Welcome screen loop Options

[Meesix]

Hello everyone,

Trying to install osx onto my Acer Aspire 5710. Installation was fine, except the fact, that I'm stuck with welcome screen. Now only thing I see is the intro-video and few windows that ask me to select my country, keyboard layout and restore my "old mac". After selecting "Do not import anything", I get video again, and then get those windows again.

Have anyone faced such problems, and is there any solution for this?

Best regards,
Mee

[flatline_]

Yes, I had this problem when I installed my home brewed 10.5 disc that i made. Unfortunately the only thing that worked was using a separate hard drive, on which I had installed Tiger, to transfer Login information, etc. I tried other methods to get around the loop, but nothing worked at all.

[Meesix]

Thats pretty sad... I don't have separate harddrive on laptop I hoped reinstall will fix the problem... but seems it doesn't

maybe some other thoughts?

[thepunkerguy]

I am having this same issue with a acer aspire 3680.. did you ever find a solution?? Anyone have any ideas?

[bilsta58]

just boot with this when it asks to press F8 enter........... "Graphics Mode"="640x480x32" ........and it will bypass it YOU NEED TO TYPE EXACTLY THAT WITH " INCLUDED

[DiaboliK]

or just enter the flag -x

-D-

[Meesix]

oh...thanks, I'll try this. Won't it make me your OSX only with such a low resolution?

[JoTie]

Try to disable your network card usually wireless

• Some laptops have a button to disabled the wireless or disable it from the bios
• For desktops:
  • Unplug PCI wireless card or USB wireless adapter

Restart and try again
Click on "do not import anything"
It should pass that screen and ask you about the internet connection
You can skip this and just continue
Enter your personal information and you will get into the desktop screen
Restart

Enable back your wireless and boot OSX

Basically, OSX is trying to connect to the internet using wireless and when the wireless driver failed to load (either incompatible or wrong driver), it will loop back to the welcome screen. When no wireless device is attached or found, it won't loop back and continue configuring the welcome screen

Hope this help

- J o T i e -

[po1nt]

hey

i just been doing this for a short time.. but on my acer 5580

booted with -s option (in terminal mode)
then typed the
/sbin/fsck -fy
/sbin/mount -uw /

cd to /Volumes/ -- ur disk name here--- /var/db

then touch .AppleSetupDone
then passwd
set a password for root account
once this is done
exit

reboot username: root and password was wat u entered earlier.. u then manually create a normal user account.. in the system preference... set all ure things as per required.

Long i know.. but it works well for me =)

[edlogic]

hey

i just been doing this for a short time.. but on my acer 5580

booted with -s option (in terminal mode)
then typed the
/sbin/fsck -fy
/sbin/mount -uw /

cd to /Volumes/ -- ur disk name here--- /var/db

then touch .AppleSetupDone
then passwd
set a password for root account
once this is done
exit

reboot username: root and password was wat u entered earlier.. u then manually create a normal user account.. in the system preference... set all ure things as per required.

Long i know.. but it works well for me =)

thanks this worked for me on retail 10.5.4 install on a45 satellite toshiba

[yabaan]

hi,

i'm very new to installing mac osx on msi wind u100.
i'm also stuck w/ welcome screen.
can you please tell me how to boot w/ -s option mean?
how do i do that???

thanks a lot!!!

[Basalamah]

hey

i just been doing this for a short time.. but on my acer 5580

booted with -s option (in terminal mode)
then typed the
/sbin/fsck -fy
/sbin/mount -uw /

cd to /Volumes/ -- ur disk name here--- /var/db

then touch .AppleSetupDone
then passwd
set a password for root account
once this is done
exit

reboot username: root and password was wat u entered earlier.. u then manually create a normal user account.. in the system preference... set all ure things as per required.

Long i know.. but it works well for me =)

Thanks...
This work for me too...
Install with iDeneb v1.3 10.5.5 on Toshiba Portege M500

[traderdude]

I am having this same issue with a acer aspire 3680.. did you ever find a solution?? Anyone have any ideas?

HI THERE I,'M emailing you from a fully working acer 3680 I was having the same problem with the loop how I use to fix it was I would remove the hard drive and finish the welcome screen on my intel desktop. I found a better way to get it working now after downloading the iatkos 10.5.5 install disk I was able to get through the install with out removing the hard drive I'm using the vanilla kernel and was able to upgrade to 10.5.6 from the apple web site . I had to change the wireless card for one from a dell (1390) and with help of the guild for 3680 on this web site I was able to get everthing fully working and yes it works very well and fast and stable.

P.s the model of this laptop is 3680-2682 it is running a Celeron 1.86 M 440 and I have 2 gigs of ram and each time I use it I'm amazed at the speed of this thing and how well Mac run's on it . I use to be a full time xp user but after using this thing with mac I don't think I could ever go back to Microsoft . I'm now A full time mac user and have ride my self of the Microsoft problems . I use to fix computers for people ( all of them Microsoft users) after using this for over a year I how tell people to buy a mac and your problems will go away.