Snow Leo EFI Boot Guide : Revamped
A better, simpler guide to setup EFI boot (hopefully)
Click on the images to get to the linked page (updated):
Part 1 : Create a bootable external HDD installer
Part 2 : Install Snow Leopard on the HP Mini
Part 3: Chameleon/ EFI Boot
Part 4 : Tweaks and Configs (Additional)
(Had trouble with posting a rather long long guide as a separate page – not on the main blog page – so I’m just linking here)
September 30, 2009 - 10:15 pm
Just placed an order for HP Mini 5150 with no XP and looking forward to installing OS X. It’ll be at least a week before I receive it. I’m a complete newbie so hoping these guides will provide some guidance! Will keep a good diary of my process and post if/when it works. Fingers crossed.
December 8, 2009 - 3:13 am
^This guide will be updated soon. Credits to Seb_or_Sam for the wonderful script! ^^,
December 12, 2009 - 1:43 pm
Couple of quick questions for you guys: (Installing on a 1030NR)
1) Can I just buy the $30 (USD) Retail Snow Leopard DVD from Apple and do this? (I Believe this is what you meant in Part 1). What about the Family Pack? I believe I have one more left on that from my existing Macs.
2) Have you (or anyone for that matter) heard about any problems with using an aftermarket SSD with this? I plan on swapping to a Runcore 32GB SSD at the same time and was wondering if there could be any problems at all.
Thank you for your time, Nick.
December 12, 2009 - 8:21 pm
1) Yep, that’s the very thing to use. Family pack should also work – it’s just the same DVD I suppose but with official blessings from Apple to install on more than 1 computer at a time.
2) See this thread here : http://myhpmini.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=3043&start=0#p19459
Runcore SSD’s seem to have probs.
January 18, 2010 - 10:38 am
It is a very good guide. I followed it to the letter and tried it with my HP Mini 1031nr. It worked but I could not get the Wifi, Ethernet, Sound, Microphone and Sleep. Is there any fixes out there for these problems?
January 19, 2010 - 12:18 am
People/Readers:
Kindly please double check what your HP Mini model no. really is.
HP Mini 110-xxxxyy = stock wifi does not work in Snow Leopard. Stick with Leopard via iDeneb
Only the HP Mini 1000 (ex. 1001TU, 100xyy..etc) has a stock wifi card that works with Snow Leopard.
June 17, 2010 - 12:16 pm
Does that include the 110-10031NR? Can I run wireless with Snow Leopard with that model? Or, can I do it by upgrading the wireless per your link to ebay?
Thanks much.
August 14, 2010 - 7:07 am
how can i boot my HP Mini 110-3004TU..is this tutorial for my netbook also…i already failed…feel so down…can u give any web for downloading dvd retail…argh….mad about this hackintosh…feel like want to throw it away tho…
August 20, 2010 - 1:13 am
so i put snow leopard on my flash drive just fine, go into the system files to do the changes and there is no OSInstall.pkg and OSInstall.pkg.orig. instead i have OSinstall.pkg and OSinstall.mpgk
what am i suppose to do with this?