So I am doing this install for a friend who purchased both the Dell Mini 9 and a legitimate version of OSX Leapard. But since we are working on a severe budget, I have decided to use iATKOS 5i 10.5.5 DVD to do the install, since all we have available to us is an external DVD drive.

First, off, I must say that I am a computer repair man familiar with Microsoft products only. I have zero experience with Macintosh products. This of course is part of the reason I took on the job. I need to learn. But, I am literate when it comes to computer work, so I should be able to figure this out fairly easily. However, the tutorials I have found thus far are severely lacking in one department that seems necessary. The customization page.

Anyway, I got the image burned, and have been able to go through the entire process of installing. Then the problems happened. The first time seemed successful, except I evidently had no drivers installed for the keyboard. So I started over, This time setting some custom drivers. I first chose all of the drivers that seemed to be needed. This didn't work at all. The next time I tried with only the Drivers for the keyboard. This got me to the grey Apple screen where it just stalled. Now I am trying yet again, and I chose the drivers and the keyboard. But I didn't get the install window this time. It seems to be installing regardless, but I can't see what it's doing, or how much progress it has made, and this makes me uneasy about the end of the process as well.

I suspect that this next attempt will be a failure also, so I am asking for some help here. There has got to be somebody that has installed this OS on a Dell MMini, since there are many websites devoted to the cause. And likewise, there must be people familiar with the iATKOS 5i 10.5.5 DVD that I am using.

Therefore, I am wondering if there is anybody here that could tell me in simple yet indepth detail, exactly which options I should be choosing in the customization page before I continue this install, and what I need to know to get this thing working after it is installed. I have a vague idea, and it has been proclaimed on at least one website to be a one step process, Hack Attack : Install Leopard On your PC in Just One Step | dailyApps

But it seems to be much more than one simple step, and is confusing me no end. I only have a limited time to get this done, since it is not my computer, and there is payment on the line for me in the form of a new laptop, so I would really like to succeed in this endeavor.

Some of the websites I have used thus far to glean infor on this task are listed below:

iATKOS

iATKOS OSx86 Project: Instructions

iATKOS 5i 10.5.5 Intel DVD - InsanelyMac Forum

Installing on a Dell Mini 9

Gizmodo - How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 9 Into the Ultimate OS X Netbook - Dell mini 9 hackintosh guide

Converting DELL Mini 9 into an OS X Netbook

MyDellMini • How-To: Install Mac OS X - DellEFI Method

Run Leopard (Mac OS 10.5) on a Dell Mini 9

As I finish writing this, The Mini has finished installing and rebooted itself. I disconnected the external DVD drive to let it boot into Leapard, but again it has stalled at the Grey Apple screen. I am at a loss here and need some help.

Thank you for your time spent reading this, and I do Appreciate any assistance you may offer.

Peace

sir see if you can restore the iso image to a 8GB usb with a friends hackintosh pc or their mac pc and boot off that

Hello,

I was wondering if you had ever gotten iatkos installed on your Dell Mini 9. If you had, might you be able to share the settings you used under Customize during the install?

Thanks,

Jeff