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9 years ago I've already started on this. You can boot without problems with MBR (without
modifying any file). I've already
started to code the method to add mbr install support.Original comment by Meklort@gmail.com on 16 Sep 2009 at 2:56
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9 years ago Original comment by Meklort@gmail.com on 16 Sep 2009 at 2:56
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9 years ago In order to install 10.6 on an 8GB mini9 (stock STEC), you have to further
modify the OSInstall to enable selection
on the Essential packages, unselecting the Oxford and Additional Speech Voices.
I tried to remove the
AsianLangSupport but was unable to complete an install using the 0.8.2/0.8.3RC1
makers. Once done, there is
about 3.5gb free or so (no sleep file)
Original comment by atr000 on 6 Oct 2009 at 10:08
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9 years ago After your first release, I was able to get SL on my mini9 without any issues.
Modifying the installer to allow
selection of the additional speech voices + oxford dictionaries was my only
requirement. At first, I tried to
also remove the Asian Language Support. Rest of the options (everything,
including rosetta, x11, which I
install later) were left on. [See the bottom for my notes on why I leave this
on]
0.) follow the usual steps, running the netbookbootmaker
1.) GUID setup. Single boot.
2.) Format right before install. 7.34GB free on the stock 8GB
3.) 8.01 stock but now only 7.26 required.
4.) Install takes 20 minutes or so and reboots quickly.
So, this is good but my first install without the asianlang support yielded
some odd issues when displaying
various websites, even though I'm all UTF-8 and not normally viewing websites
not in my language. So, I
figured why not reinstall.
I didn't retain a copy of my originally modified OSInstall.mpkg but had done it
enough now to remember
everything I did to enable the options for the essential packages I needed to
deselect for getting the install to
fit. By now, 0.83RC1 had come out so I grabbed the latest copy. After using
netbookbootmaker and patching
osinstall, I got this same error with BaseInstall.pkg . Tried a few more times,
even replacing the 1gb dim out
and had the same issue. To make sure it was not hosed, I installed the Ubuntu
Netbook Remix and it went
without a hitch.
So, I could not figure out why there was an error with BaseSystem.pkg not being
copied. I md5'd the files from
a retail 10.6 disk and everything was fine. Even the permissions were fine.
Unfortunately, even with all logs
displayed in the SL installer, you don't get a very verbose message of why it
could not be copied.
So, I began my search a few days ago and it looks like the patching of the
OSInstall framework _IS_ required. I
have no clue how I got away with this on my first install (does your patching
take care of this?). My desktop
already got its SL upgrade, so I did not have another machine to test on but
this looks to solve the problem as
mentioned by:
http://ipis-osx.wikidot.com/forum/t-178397/creating-a-snow-leopard-install-usb-k
ey
and:
http://prasys.co.cc/2009/08/installing-snow-leopard-for-osx86/
So, if you will be making modifications to OSInstall.mpkg, and possibly
integrating in some of the fixes to
help the 8GB users out like drew's guide mentions and is covered with:
http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/general-mac-os-x-discussion/12804-snow-leopard-8
gb-mini-9-
a.html
The framework patches need to be incorporated. I've yet to find a diff or post
explaining what was done
besides the regular mpkg modification, but I've got past my normal problem so
far.
I am not sure if this issue covers the same problem above, but if you are
working on modifying the
osinstall.mpkg, I would think adding this additional feature in is not too much
extra workOriginal comment by atr000 on 12 Oct 2009 at 3:55
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
yufanyu...@gmail.comon 16 Sep 2009 at 7:36