Dell1420 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Hey all, I got a Dell 1420 and I installed iAtkos 2.0. I'm pretty new and not really sure what I am doing but following the guides and I got it to boot. Just a few bugs though. Also since 2.0 just came out recently, I had to make due with the older guides. 1.This is a dual boot on Vista, but when I select my Vista partition on Darwin boot, it just loops back to the Dell logo and back to Darwin boot. 2. If I don't press a button with in the 5 second count down, OSX will boot but freeze with the spinning circle and apple logo. But when I go through Darwin boot, and press -v -x, it boots properly. Sorry if these were discussed before but I searched a lot but couldn't find the answers. Thanks so much. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/106579-dell-1420-installed-iatkos-20i-but-some-bugs/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeRed Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Hey all, I got a Dell 1420 and I installed iAtkos 2.0. I'm pretty new and not really sure what I am doing but following the guides and I got it to boot. Just a few bugs though. Also since 2.0 just came out recently, I had to make due with the older guides. 1.This is a dual boot on Vista, but when I select my Vista partition on Darwin boot, it just loops back to the Dell logo and back to Darwin boot. 2. If I don't press a button with in the 5 second count down, OSX will boot but freeze with the spinning circle and apple logo. But when I go through Darwin boot, and press -v -x, it boots properly. Sorry if these were discussed before but I searched a lot but couldn't find the answers. Thanks so much. As for booting back into vista you will likely need to use a g-parted live cd and flag the vista partition to boot. Then you will likely need to use you Vista disk to run a repair to get VIsta to boot. After that you can use the G-parted live cd and flag your OSX partition to boot and you should be able to select OSX or vista from Darwin. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/106579-dell-1420-installed-iatkos-20i-but-some-bugs/#findComment-757285 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zikade Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Hey all, I got a Dell 1420 and I installed iAtkos 2.0. I'm pretty new and not really sure what I am doing but following the guides and I got it to boot. Just a few bugs though. Also since 2.0 just came out recently, I had to make due with the older guides. 2. If I don't press a button with in the 5 second count down, OSX will boot but freeze with the spinning circle and apple logo. But when I go through Darwin boot, and press -v -x, it boots properly. So it tries to load a kext and...fails. It might be useful to post your hardware specs, since I won't go over to Dell and ask them what kind of hardware they are using in a Dell1420... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/106579-dell-1420-installed-iatkos-20i-but-some-bugs/#findComment-757351 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeRed Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 So it tries to load a kext and...fails. It might be useful to post your hardware specs, since I won't go over to Dell and ask them what kind of hardware they are using in a Dell1420... zikade don't ask them for more info, they won't ever come back. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/106579-dell-1420-installed-iatkos-20i-but-some-bugs/#findComment-757405 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zikade Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Well, now - thats an interesting point. If we dont get the specs, we cant help solving the problem and they will never come back. If we ask for the specs, they will never come back as well. So, yes, it is - economically - better to stop asking for specs, I guess. No waste of - err, bandwidth and server storage would be most apropriate, right? - sigh - Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/106579-dell-1420-installed-iatkos-20i-but-some-bugs/#findComment-757438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dell1420 Posted May 24, 2008 Author Share Posted May 24, 2008 Sorry Specs C2D T5250 2GB RAM Intel 965 Express Chipset Wireless 1395 WLAN mini-card (not working) - need kext SigmaTel High Def. Audio Codec (also not working) - need kext Anything else? So I put in the Vista DVD and repaired it but now I don't have to option to boot into OSX. I guess I missed a step. Can I go back and use G-parted to fix it? Thanks everyone. EDIT: I downloaded G-parted live and when i load it and use the Default settings, it gets an error. It says BusyBox v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-4) Built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off (initramfs) This is with both G-Parted Live CD 3.6.7(stable) and 3.7.5(latest) Thanks again Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/106579-dell-1420-installed-iatkos-20i-but-some-bugs/#findComment-757674 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dell1420 Posted May 26, 2008 Author Share Posted May 26, 2008 Any help? Thanks again guys. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/106579-dell-1420-installed-iatkos-20i-but-some-bugs/#findComment-758838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zikade Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Well, of course. Sorry - been busy. What happens when the machine boots with -v only? Probably a screenshot would help there. Did you install any specific packages or just vanilla iATKOS? What happens if you boot using cpus=1? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/106579-dell-1420-installed-iatkos-20i-but-some-bugs/#findComment-759126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dell1420 Posted May 27, 2008 Author Share Posted May 27, 2008 If I remember correctly, if I boot with -v only it don't work. I have to use -v -x. I haven't tried cpus=1 yet. I probably didn't finish the install process and need to look at the guides some more. Thanks again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/106579-dell-1420-installed-iatkos-20i-but-some-bugs/#findComment-760271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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