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How to Install Mac OS X on the Dell Mini 10v

While waiting for my Dell Mini 10v to arrive, I’ve already completed my research on how to install Mac OS X ‘Snow Leopard’ on it.

Here’s the list of items required for installing ‘Snow Leopard’ on the Dell Mini 10v.

  1. netbook-installer
  2. Mac OS X 10.6 ‘Snow Leopard’ retail DVD
  3. 8GB USB thumb drive
  4. An existing Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 machine
  5. Dell Mini 10v Bios version A04. Get this from dell support site.

The thumb drive is used as the installation dongle according to the netbook-installer’s how-to guide.  A Mac OS X machine is required to create the installation dongle. I’ll be using my current MacBook for that purpose. The steps looks simple enough. It should a straight forward installation when the laptop arrives. :-)

The Dell Mini 10v ships with Bios version A06. This will cause the Snow Leopard installation to stop midway with a message to reboot the laptop. This message will reappear again during the installation process after rebooting the laptop, unless you downgrade the Bios to version A04.

Do you have a hackintosh laptop? What installation method did you use?

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This entry was published by Victor Goh on September 19, 2009 at 12:06 pm and is filed under Blog, Dell, Guide, Mac OS X. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

5 Responses to “How to Install Mac OS X on the Dell Mini 10v”

  1. wusuowei says:
    October 3, 2009 at 4:00 pm

    Hi, I check my Dell Mini 10v’s Bios is A00, do I need update to A04

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    • Victor Goh says:
      October 3, 2009 at 4:41 pm

      Hi wusuowei, I dunno if you need to update to A04 before installing Mac OS X. I suppose you could try installing on Bios A00 and only update if you can’t install.

      Reply
  2. darkstar says:
    May 14, 2010 at 12:23 pm

    i dont have An existing Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 machine
    so any way that i can prepare my thumb drive boot???

    Reply
  3. darkstar says:
    May 21, 2010 at 4:23 pm

    okey…its hard to find it..do you have any idea?

    Reply

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