banini_jeque Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 I put 10.4.4 on my PC. I had 10.4.1 working fine on it before. I formatted and all that and I've been following the instructions by the dude who's name you don't say. I booted with -s to do single user mode, and then it loads all the extensions. After that the screen is just black with no HD activity or anything. Whats up with that? I didn't even think it would load extensions in single user mode. Also at the boot prompt if I type the ? to see options, it doesn't do anything. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10763-1044-black-screen-after-extensions-load/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
banini_jeque Posted March 5, 2006 Author Share Posted March 5, 2006 I'm bumping my topic because I looked around and I couldn't find anything helpful except one other person who got a black screen after the extensions loaded. No one really helped them either except one dude who said something about missing extensions. I'll try that. I'm still miffed as to why the boot prompt options don't work correctly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10763-1044-black-screen-after-extensions-load/#findComment-68837 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ai Haibara Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 I've got the same problem... The system loads successfully all the kexts, but after that it hangs with a blank screen. No HD activity. I'm using 10.4.1 now. I've got an AMD 3200+ with SSE3 (no XD/NX), a SATA HD 160GB Maxtor, a GeForce 6200 PCI-E, an ASUS A8V-E Deluxe with VIA chipset. Anyone knows how to fix it? Sherry Haibara Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10763-1044-black-screen-after-extensions-load/#findComment-69069 Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeguy Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 I believe you're trying to install 10.4.4 using 10.4.1? I'm afraid that's not possible. Quite a number of us have tried and failed. After all, he did mention in his instructions that 10.4.3 was needed to install 10.4.4. I would suggest that you go grab the 10.4.4/5 dvd that's floating around right now and install using it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10763-1044-black-screen-after-extensions-load/#findComment-69089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomtom78 Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 same probleme here and i used the 4.4 / 4.5 dvd to install ! its stuck here Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10763-1044-black-screen-after-extensions-load/#findComment-69102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ai Haibara Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 I believe you're trying to install 10.4.4 using 10.4.1? I'm afraid that's not possible. Quite a number of us have tried and failed. After all, he did mention in his instructions that 10.4.3 was needed to install 10.4.4. I would suggest that you go grab the 10.4.4/5 dvd that's floating around right now and install using it. Sorry, but is this DVD working on an AMD machine? I read that's for Intel machines only Sherry Haibara EDIT: I found that DVD, and is for AMD machines too. Thanks weeguy! ^^ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10763-1044-black-screen-after-extensions-load/#findComment-69123 Share on other sites More sharing options...
banini_jeque Posted March 5, 2006 Author Share Posted March 5, 2006 I actually installed using 10.4.5 on my old powermac G4. I had my PC's drive formatted in Darwin so it has the right partition scheme, and I did have 10.4.1 running on it just fine before. Then I completely erased it and installed 10.4.4 from the un-patched dvd image with both it and the drive from my pc mounted on my G4. Then I followed the instructions by he who must not be named, but I guess I am using some extensions from my 10.4.1 installation. weeguy, is the DVD thats floating around right now patched or un-patched? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10763-1044-black-screen-after-extensions-load/#findComment-69265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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