Col Crunch Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Ok so I put the disc into the computer, boot from it, press F8 type -v and it just reboots! Anyone know why this might be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cakeninja Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 what distro is the disk? whats your hardware .... motherboard cpu and graphics card? we all need details like these to pinpoint the problem better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Crunch Posted August 18, 2010 Author Share Posted August 18, 2010 what distro is the disk?whats your hardware .... motherboard cpu and graphics card? we all need details like these to pinpoint the problem better  I have 2 (Neither work) they are:  Snow Leopard 10.6.1-10.6.2 Intel AMD made by Hazard and SnowOSX_Universal_10.6(432)GM_v3.5  Specs:  Gateway DX4831-01e  Processor: Intel Core i3-530 @2.93GHz RAM: 6GB @667 MHz Graphics: Galaxy NVIDIA GeForce GT220 Motherboard: Gateway H57M01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CursedHax Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Try booting with -x, or platform=ACPI or platform=X86PC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Crunch Posted August 18, 2010 Author Share Posted August 18, 2010 Try booting with -x, or platform=ACPI or platform=X86PC Â Does not work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohamed Khairy Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 use busratio=16 Â Â i perfer that you install retail setup follow me guide is compitable with you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Crunch Posted August 19, 2010 Author Share Posted August 19, 2010 use busratio=16  i perfer that you install retail setup follow me guide is compitable with you  so what would I type after I press F8 just that or that and -v/-x? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohamed Khairy Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 so what would I type after I press F8 just that or that and -v/-x? lol type busratio=16 -v Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Crunch Posted August 19, 2010 Author Share Posted August 19, 2010 Oh ok, I tried your Guide and there is a pic attached with what happened (with boot CD of yours) Â And as I just found out it would be 22 for me (busratio chart here: http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=642) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohamed Khairy Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Oh ok, I tried your Guide and there is a pic attached with what happened (with boot CD of yours) picture is so bad cant red any thing from it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Crunch Posted August 19, 2010 Author Share Posted August 19, 2010 It was some error, lol, but I modified my last post, Is what is at that link accurate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohamed Khairy Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 It was some error, lol, but I modified my last post, Is what is at that link accurate? try it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Crunch Posted August 19, 2010 Author Share Posted August 19, 2010 Before I do, Will I be able to select The OS i want to boot into if it works? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohamed Khairy Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Before I do, Will I be able to select The OS i want to boot into if it works? what do you mean if you will setup retial dvd you will need to format HDD TO GPT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Crunch Posted August 19, 2010 Author Share Posted August 19, 2010 I tried changing the bus ratio to 22 and still nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohamed Khairy Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 I tried changing the bus ratio to 22 and still nothing. please take clear picture to read it use this boot cd you can try also [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] supported Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Crunch Posted August 19, 2010 Author Share Posted August 19, 2010 Where can I get [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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