a lot of things, most particularly sound.
And, indeed, there is a 10.6.3.1 out there, and it came with certain
i-series Macs.
It is 10.6.3.1 which added-in support for the i3 processor, which
Apple was not then shipping, AFAIK.
However, Apple IS shipping i3 processors now.
If at all possible, get to 10.6.4, but at least do it in a relatively
painless way.
I have detailed all the steps which are necessary on Shuttles,
certainly including SP35 and SG31 systems, and possibly also SG41
systems.
The necessity for going from 10.6 to 10.6.2 as an intermediate step
is so the AppleHDA.kext of 10.6.2 can be captured and saved in a safe
place as it will be needed in 10.6.3 and 10.6.4.
The subsequent updates to 10.6.3 and 10.6.4 are required because the
sleep enabler changed with 10.6.3, and it changed again in 10.6.4,
although if you install the 10.6.x version of sleep enabler, then you
don't have to change it for 10.6.4, all you have to do is add the
pmVersion=20 boot flag.
As Peter stated, the woman was probably not well-trained, so don't worry about that. The upgrade DVD IS a full retail install DVD and it will work just fine.
As for your concern over the version of your DVD, I think perhaps Peter didn't realize you were installing on a netbook with an Atom processor, which is why he didn't mention it. The guy who did the auto-patching is Meklort and you can read what he had to say about it here:
Basically you should be fine if you use the NBBM/NBI version 0.8.4 RC1or later. Again just keep in mind that the netbook won't boot a vanilla kernel above 10.6.1. If you run into problems just give us a shout.
> Again just keep in mind that the netbook won't boot a vanilla
> kernel above 10.6.1.
Indeed so.
Sorry ... I am overly tired today, and did not catch the drift that
this was a Netbook install.
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> panic(cpu 0 caller 0x2a96f6): "Version mis-match between Kernel and
> CPU PM"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1504.3.12/osfmk/i386/pmCPU.c:720
> Debugger called: <panic>
> Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : return Address (4 potential args on stack)
> Ox1e423bb8 : 0x21b449 (0x5ce420 0x1e423bec 0x2238a5 0x0)
Typical problem with Intel Atom CPUs.
You have to have the right installer to get around that issue.
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> oh wow so you're saying I have to dig around google to find a
> "CORRECT" SL installer for my netbook?
The NetBook Installer (NBI) which I used for my OCZ Neutrino DID NOT
KNOW about my Neutrino, per se, but it DID KNOW about a generic
Netbook installation method, and it did indeed use that method on my
Neutrino.
I had no issues with it.
> If there is a patch, where can I download it to install Mac OS X SL
> vanilla?
>
I DO NOT believe it is as simple as a "patch".
The Intel Atom processor behaves in every way as if it were a Core 2
processor ... EXCEPT for the power management functions, which, for
it, requires special considerations, and which the NBI does indeed
provide.
So, no reason to patch the kernel.
However, the appropriate power manager kext is expected, and is
required.
Incidentally, you WILL get that very same PM kernel panic when going
from one release to the next on a desktop Hack. But, the
circumventions are a LOT simpler for desktop Hacks than they are for
NetBook Hacks.
That having been said, I tend to follow Mosslack's advise on
NetBooks, although I feel pretty comfortable "going it alone" on my
desktops, including even H55/P55 desktops.
I am afraid that my mainframe computer orientation is showing, as I
really only use Laptops/Netbooks in a very limited way.
Peter ...
... proud to be a mainframe computer hacker since 1963 ... YES, 1963.
> Well, my install disk has a picture of a snow leopard's head on it
> looking at me and on the other side it says Mac OS X version 10.6.
The true installation DVD is a LOT more forgiving than is the actual
installed OS.
Just because it says "10.6" DOES NOT mean it is actually 10.6.
While the initial distributions of Snow Leopard (marketed as an
"upgrade", although we all know ... or SHOULD KNOW by now ... that it
is indeed a full installation DVD, and which requires NO previous
MacOS X installation, although it will certainly tolerate such an
installation) was indeed 10.6 (AKA, 10.6.0), there was/were
subsequent DVDs, which were also marketed as "upgrade" DVDs, but
which were actually 10.6.2. Possibly also 10.6.3.
My only DVD is a 10.6 (AKA, 10.6.0) DVD, and ALL my comments are with
respect to that particular DVD.
It is 10.6.3 which "breaks" a bunch of stuff on Hacks (usually sound,
but sometimes much more), and 10.6.4 "breaks" additional stuff.
What Apple isn't saying ... much, anyway ... is that there was a
10.6.3.1 release, and which special release was intended to address
several forthcoming i-series processors.
> Am I doing something obviously wrong?
Have you updated the BIOS? There are 13 BIOS updates listed for the
s101, version 1504 is the current version. The various fixes listed
include some of the problems you might be encountering, so this might
be a good place to start if you're still using an older BIOS version?:
<http://support.asus.com/download/download_item_mkt.aspx?slanguage=en-us&model=Eee%20PC%20S101/XP
>
I don't know exactly what you're doing, but I'd strongly recommend
using a GUID partition format (also called GPT) rather than the Master
Boot Record format it came with. This would require you reformat your
HD before installation, and use of Chameleon bootloader if you're
looking for a multi-system boot setup.
I think this Eee s101 should work nearly perfectly with OS X, so I'd
probably recommend NOT installing WinXP, Ubuntu, etc. unless you feel
you absolutely need them. You might consider installing Leopard 10.5.8
instead of Snow Leopard. The advantages of Snow Leopard are few in my
opinion, and the hassles are a tiny bit more, but not too much, so
it's really up to you. I believe the latest versions of Chameleon
bootloader patch the kernel for the Atom CPU "on-the-fly" so that
special kernels are no longer needed? I'm not totally up-to-speed for
Snow Leopard on these netbooks, my MSI Wind U100 is still 10.5.8 and
working absolutely perfectly.
http://groups.google.com/group/hq-a/web/installing-snow-leopard-on-a-usb-flash-drive
Or similar. Once it has been restored to the flash drive, you need to use an actual Mac or Hack system to run the above listed version of NBBM and select the flash drive you restored the DVD to as the target.
Having said that, I don't own this particular netbook, but all indications are it should be able to boot from a USB device, provided (1) the device is bootable and (2) you select this as the boot device. No one has mentioned how to get the boot menu to come up for this netbook, on my Asus 1201N, you hit ESC as soon as you power up the unit to bring up the boot menu. Some system use a difference key sequence, find out how to do that on your netbook.
If for some reason you cannot get your netbook to boot via a USB device, it may not be possible to install OS X on your unit. HTH
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> I found a patch link on Insanely Mac, but I'm too much of a novice to
> know how to install it.
Copy it to the root of the boot drive and include its name in
com.apple.Boot.plist.