Samsung NC10 UK revision, Updates / Installation / Modding etc, stuff will be here Options

[mudzilla]

If I were to install OS X and putin my wifi card AFTER installation, could this cause problems?

No, it'll be fine. The system will recognise the card and show whatever icons/menu options are necessary, no driver installing or messing about needed.

[jdenbrok]

Probably also a bit dumb question. As it is only about 5gb on a disk of 160gb. But the ddmac partition, is this still necessary after the installation? Or is this the OSX3 partition that at once is introduced by the "erasing disks" in the guide?
I can only imagine it may be necessary for the bootloader, but espescially after using easybcd I can just get rid of it?

[skinrush]

Probably also a bit dumb question. As it is only about 5gb on a disk of 160gb. But the ddmac partition, is this still necessary after the installation? Or is this the OSX3 partition that at once is introduced by the "erasing disks" in the guide?
I can only imagine it may be necessary for the bootloader, but espescially after using easybcd I can just get rid of it?

I got rid of my ddmac partition.

I used applications/utilities/disk utility to erase the partition and reformat as an os x extended partition.

If you ever need to re-install os x, just go back into xp and repeat the ddmac part of Mysticus' guide.

[NSCXP2005]

Hi Mysticus,

Could you explain how people can add Windows 7 to the mix? I would like to have Windows XP, OSX & then Windows 7, but would installing W7 mess up the bootloader?

Please could you explain how this can be done if people wish to.

All the best

NSCXP2005

[ Mysticus C*]

Hi Mysticus,

Could you explain how people can add Windows 7 to the mix? I would like to have Windows XP, OSX & then Windows 7, but would installing W7 mess up the bootloader?

Please could you explain how this can be done if people wish to.

All the best

NSCXP2005

windows 7 should read your boot.ini file in xp and automatically add both OS options to its own list! and you should not have any problem in booting, however make sure you do your hdd partitioning planing carefully!

[giliathstod]

@Mysticus
Are there any news on Voodoo HDA? I saw some pictures on the wind forum. Maybe you were able to test a beta either?

[ Mysticus C*]

@Mysticus
Are there any news on Voodoo HDA? I saw some pictures on the wind forum. Maybe you were able to test a beta either?

i hear at the moment as much as everyone hears. i was invited to testing, but according to dense, there have been more than enough people to test it at the very early stage so i got off the testing bus i mentioned it earlier.

[NSCXP2005]

windows 7 should read your boot.ini file in xp and automatically add both OS options to its own list! and you should not have any problem in booting, however make sure you do your hdd partitioning planing carefully!

Hi Mysticus C*,

I would like to set up my Samsung NC10 with the following partitions.

Recovery Partition
XP
OSX
OSX2
Windows 7
Shared Data Drive
DDmac

in what order should I install OSX and W7 so it does not mess up XP & the Recovery Partition?

Will I have to use EasyBCD to boot between them all?

Thanks for your response

NSCXP2005

[ Mysticus C*]

Hi Mysticus C*,

I would like to set up my Samsung NC10 with the following partitions.

Recovery Partition
XP
OSX
OSX2
Windows 7
Shared Data Drive
DDmac

in what order should I install OSX and W7 so it does not mess up XP & the Recovery Partition?

Will I have to use EasyBCD to boot between them all?

Thanks for your response

NSCXP2005

Partitioning....First
partition 1 primary xp (size your choice)
partition 2 primary reserved win7 installation (size your choice but make sure it is at least 20 gb)
partition 3 primary osx (size 20gb or mre
partition 4 extended for 5-6-7
partition 5 logical osx2 (same as osx size for timemachine back up or clone of the first partition)
partition 6 logical share data (size your choice)
partition 7 logical for ddmac (4.4 gb)

install order
1- XP
2- OSX (using ddmac method)
3- Win 7

reason: after xp, ddmac will add correct data to your bootloader for osx
and when you install win 7 it will read the bootloader and add it automatically to its own, and you will have all the boot parameters set without hassle...

warning: after first install in restart, press f4, and esc without doing anything, and boot back to xp to activate xp partition as explained in the guide! else, vista may not read xp bootloader info, hence may cause you to add everything manually...

[NSCXP2005]

excellent!!!

Thank you for the guide!

I will resize XP already installed oon the netbook, then follow the guide and the osx guide.

I really appreciate this.

All the best

NSCXP2005

[ Mysticus C*]

excellent!!!

Thank you for the guide!

I will resize XP already installed oon the netbook, then follow the guide and the osx guide.

I really appreciate this.

All the best

NSCXP2005

good luck...

[ Mysticus C*]

Side News: I ordered the touchscreen kit, and hopefully by the end of the week i shall have it and in the weekend install it also will try to record the video of it (1280x720) and post the results...

[rukawa11]

Partitioning....First
partition 1 primary xp (size your choice)
partition 2 primary reserved win7 installation (size your choice but make sure it is at least 20 gb)
partition 3 primary osx (size 20gb or mre
partition 4 extended for 5-6-7
partition 5 logical osx2 (same as osx size for timemachine back up or clone of the first partition)
partition 6 logical share data (size your choice)
partition 7 logical for ddmac (4.4 gb)

install order
1- XP
2- OSX (using ddmac method)
3- Win 7

reason: after xp, ddmac will add correct data to your bootloader for osx
and when you install win 7 it will read the bootloader and add it automatically to its own, and you will have all the boot parameters set without hassle...

warning: after first install in restart, press f4, and esc without doing anything, and boot back to xp to activate xp partition as explained in the guide! else, vista may not read xp bootloader info, hence may cause you to add everything manually...

Hey again mysticus, i'm planning to do what nscxp is doing but I'm goin to install vista instead of windows 7. Would what you said about windows7 automatically reading the bootloader and making it its own without parameter setting hassle be the same for vista? Thanks

[ Mysticus C*]

Hey again mysticus, i'm planning to do what nscxp is doing but I'm goin to install vista instead of windows 7. Would what you said about windows7 automatically reading the bootloader and making it its own without parameter setting hassle be the same for vista? Thanks

yes it will work exactly the same, since the bootloader they both use pretty identical...

as long as you do it correctly and in order, there should not be any problem... win 7 more responsive than vista just so you know...

[The Thinker]

Stupid question: Is it possible to get rid of Marvell Yukon 88E8040 and upgrade it with a compatible chip for Leopard and Windows?
If it could be possible..what kind of chip do you suggest and what does it cost?
I changed atheros chip with dell 1390 and it's awesome!

Thanks in advance

[cloud9]

Posting just to warn people off of shragle; all 4.5 EUR got me was corrupted partN.rar files. That or the password provided is wrong (unlikely).
I'm leeching off demonoid now at 15KB/s, it will be a while...

[ Mysticus C*]

thinker: lan is integrated on the mobo, it is not a plug in card so no chance, however, you can buy a apple usb lan if u are desperate!

cloud: your download may be damaged, many people dowloaded just fine, check which file is corrupted! and than make sure your program is not corrupting it...

[jdenbrok]

Partitioning....First
partition 1 primary xp (size your choice)
partition 2 primary reserved win7 installation (size your choice but make sure it is at least 20 gb)
partition 3 primary osx (size 20gb or mre
partition 4 extended for 5-6-7
partition 5 logical osx2 (same as osx size for timemachine back up or clone of the first partition)
partition 6 logical share data (size your choice)
partition 7 logical for ddmac (4.4 gb)

install order
1- XP
2- OSX (using ddmac method)
3- Win 7

reason: after xp, ddmac will add correct data to your bootloader for osx
and when you install win 7 it will read the bootloader and add it automatically to its own, and you will have all the boot parameters set without hassle...

warning: after first install in restart, press f4, and esc without doing anything, and boot back to xp to activate xp partition as explained in the guide! else, vista may not read xp bootloader info, hence may cause you to add everything manually...

This way you have to delete the recovery partition. You can keep it if you install win7 on a logical partition on the extended drive. Win7 has no problems with that.

[cloud9]

cloud: your download may be damaged, many people dowloaded just fine, check which file is corrupted! and than make sure your program is not corrupting it...

Anything I use (UnrarX, MacPAR) gives CRC error and says "....part01.rar corrupted or password incorrect". Stuffit expander just hangs. Redownloading part01 doesn't jelp.

OTOH I'm 30% through with the torrent, it picked up some speed.

[rukawa11]

hey mysticus i finally installed os x and got it to run on my first try thanks to ur great guide. And i dl'd the whole 10.5.6 dvd from the 20 shragle links. I extracted and double clicked the iso and it mounted. What was I supposed to do to upgrade it to 10.5.6 ? I figured mounting the iso would be like windows and an installer would autorun? Well after nothing happened so I'm definitely doing it wrong? i navigated to the installer file and when i double clicked it it said it needs a package or something. Sorry to be such a burden. I'm SO CLOSE hahaha.

edit: hmmm im beginning to think that instead of using jas 10.5.4 in the beginning i should have just chose the nc10 10.5.6 iso thru ddmac. I'm retarded i thought since the iso was an "upgrade" i needed 10.5.4 first b4 using the nc10 10.5.6 iso. So what do i do now to get to 10.5.6? do i have to start over and do the ddmac with the nc10.5.6 and if i do, can i just delete the os x partitions and then redo everything in ur guide? thanks