Ok, the syntax for tar-through-a-pipe is thisĬd source-directory tar -cf - filename | (cd target-directory tar -xpf -) If both of your partitions are bootable, they will probably both be root/admin rather than systems/staff like my Data drive is. That indicates that the machine is currently booted off of XServe250. Notice the mountpoint name XServe250 which is followed by the characters (that's el ess space dash el, as in li st -long) It will show you all of your disk mounts, including the root partition (which is the one you are booted off of.) My /Volumes looks like this:ĭrwxrwxr-x 11 systems staff 442 Jul 7 19:26 Data ![]() You are now logged in as root, and have the ability to easily trash the whole system, so be careful and if you're not confident in your abilities you might want to seek more expert assistance. ![]() At the command prompt, type sudo su and then enter your password when it says to do so. For those unfamiliar with command-line magic, some instructions:īe booted up, with both Lion and SL partitions mounted. Just a tip for copying files in a way that you don't have to muck with permissions or ownership - use tar with the 'p' (preserve metadata) flag on the unpacking side. I'm going to continue testing yet this seems to be a solution for me. I also ran a stress test for 12 hours and there was one error yet no kernel panics. I ran a 32-bit Geekbench after the install and it was around 5900 which seems on par with the diagram I found. I don't know about display resolutions, yet all the random screen issues I was experiencing are gone. I had to install Lion from the Recovery partition to a blank partition on an external drive in order to get the necessary kext files. Using Terminal and Snow Leopard partition:Ĭd /Sy*/Li*/Ex*/IOPla*/Con*/Pl*/AC*/Con*/Res*/įINALLY, update the kernel caches using Terminal by typing: The plist file should be owned by root and the wheel group on Snow Leopard. ![]() REMEMBER, depending on how you copy the plist file(s) you may have to change ownership of the file(s). System/Library/Extensions/IOPlatformPluginFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/ACPI_SMC _PlatformPlugin.kext/Contents/Resources/įIND Macmini5_1.plist, Macmini5_2.plist or Macmini5_3.plist (depending on your Mac mini 2011 model, or copy all of them if you aren't sure).ĬOPY these back to the the same location on your Snow Leopard partition. USING the Lion partition (either using Finder > Go to folder…, or by using the Terminal) you need to go to: Macmini5,1 - dual core with Intel HD3000 graphicsīasically to fix this you need to modify a kernel extension, and update the caches - You need access to a copy of Lion for this - I used the copy of Lion which came preinstalled on the second hard drive. So I used that image and followed newfoundglory's instructions to modify and update the image:īUT there are serious performance issues, as Snow Leopard doesn't seem to speedstep the processor correctly with a machine identifying itself as being a Macmini5,x, so any of: I had an updated Snow Leopard 10.6.8 v1.1 image from an Apple Mac mini "Core 2 Duo" 2.4 (Mid-2010) that I've been using successfully for all hardware up until the Mid-2011 Minis. All signs point to my ability to use three 2011 Minis we were currently using as bookends. Seeing as this is an important post for me and my work, I'm going to post what worked for me.įirst and foremost - TYVM to newfoundglory. The plists just describe the thermal profile of a mid-2011 mac mini and enable dynamic scaling of the CPU. I don't see any reason why Apple would add support for the Mac Mini 2011 into any future Snow Leopard update - as its technically already supported. ![]() However, it may have been possible to extract them from the Server version. The reason why I am sceptical about retail DVD's, is that on my 2010 Mac mini server I tried to change from the Server OS to Client OS, and at the time had to find the 10.6.3 client restore DVD as it contained the SD card drivers not found in the 10.6.3 retail disk and software update at the time. Maybe someone could do some investigation and check this? You may find that a retail DVD of 10.6.3 works okay after updating to 10.6.8 (target disk mode), but it *may* be missing drivers for some hardware (check SD card, HDMI, thunderbolt, bluetooth/wifi etc). My MBP actually shipped with Lion, and I used a 10.6.6 restore DVD (Build 10J3210) for the Early 2011 MacBook Pro to install Snow Leopard and then updated that to 10.6.8 - I believe there is also a 10.6.7 restore DVD (Build 10J4139) Just to clarify - This is not a 10.6.8 restore disk.
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