New OSX Install solution of Dell Mini 9 and 10v

You may or may not be aware that I am the author of DellEFI, the application that allow common users to run OSX on the Dell Mini… but now you know!

I want to rethink the whole installation solution for OSX on the Mini 9 and 10v. What I mean by that is going back to the drawing board and make the solution even easier than it is now.

What I have in mind is to use an installation package that would do all it need without the user intervention. This might mean splitting DellEFI in two main product. The 1st would be the core boot loader, driver and custom dsdt.aml installer. The second product (or maybe multiple) would be for individual packages. For example, one installer for the touchpad, one for remote CD, one for hibernation, etc.

This way we could modularise the whole thing and focus development on individual aspects instead of trying to cram everything in one solution.

What do you think?

Also, Dell will send me a free Mini 10v evaluation unit so I can continue to support the Mini 10v users. Talk about a nice company!

The goal would be to build an installation package (dellefi.pkg) that could be run from a terminal at the end of the OSX installation process… similar to what the dellefibootmaker solution does but in a much nicer way. So you would essentially:

1. Install OSX from a USB key
2. Possibly apply the desired combo patch
3. Run the dellefi.pkg installation
4. Reboot
5. Enjoy OSX on the Mini
6. Install individual customization packages

I know Merklot wanted to convert DellEFI into an installer at some point. I am not sur if he went anywhere with that.

Cheers and looking forward to your comments

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