Jash Sayani Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Hi all, Got the iATKOS 1.0 DVD and Leo4All. When I try to boot, I get the following error message (Same problem with both of them): System config file 'com.apple.Boot.plist' not found I have a TOSHIBA M45-S351 Notebook 100 GB HDD, 2 GB RAM, 2 MB L2 Cache, SSE 2, Intel 915 Motherboard Here are the BIOS Pics (Just incase some settings need to be changed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilostmyunicorn Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 uhm, from what I've read you should make your optical drive 1st in 'boot priority' If that doesn't work then join the party, because I'm in the same boat as you. =[ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jash Sayani Posted April 21, 2008 Author Share Posted April 21, 2008 Well, Changing the boot order is of no sense as on startup, I press F12 and choose boot from CD. On booting, I get the error message. Can anyone please help.!..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie11c Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 This is what you usually see with AHCI enabled on a DVD drive(even though you may have no option for it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jash Sayani Posted April 22, 2008 Author Share Posted April 22, 2008 This is what you usually see with AHCI enabled on a DVD drive(even though you may have no option for it). Any way to put off the AHCI to get this thing working !!! ... ? Do you think Kalyway will work ? Already through with iATKOS & Leo4All ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djaxxo Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 uhm, from what I've read you should make your optical drive 1st in 'boot priority' If that doesn't work then join the party, because I'm in the same boat as you. =[ WORD ! help us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jash Sayani Posted April 26, 2008 Author Share Posted April 26, 2008 Ok. Progress here..... Now, I can boot into darwin and there is a Kernal Panic that Shows ! Debugger called: (panic) BSD process name corresponding to current thread: init Mac OS Version: Not yet set Kernel version: Darwin Kernal Version 9.1.0: Sat Nov 11....; Made by ToH: xnu-1228.0.2~1/BUILD/obj/RELEASE_I386 Same prob with iATKOS and Kalyway ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jash Sayani Posted April 26, 2008 Author Share Posted April 26, 2008 Anyone cares to help me out here..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matteo79 Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 I've te same problem with a toshiba satellite m40-282, It looks the same bios, i've already tried with kaliway... the result is the same... Any help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricki Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 i used to get this error even as i typed, but there is a trick i came up with, after a successful boot into leopard after eight months trying, i went to that file com.apple.Boot.plist change some shiit in there i.e time to display op choice which took effect immediately - i came to the conclusion that it doesn't matter that file can indeed be found. the trick i used is to go to the bios a bit i.e press esc button or whatever to get OS choice then pick your leopard partition, it couldn't be that simple guys. any other help ask away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matteo79 Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 i used to get this error even as i typed, but there is a trick i came up with, after a successful boot into leopard after eight months trying, i went to that file com.apple.Boot.plist change some shiit in there i.e time to display op choice which took effect immediately - i came to the conclusion that it doesn't matter that file can indeed be found. the trick i used is to go to the bios a bit i.e press esc button or whatever to get OS choice then pick your leopard partition, it couldn't be that simple guys. any other help ask away I'm dumb... i'm sorry but i don't understand what u've done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matteo79 Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Any help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jash Sayani Posted April 27, 2008 Author Share Posted April 27, 2008 I'm dumb... i'm sorry but i don't understand what u've done Yep. Me too. Well I understood that you edited the Boot.plist. But, How ? When I boot through the DVD, I get that error, then how can I edit that file? Could you explain a little more in detail ? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntsmkfob Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 The error is because the boot loader doesn't know which partition to start, not because there is anything wrong with com.apple.boot.plist. This problem has been discussed many many times. Use search to find discussions about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricki Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 guys what didn't you understood in my statement = it is very simple although the problem you getting can be frustrating, do exactly is i say, although the problem will still be there but you can go around it. press esc button - as if you are going to the rom (bios) choose your notebook/deskstop harddrive choose your partition and optional use -x safeboot at promt it couldn't get any simple than this, am afraid so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jash Sayani Posted April 27, 2008 Author Share Posted April 27, 2008 guys what didn't you understood in my statement = it is very simple although the problem you getting can be frustrating, do exactly is i say, although the problem will still be there but you can go around it. press esc button - as if you are going to the rom (bios) choose your notebook/deskstop harddrive choose your partition and optional use -x safeboot at promt it couldn't get any simple than this, am afraid so Thanks! Got it ! Will post back the results soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamcha Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 i used to get this error even as i typed, but there is a trick i came up with, after a successful boot into leopard after eight months trying, i went to that file com.apple.Boot.plist change some shiit in there i.e time to display op choice which took effect immediately - i came to the conclusion that it doesn't matter that file can indeed be found. the trick i used is to go to the bios a bit i.e press esc button or whatever to get OS choice then pick your leopard partition, it couldn't be that simple guys. any other help ask away I tried that, doesn't work. For me I pressed F12 Boot Menu pops up (You can choose any drive) I choose my leopard drive, and it gives me that error later on, I don't have an option to choose OS though, just diff hd's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matteo79 Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Same problem here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricki Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 yamcha common man this is simple enough, you only did one part, read very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jash Sayani Posted April 29, 2008 Author Share Posted April 29, 2008 Can someone explain what are "kexts" and how do you edit them ? Because I am using an Intel 915 and due to incompatibility, I have to edit some kext files. How do I locate them ? What editor to use ? I am using a DVD-R, How can I save the kext after editing ? Some help with these could solve many problems of mine... Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricki Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 kexts are what drivers is to M$ windows, softwares or instruction to run you some hardware and stuff on hackintosh. why do you want to edit them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jash Sayani Posted May 4, 2008 Author Share Posted May 4, 2008 kexts are what drivers is to M$ windows, softwares or instruction to run you some hardware and stuff on hackintosh. why do you want to edit them. Because I had read somewhere that Leopard wont run my my Laptop as it is an Intel 915 chipset and I need to add some kexts in order to make it run... Anyways, finally I have come to one solution to this problem. It can be a problem with IDE/SATA DVD Drive. So can you please help me with Installation with a USB Drive ? I think it will make Leopard work! How do I make my 4 Gig USB Drive into a Leopard installastion disk ? Putting the image ? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jash Sayani Posted May 5, 2008 Author Share Posted May 5, 2008 How do you make a Leopard Installation disk on a USB drive ? (With both sides - Boot (FAT) and Leopard Installation (HFS) ) Because that solves the issue according to many... Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bg11390 Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 I have gotten the same problem. I understand what ricki says, but i don't understand the timing. When I boot up i see the toshiba screen, then it boots from a CD (first to boot from). The screen shows the countdown and Darwin,etc... When do I press ESC ? I have tried Kaylway and iAktos v.1 to no avail (and 6 DVDs later....) any help would be great. I have installed 10.4 before, but I am trying to upgrade to 10.5 and I am running a Toshiba Tecra M7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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