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Netbook Installer Continually crashes #300

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 

I'm attempting to download the latest netbook installer on my imac, but can't 
seem to get it to open. It crashes every time I attempt to open it. Any advice?

Thanks for your time,
Cody

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Original issue reported on code.google.com by blackdra...@gmail.com on 4 Sep 2010 at 3:08

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Are you sure you really mean netbookinstaller ??  If so, that's not designed to 
be run on the Mac, its designed to be run on the Netbook that OS X is installed 
on - maybe that's why its crashing.

You should be downloading and running netbookbootmaker on the Mac to create the 
USB boot device from the OS X DVD image.

Good guide to the whole process here:-
http://osx.mechdrew.com/guides/macusb_dellmini10v.shtml

Hope this helps.

Original comment by nmall...@me.com on 4 Sep 2010 at 3:56

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Thanks for your response,

I definitely mean netbookinstaller. I'm on step 14 of the 'on the mac' 
instructions on the link that you provided, and am attempting to create the usb 
boot device. Yet, every time I attempt to open netbookinstaller- on my mac- it 
crashes. 

Full disclaimer: I am not tech savvy, and if i'm misunderstanding a basic 
procedure here, then I apologize in advance. 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Original comment by blackdra...@gmail.com on 4 Sep 2010 at 5:59

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Step 14 says :-
"Open the NetbookBootMaker application. If a warning prompt shows up asking, 
"Are you sure you want to open it?" click Open."
Its referring to netbookbootmaker not netbookinstaller - they are 2 completely 
different things.
Netbookbootmaker is the sw that patches the USB stick to work at boot on the 
netbook.  This should be run on your iMac.
Netbookinstaller is the sw used on the netbook itself, once OS X is installed, 
to put the netbook drivers, boot code etc in place.  This should only be run on 
the netbook.
It seems like a complicated process I know but once you getthe hang of things, 
especially the terminology, it works like a dream.
Hope this helps.  If not let me know.

Original comment by nmall...@me.com on 6 Sep 2010 at 9:44