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

[Mr_CP]

Hi guys!
I'm Marco from Italy (sorry about my Eng.) and I'd like to buy a netbook in order to use it with Leopard.
I read that in the MSI U100 everything works fine but the battery if bad, isn't it?
What about the NC10 in the end?
What is the best netbook to use with Leopard, in your opinion, the U100 or the NC10?

I don't understand if the LAN card of the NC10 is not supported in Leopard or if it's a sw/driver problem... for me it's very important to get the wired LAN working, does the LAN in U110 works?

I can't get the files you post from rapidshare... can you give me some alternative free link please?
Many thanks!

In my opinion and probably the same for the others on this thread, yes the samsung probably is the best for osx86, the reason being you get so much for your money and apart from changing the wifi card everything pretty much works, and you get a 6-cell battery life which gives you around about 5 hours + on either operating system meaning an amazing little portable laptop, erm regarding the lan, you'll need to speak to mysticus about that, but from what i've read on various forums it doesn't seem to be working at the moment due to driver support, unless i'm mistaken of course.

Fantastic work! I owe you a pint Mysticus C*.

I should receive my black NC10 during the next week, and I cannot wait to start putting my new "HackBook nano" together; extra memory and new Wi-Fi card are already waiting...

Just for a curiosity, how wide is the SAMSUNG logo on the top of the netbook case?

Keep up the good work!

Btw. are there any other NC10 owners from Finland following this topic?

its around about an inch and a half long, so not too big, its a little wider than an official apple logo...so you'll need to increase its size slightly if your thinking of covering the samsung logo with an apple badge!

[Xeo84]

Hi all, i installed leopard 10.5.4 few days ago with iATKOS 4i, and everythings work fine!

But if in future i will update to a 10.5.5 or 10.5.6 can i update or i can't?

I've triple boot with ubuntu-xp and leopard, if something will go wrong during update, can i reinstall without loose the other partitions?

thanks!!!

[carlito86]

Hi guys just one question,I see everyone here sustituted the original wi fi card with the dell 1490,which is B/g wireless, some guys used intel 5300 draft N,which is n wireless.
my question are:is there a wifi card which supports both Windows and Leopard and is n wireless?
does a n wireless card consume more energy?
thank u

[ Mysticus C*]

ok finishing test install again... and reboot to see how it will go...

for others if they want one stop.. no usb dvd keyb/mouse install, this method (the method is mentioned by darkgemini, thanx for spotting it out, which i didnt see it before-- also which i will include it in a newer guide version) far fast and the best method to install quickly...

i will rewrite the guide to accommodate this, also this method will fit perfectly to my current guide of partitioning, once i finish it, you will love this partitioning i mentioned in my guide....

IT IS WORKING FINALLY!!! IT IS ALIVE!!! AFTER SO MANY STUPID MISTAKES IT IS ALIVE

SAMSUNG NC10 OSX86 DVD IS ALIVE!

[ngreg01]

ok finishing test install again... and reboot to see how it will go...

for others if they want one stop.. no usb dvd keyb/mouse install, this method (the method is mentioned by darkgemini, thanx for spotting it out, which i didnt see it before-- also which i will include it in a newer guide version) far fast and the best method to install quickly...

i will rewrite the guide to accommodate this, also this method will fit perfectly to my current guide of partitioning, once i finish it, you will love this partitioning i mentioned in my guide....

IT IS WORKING FINALLY!!! IT IS ALIVE!!! AFTER SO MANY STUPID MISTAKES IT IS ALIVE

SAMSUNG NC10 OSX86 DVD IS ALIVE!

Great news!! When can we enjoy your wonderful work?

[ Mysticus C*]

Great news!! When can we enjoy your wonderful work?

very soon my friend, very soon... i m just making the ppf, will make it available shortly...

[luk19]

hi all!

maybe i have found a solution for the brightness!!!! i have tested this app and works beautifully on real mac, it should work on nc10 too!

[Nick14]

The wifi i dont get you can get working anytime soon Becouse linux is having problem with it

[ Mysticus C*]

OK GUYS, MY LAST TEST ALMOST FINISHED, PPF DONE, INSTALLING NOW (5 MINS LEFT, IF THIS TEST GOES FINE AS WELL, I WILL RELEASE THE PPF FOR EVERYONE TO ACCESS...

[RolyBiffy]

IF i have an old IDE drive

and
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130517

(IDE to usb converter)
should it work??



and then a 1490 (or is there a better one?) off ebay

a UK black nc10 off dixons

shud i have a OS X machine on the go ? (with ur guide ofc ;D)

[ Mysticus C*]

IF i have an old IDE drive

and
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130517

(IDE to usb converter)
should it work??



and then a 1490 (or is there a better one?) off ebay

a UK black nc10 off dixons

shud i have a OS X machine on the go ? (with ur guide ofc ;D)

it is possible, but one issue is that not all ide/usb converters work very well when it comes to passing boot information... just letting you know...

however it is def possible, and i will make a newer guide which i mentioned earlier, with the new method, you will not need usb dvd/keyb/mouse at all, all will be done from your system.... of course if you dont find my partitioning suggestions WEIRD...

[RolyBiffy]

well i think as long as i get the right distro and drivers ill be fine

as i have OS X now running on my desktop (on it now) with very little fiddling and jsut my kalyway disk!

i have a usb keyb/mouse
and im not getting it till xmas day so its all good !

although i still tempted by the nicer look of the wind, the battery is a big one for the samsungg!

[ Mysticus C*]

OK GUYS TEST IS A SUCCESS!

YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET THE PPF INFO FROM POST #1 AND FILE FROM BIKE TOWN AS USUAL...

FOR UPDATING IT TO 10.5.5 PLEASE BE PATIENT I WILL LET YOU GUYS KNOW 1-2 INFO FIRST...

[intrax]

@Mysticus C

Don't want to be rude or downplay all the work you have been doing, but would it not be easier to produce a ppf for the windosx86.iso using the correct system.kext to eliminate the usb problems. It should provide same result and is a lot easier...

Appreciate you work though !

[ Mysticus C*]

@Mysticus C

Don't want to be rude or downplay all the work you have been doing, but would it not be easier to produce a ppf for the windosx86.iso using the correct system.kext to eliminate the usb problems. It should provide same result and is a lot easier...

Appreciate you work though !

partly you are right, but i dont wanna involve into boot-132 process, and debug user errors later...

also the drivers in the msiwind iso, not all of them working well for the nc10, mate... at least gfx didnt work fine with me.. but ps2 is fine...

the next issue will be update related, since it is using boot132, i will have to fix those additional drivers that are loading... and fix that additional driver cache as well... well will make a bit more issues for me in the long run...

appreciate your comment, but i like to stick to things that i know better, i dont wanna go into details of msi wind to learn it all over again...

maybe it is good, but it is done for the purpose of msi winds... so if it has patches, it will work on msi, but will leave me to death to find what those additional changes needed since many of them are driver specific...

i ve done the nc10 already now... and everything will work OTB as the msiwind! isnt it better to say i m using Samsung NC10 osx86 than to say i m using msiwind for my samsung

well jokes aside, it is done already, and done nicely i think, next step is to modify the update packages for 10.5.5 (only ps2 needs to be changed now)

everything will work OTB

cheers and enjoy...

(I highly recommed this little program, http://perian.org/, if you are planning to watch any type/format of movie using quicktime...)

[Mr_CP]

If you don't like quicktime also look out for vlc player, works perfectly with everything i've chucked at it http://www.videolan.org/

will test out the ppf tonight when i get home, still at uni and my jas copy is being redownloaded, will let you know how it goes

[ Mysticus C*]

any test results/feedback guys?

[darkgemini]

I'm still waiting for my dw1490. I have a BCM43xx from my old TX1000 at hand right now, but I don't know if it works OTB or not. Besides, I think dw1490 would have better signal strength than BCM43xx, so I wait

[ Mysticus C*]

I'm still waiting for my dw1490. I have a BCM43xx from my old TX1000 at hand right now, but I don't know if it works OTB or not. Besides, I think dw1490 would have better signal strength than BCM43xx, so I wait

it should work if it s 43xx series... however you know that this is a mini-mini pci-x card... not the normal ones... because there are sligltly bigger models as well... anyways, you will see what i mean when you open the case

[Mr_CP]

My jas download is on 92% as soon as its done i can test it out and let you know the results as soon as i can