How to install OSX Boot 132 on Dell Inspiron Mini 9 step by step guide.

22 February 2009 by Manuj Mohla 2 Comments

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Dell Mini 9 is a state of art netbook It features an 8.9 inch WSVGA (1024×600) widescreen display running on a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom Diamondville CPU, and can come bundled with either the Dell Ubuntu Netbook Remix or the Windows XP Home ULCPC Edition with Service Pack 3 operating system. In the US and Canada it has 512MB, 1, or 2GB of RAM, and a 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64GB SSD. For the device to qualify as a ULCPC under the Designed for Windows XP logo program Dell cannot ship any unit with more than 1GB RAM, although the memory is user expandable to 2GB.The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 is 1-1.22 inches thick and weighs 1.035 kg.(2.28 lbs)

DellMiniBoot132 method

Type11 and bmaltais posted this how to over at MyDellMini – HowTo: Install OS X the Mini9 (you might want to check there for the latest up to date instructions). The original text has been edited for readability.

The following are known not to work using this method (or any other):

Media other than SD or SDHC in the card slot

Here is the method:

Boot from [Here] burned to a disc (v8.0 Updated 2/02/09). This is a modified version of Boot-132. By default, an external DVD drive can be selected by pressing Esc and choosing device 9f at the boot menu.
Once booted, switch the disc to the Leopard retail DVD. If you have problems, try switching the external drive off and on.
During installation, use Disk Utility to format the target drive as GUID.
Install will fail at the end, but this is OK. Reboot.
Upon reboot, boot from the ISO above again. This time, choose device 80 for internal drive (or other device ID if you didn’t install to the internal drive). Enter -f at the “boot:” prompt when booting. This forces the OS to reload all kexts. If it freezes, restart and try this step again.
Hopefully, at this point you will boot into Leopard! Use Software Update to apply the latest updates from Apple. Reboot (you will need to use your boot CD made from the ISO image above to return to Leopard). You MUST update to 10.5.6 or later before running the DellEFI app.
On the boot CD, there is a Folder called DellMini9Utils, inside that folder, run the DellEFI application.
Leave it on Easy Install and click install
Reboot (the script takes a bit to run, so don’t panic).
After updates, if something doesn’t work, you just boot off the DellMini132 CD again and re-run the DellEFI program.

If you don’t have an external DVD drive don’t worry you can Use USB flash drives to install.

It is possible to use two USB flash drives to install Leopard, eliminating the need for an external DVD drive. One drive is used for booting and the other is used to store the Leopard installation DVD contents.

To make a bootable USB stick on a Windows machine:

Format the USB stick in the FAT32 format. For this you can use the HP USB stick formatter. Use the magical Google to find it.
Download Syslinux 3.63. Newer versions probably work too.
Expand that zipfile. In the win32 subdirectory there is an executable called syslinux.exe. At the command line, run syslinux -ma f: (assuming F: is the drive letter referring to your freshly formatted USB stick; replace with the correct one if necessary)
Copy the contents of your desired ISO image (not the image itself) to the USB stick, taking care not to overwrite anything that syslinux put on the USB stick (namely, ldlinux.sys).
On the USB stick, you may now have to copy the file ISOLINUX/ISOLINUX.CFG to its parent directory and rename it SYSLINUX.CFG. Or you’ll get a weird error about not being able to find linux.
You now have a bootable USB stick.

To make a Leopard install USB stick, you will need a working Mac:

The USB stick will need to be large enough to contain everything on the retail DVD (or ISO image).
Use Disk Utility’s Restore function to “restore” the DVD (or ISO) to the USB stick. Make sure you check the “erase destination” box.

Now you can boot from the bootable USB stick. Make sure to insert it into one of the USB ports on the left side of your Mini 9, and insert the Leopard USB stick in the right-side USB port. From here on out you can pretty much follow the above instructions. The USB sticks will have a different device ID in the bootloader (e.g. not 9f) but this is easy enough to figure out through experimentation

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EUGENIO_VB said:

For everybody:

Boot Device ID:

First Hard Drive 80
Second Hard Drive 81
USB Stick 1 81
USB Stick 2 82
DVD 1 9F
DVD 2 A0

*Note: Both HDD and USB Sticks are in a range from 80 to 8F
DVD Drives are in a range from 9F to FF, however, some users have reported the DVD Drive as 9E, so external optical drives should be between 90 to FF

# 27 May 2009 at 7:00 am