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HOW-TO: Install OSx86 on the HP Mini

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HOW-TO: Install OSx86 on the HP Mini

by voluptuary on Sun Jan 04, 2009 4:17 am

Hi, much of this is credited to Res over here -> http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php? ... 36084&st=0
voluptuary
Mini Genius
I also want to say I didn't create any of this all the hard work was done by others so... thank them.
Posts: 102
Joined: Sun Jan 04, 2009 2:57 am
0.) Update your bios to the newest available (this worked with the F.05 F bios) HP or Compaq Mini Owner?: Yes
1.) Get a clean unpatched iDeneb 10.5.5 image and burn it to a dvd
2.) Via a usb dvd drive boot the install disk (press f9 to select boot device then f8 to start the installer)
---a.) If you can't boot the install you either have a bad image or your dvd drive is crappy.
3.) Format/partition your drive however you like via "Disk Utility"
4.) Select whatever drive you formatted for OS X to install to.
5.) Click the customize button on the bottom left.
6.) Under patches expand "fixes" and check acpi, cpu, and remove firewire, also under patches expand
"chipset" and check the ichx fix. Under applications select "Kext Helper" and "OSX86 Tools"
7.) Start the install... wait... wait some more... and wait. (if the screen goes all blue and crappy just start over)
8.) After the setup reboots go through all the stupid crap or you can skip it by following the steps in my
attached text file titled "loop_fix.txt"
9.) Download my attached file titled "Kexts.zip" and unzip.
10.) Start "Kext Helper" and drag all the kext's you got from my zip into "Kext Helper" enter your password and
check "easy install"
11.) Use either "OSX86 Tools" or "Disk Utility" to fix permissions.
---a.) While you are in "OSX86 Tools" you can fix the "About this Mac" stuff and enable quartz.
12.) Reboot.

EDIT: I removed the wifi setup step becuase this kext is now pre-patched and included in the Kexts.zip

If all goes well you should have a pretty functional mini-mac. This was tested by me on a 1035NR. It worked
for me and thats all I can really go on. Best of luck.

Known Issues:
1.) Audio doesn't really work... makes a "pop" at boot and thats it. *actively being worked on*
2.) Ethernet doesn't work, it is seen by the os but does not function. *new driver posted*
3.) Sometimes (not often) you may have to turn on your wifi just before OS X boots via the slider switch.
4.) After video drivers are installed brightness Fn keys don't work. (updating to 10.5.6 fixes this)
5.) Touchpad "tap-to-click" off by defualt. Can be turned on in the control panel.

more to come... maybe...

ATTACHMENTS

loop_fix.txt
Loop fix for step 8
(810 Bytes) Downloaded 975 times

Kexts.zip
Kexts for step 9
(4.16 MiB) Downloaded 1192 times

Last edited by voluptuary on Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:01 pm, edited 9 times in total.

Re: HOW-TO: Install OSx86 on the HP Mini

by Dix on Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:44 am
Dix
This HOW-TO is not working for me. After point 7 I got stuck. I reboot my computer after installing iDeneb but Mini Amateur

then my HP Mini 1000 is constantly put into a kind of sleep. My mousepointer disappears and the screen Posts: 1
freezes. It will awake but then again it is put into sleep after a few seconds. Joined: Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:32 am
HP or Compaq Mini Owner?: Yes

I have a 1035NR. Dualboot XP. Do I've to update Bios to solve this problem?

Re: HOW-TO: Install OSx86 on the HP Mini

by voluptuary on Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:14 am

Dix wrote:
voluptuary
This HOW-TO is not working for me. After point 7 I got stuck. I reboot my computer after installing Mini Genius
iDeneb but then my HP Mini 1000 is constantly put into a kind of sleep. My mousepointer disappears and Posts: 102
the screen freezes. It will awake but then again it is put into sleep after a few seconds. Joined: Sun Jan 04, 2009 2:57 am
HP or Compaq Mini Owner?: Yes

I have a 1035NR. Dualboot XP. Do I've to update Bios to solve this problem?

I don't know why it isn't working for you but the bios might help, I do have the F.05 F bios on mine...

Re: HOW-TO: Install OSx86 on the HP Mini

by intel9295 on Tue Jan 06, 2009 2:41 am

Do you have any pics, or maybe a video? That would be nice!

intel9295
Mini Genius

Posts: 197
Joined: Sat Jan 03, 2009 10:19 pm
HP or Compaq Mini Owner?: Yes

Re: HOW-TO: Install OSx86 on the HP Mini

by voluptuary on Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:53 am

intel9295 wrote:
voluptuary
Do you have any pics, or maybe a video? That would be nice! Mini Genius

Posts: 102
Joined: Sun Jan 04, 2009 2:57 am
I am very lazy... perhaps one day. HP or Compaq Mini Owner?: Yes

Re: HOW-TO: Install OSx86 on the HP Mini

by fabdipa on Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:42 am
fabdipa
Hello, I'm italian and I've the Compaq Mini 700 so I decide to try Ideneb 10.5.5 but I've some problems, first of Mini Novice

all I don't have dual boot and I've to start the sistem with DVD boot, but the problems that I would like to talk is Posts: 19
about the install of kext files. Joined: Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:40 am

When I install Ideneb for the first time (before I install the kext files) the resolution is 800x600, wifi is not
functional, the mouse work (I have Logitech v220 cordless), the brightness (with key fn) work the only thing that
I don't try is sleep mode (with fn+F1).

After the installation of Ketx files the resolution is 1024x600, wifi work, the sleep mode (with fn+F1) work, but
the mouse don't work, the brightness (with key fn) don't work and the push of the touchpad (like the click of the
mouse) don't work.

Why?

Could someone here modify the kext files (because I'm not really expert) for this problems?

Re: HOW-TO: Install OSx86 on the HP Mini

by cmot on Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:10 pm
cmot
Okay, this how-to did the trick. Actually I had done all of this before, except update the bios. Not sure if that Mini Amateur

was the answer, but I also managed to find a "cleaner" version of iDeneb. I suspect the other versions I tried Posts: 4
had some additional mods that broke things. Even so, I couldn't get my DVD drive to read the DVD correctly - it Joined: Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:06 pm
HP or Compaq Mini Owner?: Yes
would encounter disk errors on install, so I went back to the USB flash drive method. I carbon-copy cloned the
iDeneb disk image to the USB drive. Then I installed Chameleon Installer on the USB drive (otherwise it won't
boot the HP). I then booted the HP from the flash drive, did the install, no problems. Then proceeded per the
how-to. Interestingly, my webcam works, as does my battery indicator/power management. I have no idea why.
So the only open issues are (per everyone else as well):

no sound - just a noise at boot

no wired ethernet (not a big deal, but hey)
(oh - the brightness function keys don't work either, but I don't care)

I also get a kernel panic when I shut down. No idea why. But again, not a big deal. Everything else seems to
work.

Thanks for the useful how-to - would be great to continue to update it as data comes in - for example, putting
Chameleon installer on if one is using a flash drive.

Best, CMOT

Re: HOW-TO: Install OSx86 on the HP Mini

by voluptuary on Wed Jan 07, 2009 3:54 pm

fabdipa wrote:
voluptuary
After the installation of Ketx files the resolution is 1024x600, wifi work, the sleep mode (with fn+F1) work, Mini Genius
but the mouse don't work, the brightness (with key fn) don't work and the push of the touchpad (like the Posts: 102
click of the mouse) don't work. Joined: Sun Jan 04, 2009 2:57 am
HP or Compaq Mini Owner?: Yes

Why?

Could someone here modify the kext files (because I'm not really expert) for this problems?

Hi, the touchpad tap-to-click has never worked for me. I'll have to add that to the known issues... the
brightness via the Fn key is also a known issue with the driver... so I will add that as well. The usb mouse
though I have no idea about, do your ports still work for other things?

Re: HOW-TO: Install OSx86 on the HP Mini

by omgjoz on Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:02 pm
omgjoz
Once the audio driver issue is fixed, I might just give this a try until then, audio is too important for me to be Mini Expert

missing out on. Keep up the good work! Posts: 52

Joined: Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:54 pm
Location: Houston, TX
HP or Compaq Mini Owner?: Yes

Re: HOW-TO: Install OSx86 on the HP Mini

by cmot on Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:03 pm
cmot
You need to go to the trackpad control panel and turn on touchpad clicking... Worked for me once I did that. Mini Amateur

Posts: 4
Joined: Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:06 pm
HP or Compaq Mini Owner?: Yes

Re: HOW-TO: Install OSx86 on the HP Mini

by fabdipa on Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:54 pm
fabdipa
Mini Novice
cmot wrote:
Posts: 19
You need to go to the trackpad control panel and turn on touchpad clicking... Worked for me once I did Joined: Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:40 am
that.

Yes... ....thank you

Re: HOW-TO: Install OSx86 on the HP Mini

by fabdipa on Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:56 pm
fabdipa
Mini Novice
voluptuary wrote:
Posts: 19
Joined: Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:40 am
fabdipa wrote:
After the installation of Ketx files the resolution is 1024x600, wifi work, the sleep mode (with fn+F1)
work, but the mouse don't work, the brightness (with key fn) don't work and the push of the touchpad
(like the click of the mouse) don't work.

Why?

Could someone here modify the kext files (because I'm not really expert) for this problems?

Hi, the touchpad tap-to-click has never worked for me. I'll have to add that to the known issues... the
brightness via the Fn key is also a known issue with the driver... so I will add that as well. The usb
mouse though I have no idea about, do your ports still work for other things?

No...my ports not working

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