Topic: OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard on the EEEPC 1000HE (Read 29522 times)

LonelyTV · « **on:** August 28, 2009, 12:34:58 PM »

Now that Snow Leopard has been offically released. I'm curious if anyone here has given installing it on the EEEPC 1000HE a try? I have with no success. I've done both methods of install: Restoring the DVD to an external drive along with Chameleon to boot and Installing Snow Leopard from 10.5 using the OSInstall.mpkg from the DVD. Sadly, both gave ma kernel panic on boot. It didn't even get to load any KEXT. So, I'm curious if anyone has successfully installed it or at least got to not panic on boot.

LonelyTV · « **Reply #1 on:** August 28, 2009, 06:32:32 PM »

Well, I've had some success with it. I no longer get kernel panics and can boot into 10.6. However, the trackpad, sound, sleep, and QE/CI don't work. I suppose it just needs the right mix of KEXTs to get them to work. Currently, this isn't a "Vanilla" retail install. The KEXTs load from /System/Library/Extensions. For whatever reason Chameleon 2.0 (rc1 and rc2) mess up the boot.

pwm8 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 02, 2009, 01:39:36 PM »

Any update, Lonely?

I'd like to try the update this weekend, but there's just not enough on the web specific to the 1000HE to give me any sort of comfort level. It looks like people have SL working on the Mini9 and the Mini10, but I haven't seen much about anyone trying it on the 1000HE other than your post. What guides, if any, did you follow to get where you are now with a booting system?

EGOvoruhk · « **Reply #3 on:** September 03, 2009, 03:15:06 AM »

Personally, I'm waiting for Boot Think 2.3, which will support Snow Leopard. It will make it a lot easier, and I'm in no rush

Install Boot Think to an SD card, restore the SL install disc to it as well. BAM! No more messing with external DVD drives ever again

LonelyTV · « **Reply #4 on:** September 03, 2009, 01:09:03 PM »

Quote from: pwm8 on September 02, 2009, 01:39:36 PM

Any update, Lonely?

Sadly, I haven't been able to get the things working listed above. I'm not 100% sure whats going on with it other than the KEXTs are either not loading or aren't working properly if loaded.

Mikeee · « **Reply #5 on:** September 05, 2009, 08:18:51 PM »

Hello everyone

I am probably the oldest one on this forum but I have enjoyed reading all the posts and trying to learn this stuff.

I am a PC user. I bought this netbook because I wanted to run OS X on it. I have read every thing I could find and no joy. I can get it to boot from the DVD to the gray screen with the little apple in the middle. The activity ring runs in its circle but I never get to the disk utils.
I have read way more than I understand an can't get any further. I have tried 10 different step by step instructions with no luck. I am beginning to feel over my head. Does anyone have an idea on what I am not doing right

Thanks in advance

Mikeee · « **Reply #6 on:** September 08, 2009, 05:51:52 AM »

Thanks to Lonely I have OSX up and working on my Asus 1005ha.
I still need to have the boot cd in but it is working. The link fix worked Lonely .

I am not sure of what works and what does not since I am new to Apple. I do know that it wakes from sleep and the Batt. meter seems to work. WiFi is dead but I need to change hardware I guess. No squeezed picture though.

Thanks

Still working on the boot problems

pwm8 · « **Reply #7 on:** September 08, 2009, 07:03:07 AM »

There's a couple of promising looking threads on insanelymac:

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=181916&st=20

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=171641&st=20

The first one provides a guide to installing SL on an 1005HA using netbookinstaller (the program generated by people for mini 9 and mini 10).

The second thread contains a post by someone who has installed SL on a 1000HE and claims that the stock wireless card works! No details though. Im trying the NetbookInstaller method now and will report back if it works.

unext · « **Reply #8 on:** September 13, 2009, 05:40:12 AM »

I got it working on a 1000he and yes wireless works. It works with the Ralink driver. RT2860 search on google its the first to come up. then go to mac os x software. 2860. you can set up a profile and it automatically loads on boot. Use the IOATAFamily.kext from 10.5.7 get it from combo update. Its not totally vanilla b/c I had to put some kexts in /S*/L*/E*/. patched video or the prepatched from cid work. http://cid-8b65993ef55cf014.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/OSx86/Snow%20Leopard/Drivers%20kext%20^5Sterowniki^6/==%20graphics%20card%20^5Karty%20graficzne^6==/AppleIntelGMA950.kext.zip

I had to put IOATAF* in sle. but its a pretty standard setup. I installed off an existing disk. ie, restored to a hdd, then booted off that disk (twice as fast) on a mac. if you have one available. install, then install chameleon. I used 1.xx then went to Rc3. I cant remember I had to fool around with the bootloader a bit. but when you get it there are absolutely no KP's. voodoops2 kps so i used applenub and controller. put in sle. Installed trackpad support too. not too sure if its really covering it. but It works great. sleep works with sleepenabler. if you let it sleep all night which I did last night it didnt come back to life. I am sure its a little fix. nonetheless it works next to flawlessly.

I have seen other people saying wireless works with different drivers. given it is supported as an internal ethernet then outsourced to a prog. to manage. anyway good luck.
unext

pwm8 · « **Reply #9 on:** September 13, 2009, 06:43:09 PM »

I just installed SL on a 1000HE with stock wireless. Snow Leopard recognized it as an airport card out the box. No modifications, kexts, extra programs necessary.

Right now, the only issue I am having is with the AppleIntelGMA950 graphics. I can boot into 800x600, but I can't get to 1024x600. I have tried unext's kext, and I get a hang on boot. No KP, but something about AppleIntelGMA950 having dependencies and using only one style. It just hangs there and never goes to the desktop. When I copy back over the kext from the regular install, it boots fine just into 800x600.

Other than the graphics, Snow is great. I am really happy about the wireless.

For reference, here's what I followed to get this far:

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=181916&st=20

Ill post some more details once I get the graphics fixed.

unext · « **Reply #10 on:** September 15, 2009, 01:17:04 PM »

on the gma you have to boot with an external monitor. set the eee as the main monitor after boot. somereason it seems to think there is an external monitor active. but that fixes that.

max · « **Reply #11 on:** September 15, 2009, 03:35:46 PM »

Quote from: pwm8 on September 13, 2009, 06:43:09 PM

I just installed SL on a 1000HE with stock wireless. Snow Leopard recognized it as an airport card out the box. No modifications, kexts, extra programs necessary.

Pwm8, which wifi card is in your 1000HE? Is it the AW-NE766? Pls let us know.

Max

GuyHersh · « **Reply #12 on:** September 15, 2009, 08:32:50 PM »

Has anyone tried following this guide using Stella's snow magic?

http://lifehacker.com/5360150/install-snow-leopard-on-your-hackintosh-pc-no-hacking-required

deathstar · « **Reply #13 on:** September 16, 2009, 08:33:34 AM »

I had no luck installing using lifehacker's post, instead i used the link from pwm8. I used a spare usb hd as my installer. The bulit in atheros card WORKS! Wooo! SL recognized it as an airport card, no kext, no other software needed! Downloaded and installed 10.6.1 at first boot up. Webcam, bluetooth, graphics work (i did get the proper resolution without any tinkering) I did not test the ethernet port yet and i have no sound but according to others its an easy fix.

I'll test it a bit later after work

pwm8 · « **Reply #14 on:** September 16, 2009, 12:19:04 PM »

Max, the 1000HE I was referring to has the Atheros 9280 card.

And just to summarize my experiences-I have now set up 2 1000HE's on Snow Leopard. Both are now working great. The only difference is one (mine) has had the wireless card changed out with an Apple Broadcom one and the other one (my dad's) has the stock Atheros card. Without going in to all the details, i used the link in my post above, wiped the old Leopard partition (after making appropriate backups, of course) and made a USB install stick modified with the appropriate files (there are two) to bypass the MBR/GUID checks. I did not try to install on top of Leopard.

Honestly, I messed with the installs so much that I probably couldn't create a step by step guide now. I know that the things that kept giving me trouble were the graphics kexts (stuck at 800x600), sound, and bluetooth.

I finally now have it set using Chameleon 2 RC3. The webcam is pretty sluggish (unusable for making a quicktime movie) but otherwise everything else is really snappy.

My one word of warning is about using Migration Assistant from your new install-I ended up bringing over all my Leopard kexts inadvertently and screwed up my install for a day. If using Migration Assistant, my advice is just to use it to bring over applications, and do your data copy manually.

unext · « **Reply #15 on:** September 18, 2009, 03:42:17 PM »

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=150009

trackpad mod

I dont think it works but here it is anyway

nickca · « **Reply #16 on:** September 24, 2009, 02:12:29 PM »

I've gotten Snow Leopard to install on my 1000HE, and it's actually easier to do than installing iDeneb or rfca's retail Leopard was. The Dell Mini community has really come through for the rest of us on this one. Here's what you do:

1. You need a retail Snow Leopard DVD. Just buy it, it's only $30.
2. Restore your retail SL DVD to an 8GB flash media of some sort (I used an SDHC card) using Disk Utility.
3. Download NetBootMaker from here: http://code.google.com/p/netbook-installer/downloads/list Get the latest version, which as of now is 0.8.3RC1.
4. Run NetBootMaker on your current Leopard install (or any working Mac). It will ask you for a volume to patch, pick the USB device you restored the SL DVD to. It will create a patched install you can use to install SL.
5. Boot from your patched USB volume. Don't boot it from Chameleon, it will panic. Hit ESC at boot and pick the USB drive from the list.
6. I completely wiped my drive (EFI partition too) by running Disk Utility and re-partitioning the drive (still as single partition GUID). I just wanted to do this to make sure nothing was left over from Leopard. You probably should too. You made backups, right?
7. Install Snow Leopard. I disabled installing the language translations (I usually do this anyway) and only installed the common printer drivers, as I'd heard trying to install the printers/languages could cause the install to fail. This may be no longer true.
8. Now you have a full SL install on your boot volume, but no bootloader. Reboot from your USB device again. In the Utilities menu of the installer, you'll see "NetBookInstaller". Run it. Ignore the "unsupported" warning.
9. Uncheck everything but "Install Chameleon RC3" and "Install General extensions". The "General Extensions" are the graphics, bluetooth, trackpad etc. drivers, so you needn't worry about installing them.
10. Boot into SL. Everything should work except sound, speed-stepping and Ethernet. You can install the drivers for those (the same ones we've been using: VoodooHDA, VoodooPower, AttansicL1, etc.) using Kext Helper (I was not able to get installing them to /Extra to work).

I've only just done this, so I've not tested some things. For one, I'm not sure if we still need dsdt.aml for the lid, ACPI etc. stuff to work, if we do, rfca's should still work fine. Also, I've heard that people who have installed by running OSInstall.mpkg have been having problems, that way is not recommended, even though it will work, sort of. Anyone installing SL on an EEE100X/Mini/Wind/etc. should really do it this way.

nickca · « **Reply #17 on:** September 24, 2009, 02:14:04 PM »

Note: by "retail", I just mean "a disc with the exact same stuff on it as the one you buy at the Apple Store". You can use warezed SL DVDs if you must, but really, it's only $30 and it's worth the money.

nickca · « **Reply #18 on:** September 24, 2009, 10:36:24 PM »

Hey, here's some good news that will probably be reason enough for some to upgrade: whatever trackpad driver NetBootMaker 0.8.3RC1 installs actually comes with a Trackpad pane under System Preferences, and you can finally disable tap-to-click! It's a third-party pane, since it appears under "Other" (it's installed to /Library/PreferencePanes/SynapticsTrackpad.prefPane), but it looks and works exactly like the real Apple one. Tap-to-click is even disabled by default for you.

Also, here's an archive of everything I needed for post-install. It includes:
* Three kexts for sound, power management (speedstep) and ethernet, all working under SL. Install these with kext Helper (to /System/Library/Extensions, not /Extra).
* dsdt.aml, dsdt.dsl, smbios.plist, com.apple.Boot.plist - copy these to /Extra. These are the same as in rfca's Leopard kit, except com.apple.Boot.plist which is a slightly modified version of the one NetBootMaker installs by default. You can change your serial number in smbios.plist to what's actually on the little sticker, or just leave it as the default.
Download here: http://www.zshare.net/download/66089613f77ee41a/

Troklo · « **Reply #19 on:** September 26, 2009, 05:58:07 AM »

Thx for the info and step by step guide I´m going to try it today will come back with my results!

Troklo · « **Reply #20 on:** September 26, 2009, 08:42:55 AM »

On 10.6.1 now! Can´t turn bluetooth off, Time machine not working either.

I suprised how fast 10.6.1 loads and how smooth it runs!

nickca · « **Reply #21 on:** September 26, 2009, 11:20:52 AM »

If you can't get Time Machine to work, it's probably because your network devices are in the wrong order. This will cause problems with other things too, OSX applications really expect your ethernet to be en0 and your AirPort to be en1. Here's what I had to do to get them in the right order:

1. Delete /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist and /L/P/S/preferences.plist. Deleting these files and rebooting may be enough, but I also did the following:
2. Reboot after deleting the files, hit F2 to get into BIOS setup and disable wireless and Bluetooth. Boot into OSX with your EEE connected to the network via ethernet (cable plugged in). Go into System Preferences/Network, you should see only "Ethernet Adaptor (en0)". Verify that your ethernet device works (open Safari, ping something, etc.)
3. Reboot, hit F2 again and re-enable wireless and Bluetooth. Boot into OSX and go back into System Preferences. Airport and Bluetooth PAN/DUN should now be in the list. Open Network Utility and make sure that built-in ethernet is en0, AirPort is en1, and any additional devices (Bluetooth, etc.) are en2/en3/etc.

Time Machine should work now, or at least it works for me, and I think that's the only TM-related thing that isn't already pre-tweaked. The necessary EFI string magic is already in your com.apple.Boot.plist if you used the one I provided or the NetBootMaker default.

narutor22 · « **Reply #22 on:** September 26, 2009, 02:14:55 PM »

When patching the usb that has the restore image, what options should be chosen in the netbootmaker? Currently with the netbootmaker defaults applied I get the apple but thats it.

Edit: I installed sl on my portable hdd and booted it from my asus 1000he eee pc and my AW-NE766 wifi card worked perfectly(with retail install before I even installed the 3 extra kext), but I later installed sl on my netbooks built in hdd and the AW-NE766 wifi card was not recognized. Does anyone have any ideas as to why this might have happened?

shoota · « **Reply #23 on:** September 29, 2009, 10:06:07 AM »

Troklo- how did you get to 10.6.1? Just use software update or what? thanks

Troklo · « **Reply #24 on:** September 29, 2009, 03:31:07 PM »

^^^Yeah just did the software update np

Author Topic: OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard on the EEEPC 1000HE (Read 29522 times)