Summary, as I have understood it: The author has installed Snow Leopard on the 2011 Lion Mac Mini. He has done this while booting from another Mac and connecting the Mini in firewire target mode. Then he has used a regular (retail?) SL DVD that he has bought before to install the system on the Lion Mac. He mentioned that he wasn't sure if Thunderbolt is working.
In the talkback someone suggested installing Snow Leopard via virtualization. Interesting.
One thing I don't understand is, why has he updated the Mac OS to 10.6.5 and not to 10.6.8?
Something else I couldn't find in the article was, which Mini model has he used?
I would like to bring this article to your attention:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/government/how-to-install-snow-leopard-on-a-brand-new-lion-based-mac/10652
Summary, as I have understood it: The author has installed Snow Leopard on the 2011 Lion Mac Mini. He has done this while booting from another Mac and connecting the Mini in firewire target mode. Then he has used a regular (retail?) SL DVD that he has bought before to install the system on the Lion Mac. He mentioned that he wasn't sure if Thunderbolt is working.
In the talkback someone suggested installing Snow Leopard via virtualization. Interesting.
One thing I don't understand is, why has he updated the Mac OS to 10.6.5 and not to 10.6.8?
Something else I couldn't find in the article was, which Mini model has he used?