Previously I was able to run my Asus Eee PC 1000HE as a “hackintosh” on Snow Leopard 10.6.0, 10.6.4, and 10.6.7. But I’ve always kept the hackintosh install on a bootable USB drive, as I didn’t want to mess with the original Windows XP install on the 160GB hard drive. I recently purchased a 180GB solid state drive (SSD), and so I figured this would be the perfect chance to try my hand at an XP/Snow Leopard dual boot system. I was warned by a friend that this was more trouble than it’s worth, especially since I had a working hackintosh, even if it was by USB stick. But I had figured I’d have an easier time than he did, since there’s lots of guides specifically written for the 1000HE, while my friend had installed to different hardware. I had, but I finally got it to work!
This guide presumes you’re reasonably computer savvy (though maybe not an expert), including knowing things like how to use F2 upon boot to get to the BIOS settings to select which device (HD/SSD, USB stick, CD/DVD). While you’re there in the BIOS settings, it’s probably also a good idea to turn off quick boot and quiet boot. ITEMS NEEDED. Asus Eee PC 1000HE netbook (duh!). External optical drive (there’s ways to do this without, but having it makes life so much easier!). and.
Bootable USB stick with Snow Leopard (lots of guides available online, ). Retail Snow Leopard 10.6.0 DVD. Retail Windows XP Installation CD. You’ll have to use this to make a modified version with the SATA drivers slipstreamed in, otherwise you’ll get a blue screen of death (BSOD) after the drivers load. The resulted in BSOD when booting from the slipstreamed CD. I found an, look at the links in post #82.
(If the forum is down, here are the links:, and.). (though I later noticed that they are on the DVD that came with the 1000HE). PARTITION AND INSTALL SNOW LEOPARD 10.6.0. First we partition the HD/SSD and install 10.6.0:.
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Boot to the USB stick with Snow Leopard. To be on the safe side, I used Disk Utility to first erase all data on the HD/SSD, even zeroing out all the data. Format the HD/SSD using Disk Utility. Select three partitions and (under options) select a GUID partition table. Hi, do you know if it’s possible to upgrade a retail install (with patched kernel) on my Asus 1000HE from 10.6.4 to 10.6.8 without the need to reinstall from scratch? Here is what I have tried and failed: (1) Use OSX System Update.
Most guides tell you not to use System Update but for me, this seems to work at least partially. After update, reboot and replace kernel and DSDT in /Extra. System boots fine with correct graphics but no audio and no onboard (PS2) keyboard and trackpad. Seems easy to fix but not quite. Attempts to install various kexts such as ApplePS2 and Voodoo PS2 failed.
My last attempt was somehow catastrophic – system hangs at Waiting for DSMOS. Also check for FakeSMC.kext, which was loaded and reported 17 devices found – so that was not the problem.
Also tried chown and chmod on / to set permissions on kext. In the end I had to revert back to 10.6.4 using my Clonezilla backup. (2) Suspecting 10.6.8 update didn’t work well, My 2nd attempt is to try 10.6.7 combo update. After installing and replacing kernel and DSDT, systems boots up and again hangs at “Waiting for DSMOS”. This time now, no extra kexts have been installed manually, so something else must have been causing the problem. Do I need to upgrade to latest version of Chameleon? Interesting my Chameleon now longer accepts ENTER at the textmode bootloader screen (shown when pressing TAB).
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It used to be ok. All other keys are fine. Very strange Any suggestions or hints on how to upgrade? Or do i have to install from scratch? Many thanks 🙂. @Minh Danh: I tried also the update for 10.6.8, but after that the whole OS was laggy and didn’t worked so good So I would recommend to stay with 10.6.7 @BikingBrian: The whole thing can be done much simpler: You need: SATA-to-USB cable, external CD drive, Mac OS X 10.6.0 retail and Windows XP install CD 1) Open your netbook and remove the HDD (see video guides on YouTube for example). Connect it to a working Mac with SL, insert the OS X retail DVD and install OS X selecting the (before formatted with one partition) HDD.
Run NetbookInstaller as written here, insert the HDD to your netbook back, boot (like written here) and set up your Mac OS X including all kexts and of course the 10.6.7 combo update. In Programmes you should find the app “Boot Camp Assistent” somewhere. Start it and follow all steps. If you should get an error that your Mac isn’t supported you need to find a modified version in the web (google with the error). So run Boot Camp, select and make your partitions and follow the steps for the installation. If it will ask you for the Windows CD, use your external CD drive. (I don’t remember the procedure now, if it’s not booting to the XP install after reboot, change the boot priority in the BIOS settings.
After all this steps you should be able to boot directly to Windows XP. Install drivers, configure it, whatever 3) Shutdown and again remove your HDD from the netbook and connect to your Mac. Run NetbookInstaller as at the beginning, build in your HDD and start up your netbook. You should see the option if you want to boot to your Macintosh HD or your Windows HD and now you’re done 🙂.