Sob…

Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.2 won’t play with my Dell Mini 10v. It won’t play with any Netbook with an Intel Atom CPU.

Reported all over the web:

• Confirmed: Snow Leopard 10.6.2 Update Is Missing Atom Support, Breaks Hackintosh
• Official: Atom not supported in 10.6.2
• Mac OS X 10.6.2 Update Released. Intel Atom Support Officially Missing, breaks Hackintosh Netbooks

If you’re feeling adventurous, you can update to 10.6.2 and copy the 10.6.1 kernel over the 10.6.2 kernel. It should work and some have already done it. Find out more at mydellmini.com.

Sob… sob… maybe I’ll try this copy the old kernel trick later…

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Sigh…

Looks like my announcement and joy was premature!

Intel Atom CPU support is not back in the Snow Leopard 10.6.2 update according to Stell’s post Atom CPU, – Sir, your pants are on fire. Also reported in OSXDaily – Current 10.6.2 build does NOT support Intel Atom chip – Confirmed and Gizmodo – Latest Snow Leopard Developer Build Breaks Hackintosh Support… Again.

I give up. I’ll just wait and find out when the 10.6.2 update comes out.

Sigh…

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Phew! I was glad to read this piece of good news this morning. Intel Atom support is back in the latest developer build (Build 10C535) of the Snow Leopard 10.6.2 update. Also reported in AppleInsider – Latest Snow Leopard build resurrects Atom compatibility and MacRumors – Rumors of Disabled Intel Atom Support in Mac OS X 10.6.2 Unfounded?.

Of course, nothing is set in concrete until we get the release version of Snow Leopard 10.6.2 update into our hackintosh netbook. Let’s hope things stay this way and we don’t get a nasty surprise in the final release of the Snow Leopard 10.6.2 update.

Please no nasty surprise. please….

Update: Looks like my joy was premature. Not they tell me the Intel Atom CPU is still not supported. I don’t know what to believe.

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It looks more or less certain that the Snow Leopard 10.6.2 update is not compatible with hackintosh netbooks with a Intel Atom CPU. OSXDaily, AppleInsider, MacRumors, OSNews and Stellarola has reported on this.

I am left with 3 choices when the Snow Leopard 10.6.2 update comes out.

1. Don’t update. Stay with 10.6.1
2. Try to update and keep the 10.6.1 kernel or use a modified Snow Leopard kernel.
3. Time to try out Jolicloud or Moblin.

I think, I’ll go with the first choice. Don’t update until the early adopters finds a way to easily upgrade to Snow Leopard 10.6.2 with a modified or older kernel.

The third choice, hmmm… maybe one day I’ll try those two Linux netbook distros just for fun. I can always restore my Snow Leopard 10.6.1 backup using Time Machine after trying out Jolicloud or Moblin.

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When Snow Leopard 10.6.2 comes out, don’t be so quick to Software Update your Intel Atom hackintosh. Apparently, Apple updated the Mac OS X kernel in the 10.6.2 update and it will kernel-panic a hackintosh with the Intel Atom CPU. Basically, Apple is attempting to stop people from installing Mac OS X Snow Leopard on netbooks with the Intel Atom CPU.

Kernel panic according to Apple:

A “kernel panic” may occur when the core (kernel) of an operating system receives an instruction in an unexpected format, or that it does not handle properly. A kernel panic may also occur when the operating system is not able to recover from a different type of issue. A kernel panic can be caused by damaged or incompatible software or, more rarely, damaged or incompatible hardware.

So, be warned about doing a Software Update to Mac OS X 10.6.2 on your hackintosh laptop. You can look out for more info from the MyDellMini forum post – Intel Atom Support Removed in 10.6.2.

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