tinfoilmusic2000 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Good day folks, After playing with JaS 10.4.8 for a few weeks, I've decided that I would like the latest and greatest. I've grabbed Kalyway & Leo4All (10.5.2 for both). After successfully installing JaS 10.4.8, I thought it would be a breeze. Not so. I keep getting stuck at the validating basesystem stage. As I've mentioned, I've tried two different "distros", tried burning it at 1x, tried different blank media, different burners. No love. Here's a rundown: Asus P5L-VM1394 (945G, ICH7) P4 CeleronD 345 -- 3.0Ghz MSI Nvidia 7900GS 256 1GB RAM Netgear 802.11G (Atheros) 80GB WD SATA Asus PATA DVD reader I've tried mucking about in the BIOS to set the SATA to compatability mode and still no love. I do have a new Core 2 Duo and another 2GB of RAM on order, if that means anything. The 1GB I do have in there right now is currently in single channel mode, if that means anything. Perhaps it is the mix of PATA and SATA? Would I be better off sticking a PATA HD in place of the SATA drive? I mean, the installer sees it, I am able to partition the drive in Disk Utility. I guess I'm just grasping at straws. Any advice is greatly, greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilmusic2000 Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 Turns out it was the motherboard. Tried a different HD & optical drive with no luck. Tried the same drives in a different machine with the same chipset (though different sound and LAN) and it worked just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts