![]() ![]() The only known issues are (from the original article, I have confirmed these): Leopard thinks it is genuine, and thus will update without a worry. So after wasting much of your time, here is the walk-through. The bottom line isĭON’T INSTALL THE CRAPPY WIND IMAGE ON YOUR MINI!!! So I started out by downloading the streamlined MSI Wind image (MSIWindosx86.iso) and installing that, it was a super simple method and I was very proud of myself… Until I decided to update to Leopard 10.5.6… After spending 2.5hrs trying to rectify the problem (bricking the install (which has no easy way to fix)) I sought out a different and hopefully better method, which lead me to the type11 install. So that’s how (relatively) easy this process was, once I found the correct way to do it! Prior to this, I had only been on one of our company iMacs for 15 minutes, wrestling with it to download and print a document. This has been my first real mac experience, having come from a very strong Windows background, and more recently Linux. If you don’t want to waste 60 seconds and get right to the good stuff, jump down 2 paragraphs. There are plenty of blog posts out on the interwebs detailing this topic, but after having to sidestep 3 different tutorials and delve deep into the osx86 forums a few times to get my hack mini to where it is now… Lets just say I’ll be happy if this saves just one person the frustration and mental anguish I have experienced the last few days. Installing OS X Leopard on a Dell Mini 9 Feb 18, 2009 ![]()
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