continuous boot when upgrading from 10.6.0 to 10.6.3

[kas]

I hope someone is able to help me. I have a Lenovo S10 with 2 GB RAM running SL 10.6.0 and I am very happy with it. I would like to do a software update to 10.6.3 or 10.6.4 however when I attempt to do that, my netbook goes into an endless boot and I have to reinstall the OS again. Please let me know if there is a way around it. I read somewhere that with 1 GB of RAM all works well, so before I go out and buy a 1GB RAM and install it, I would like to know if there is a way to do that with my current system config.

Thanks,

kas

[marcian]

As you don't state which method you used to get to OSX it may be difficult to help you...

At least i can say, that everything works very well for me with 2GB of Ram (which i had installed before going OSX).

[kas]

Thank you for your response. I transferred a purchased Snow Leopard copy into a usb flash drive, formatted my hard drive in mac os journaled, booted from the flash drive and followed the instructions. I then installed the enabler 1.1.13 on my Lenovo installed MAC OS X, and performed a software update. That's when I got the continuous boot. I then reinstalled the OS and checked for software update. I deselected the MacBook Air Firmware Update and performed the update and got the same result.

I am now running 10.6.0 without any problems except the known ones such as mic and rj-45 port not working but I can live without them. It would be greatly appreciated if you can help me update my OS. I have 2 GB RAM installed besides the 512 MB on the board.

Best Regards,

kas

[marcian]

You should try the newer S10Enabler 1.1.15 which is ready for the 10.6.4 update.

[kas]

Hi marcian,

I just wanted to let you know that I followed your instructions and installed 10.6.0 and used s10enabler 1.1.15 and was able to upgrade to 10.6.4 successfully. I want to thank you for your help. I even changed my RAM based hard drive to a SSD.
The internal mic is working, sleep is also working, the RJ-45 is not and when I restart it get stuck and I have to power down and then up.

cheers,

kas

[marcian]

The Ethernet port is just not supported. There is no driver.
I can confirm the restarting issue for my Netbook, too.
So for restart i need to shut down and switch back on.

Good that you got everything working.

Is your SSD worth its money ? (Does it increase speed a lot?)

[kas]

Well I haven't noticed much difference yet, 7 sec to shutdown and 40 to boot with automatic sign on. I expect it to prolong battery life though. If I can redo it again, I would have bought a larger drive than the SSD.

kas