I already had a 512MB thumb drive that was just wasting time in a drawer because it was too small to be of any real use any more, so I purchased two Toshiba 8GB thumb drives from Sam's Club for $19.99 each and a Toshiba 32GB SDHC memory card for $39.99, also from Sam's Club.
Following the instructions from the Gizmodo.com guide, I found the MyDellMini site and their OS X forum. There I joined the community and found the instructions for downloading and prepping my 512MB thumb drive with the Type11 Bootloader. I then used DiskTools to do make an image of my retail copy of OS X 10.5.0 and the restored that to one of the 8GB thumb Drives. I then made image files of all of the software titles Install discs I wanted to try and install on the Dell Mini 9, when I got it, and copied them to 32GB SCHC card (iLife, iWork, FileMaker Pro, Aperture, Microsoft Office, Firefox, Quicken, Toast, and Remote Desktop, so I could control all of my desktop computers around the house). I then installed Dell EFI, all necessary updates to OS X, and all significant updates to the software titles I was installing on the second 8GB thumb drive. This way I was prepared to have to abort the setup and installation process and start over however many times was necessary,until I was successful, without having to use an external DVD drive and a stack of discs.
About Me
- John Donahue
- I was born in Los Gatos, California. I grew up in Modesto and attended Thomas Downey High School and Modesto Junior College. In 1987, I married the love of my life, Julie, and we are still happily married after almost twenty years. In 1988, we packed everything in a VW Bus and moved to Springfield, Missouri. I attended Central Bible College and Evangel College (now Evangel University). My health took a downturn and I was unable to finish college. Since High School I have been a salesman, retail store manager, janitor, cook, production manager, data entry clerk, caterer, carpenter, computer and network technician, youth pastor, associate pastor, Webmaster, computer/network/internet guru, business owner, and a stay@home dad. I haven't hit my career track or made my first million. I probably haven't achieved most of what the young me dreamed. But, and this is a big BUT, I wouldn't trade my life for anything. I love my life, I love my wife, I love my kids, and I couldn't imagine anything that would have altered the path that led me to where I am today making me any happier.
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