[SOLVED] SL on Asus eee1000h WITHOUT another mac computer?

[Diboo]

First of all, hi everyone

 

Well, the title pretty much covers all I want to know.

 

As a previous step to buy a complete mac system I want to try the OS. I happen to have a notebook Asus 1000h (1Gig Ram) around here so I've googled and searched both here and in the Osx86 wiki to know about the process.

 

But after some hours (since this morning actually) I only have one thing clear: It CAN be done.

 

BUT (and this is a big BUT, no joke intended) every guide I've found says you need another computer, be it a Mac or a Hackingtosh, running some version of OS X. I've found too that you can install Snow Leopard 10.6.4 or so but in the Osx86 wiki I can't find the 1000h as a compatible hardware....

 

So, to sum it all up.... Is there any way to install Os X on my Asus eee pc 1000h WITHOUT having acces to another computer with Os X installed?

 

 

For me the point is to try this OS so I haven't another computer with it, nor I have friends running Macs.

 

Anyway, thank you very much in advance for your help...

 

--------------------------------SPANISH------------------------------------------------

 

Antes de nada, hola a todos

 

Como paso previo a comprarme un sistema Mac completo, quiero probar el sistema operativo. Y resulta que tengo por aquí un Asus eee 1000h (con 1Gb Ram). Así que he buscado en Google, en este sitio y en la pagina de OsX86 para saber como hacerlo.

 

Pero después de unas cuantas horas (desde esta mañana en realidad) solo tengo una cosa clara: Que se PUEDE hacer.

 

Pero (y es un gran PERO) todas las guías que he visto dicen que necesitas tener otro ordenador, ya sea Mac o Hack que corra alguna versión de OsX. también he visto que se puede instalar Snow Leopard 6.4 (o así, no recuerdo la versión exacta), pero en la Wiki de OsX86 no me aparece el 1000h como hardware compatible...

 

Así que, resumiendo... hay alguna manera de instalar OsX en un Asus Eee 1000h SIN tener acceso a otro ordenador que tenga OsX?

 

Para mí se trata de probar el OS, así que no tengo acceso a un Mac ni amigos que lo tengan.

 

De todos modos, gracias por adelantado por vuestra ayuda...

 

 

[EDIT] Added spanish translation as that is my mother tongue

[Diboo]

I've continued my search with no success so far. I must say that I don't have an external CD Drive, so I must take the usb approach and this is where my problems begin because all the guides I see have that f&/(&ing requirement: to have another machine runnig Mac Os.

 

I'm about to try with the last version of NetbookInstaller and the guide from mechdrew, the only guide I know of that doesn't need another mac nor an external CD Drive. However, as far as I know, the NetbookInstaller thing is meant to use with Dell netbooks....

 

 

--------------------------------------------SPANISH------------------------------------------------------

 

He continuado mi búsqueda, sin éxito hasta el momento. Debo decir que tampoco tengo una unidad de CD externa, así que tengo que instalarlo todo por Usb. Y ahí es donde comienzan mis problemas, porque todas las guías que veo tienen ese puñ&/(&ero requerimiento: tener otra máquina corriendo Mac Os.

 

Estoy por probar con la última versión de Netbookinstaller y la guía de Mechdraw, la única guía que conozco que no necesita otro mac o una unidad de DVD externa. De todas maneras, por lo que parece la solución de NetbookInstaller está pensada para netbooks Dell....

[Diboo]

Finally I've tried to install Snow Leopard 10.6 using the "2 USB guide" but..... I boot from the usb, select the Mac Osx install disk (in the other usb) and get to the grey screen with the apple logo but then it shows a black square with "You need to restart your computer" in some languages. I've searched to see what the problem is, but all the post I find are related to a system upgrade. Mine is before even installing!.

 

So I've booted in verbose mode and here is the screen:

 

Any help? Please?

 

[Diboo]

More on my advances.... though this seems a monologue really, no single answer after 53 views...

 

I continue doing my homework. I've found an .img of the NetbookBootInstaller 0.84 RC1. ready to "burn" into a USB created by jamesbarnhill in the Dell Mini Forums and I used it to try again the mechdrew 2 USB guide. This time was even worse, the apple logo doesn't appeared before I received another kernell panic, this time saying:

 

panic(cpu 0 caller 0x5582710: "Unable to find driver for this platform: \"ACPI\".\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1504.3.12/iokit/kernel/IOPlatformExpert .cpp:1389

 

I've tryed to redo the copy of the MacOs DVD, recopy it on the usb....

 

I'm almost about to give up.... it seems impossible for me to install this on my 1000h (even though as I've read is one of the most compatible netbooks out there). I can't even pass the first screen!

 

Perhaps the answer is getting that bootable usb made from someone that has the same netbook than me (as mechdrew did for the Dell mini comunity). I don't know what to try next.

[Diboo]

Anyway I've solved my problem. I've installed Snow Leopard 10.6.0 on my eee 1000h with two usb sticks. No guide seems to cover my problem, no help from here... so I've developed my way through the install and now it's fully working.

[Hangten]

This isn't suppose to be easy or is it? Its taken a lot of time and work from Distro's to Blogs and extremely selfless being to making some installs easy,

 

Are you aware of running VMware? Do you have the use of another computer?

Example

 

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