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How to Install Mac OS X on the Dell Mini 10v
5 Comments | Posted by Victor Goh in Blog, Dell, Guide, Mac OS X
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.
- netbook-installer
- Mac OS X 10.6 ‘Snow Leopard’ retail DVD
- 8GB USB thumb drive
- An existing Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 machine
- 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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5 Comments for How to Install Mac OS X on the Dell Mini 10v
wusuowei | October 3, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Author comment by Victor Goh | 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.
darkstar | 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???
Author comment by Victor Goh | May 17, 2010 at 2:17 am
i would suggest: try to find a friend with a mac computer.
darkstar | May 21, 2010 at 4:23 pm
okey…its hard to find it..do you have any idea?
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