Mr. Psychopath Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Hi everyone. I figured I'd actually try this out for once. My computer is pretty rock solid. It's a custom-built machine with the following specs: -ASUS motherboard/American MegaTrends BIOS -Pentium4 2.60 GHz Processor -ATI x800 Video card -Two 280gb IDE Hard Drives Disc is: Kalyway 10.5.2 DVD Intel_Amd (sse2/sse3) EFI V8 I know for a fact that I burned the .iso right. Because it works just fine on my brother's computer, which has similar specs (except it's got a high-end NVidia card, possibly a SATA drive, and newer BIOS) When I try and boot it, I get as far as the "Darwin x86" screen. After going to boot: -s, it goes to a fully black screen, suspends for a moment, and restarts. What am I doing wrong, and how can I fix it? I've looked through some of the guides. Perhaps I need a different version of Kalyway? I'm not sure, but any advice/help would be greatly appreciated! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116159-trying-to-install-it-on-my-custom-built-pc/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekreid Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 First tool for osx86 is pcwiz's search engine, here. The answer to pretty much any problem you have can be found using it. I have the same processor as you, the SSE2 limitation is kind of a pain in the ass...I think that disagrees with the kernel and causes the reboot loop, but I could be wrong. ToH RC2 distro seems to be a good bet for SSE2, but you're back to 10.5.0 and need to do some updating with it. I had Tiger installed first, and installed Leopard (ToH RC2) to another partition using Pacifist. Looks like you have a lot of disk space to play with, it might not be a bad idea for you if you have trouble booting from DVD's like I did. Good luck! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116159-trying-to-install-it-on-my-custom-built-pc/#findComment-822298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Psychopath Posted July 17, 2008 Author Share Posted July 17, 2008 Hey, thanks derekreid! I'll get ToH RC2 and give it a shot. Also, thanks for the link to the search engine, I assume that I'll be needing it! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116159-trying-to-install-it-on-my-custom-built-pc/#findComment-822306 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Psychopath Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 Quick question: What exactly am I supposed to do with the kexts? Do I burn them on the DVD as well, or do I put them on some removable media, or what? And do I put them in before, during, or after the install? None of the guides I've read are really clear about this. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116159-trying-to-install-it-on-my-custom-built-pc/#findComment-823905 Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekreid Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 What kexts are these? You probably mean adding them after, which you can do from another OS or removable media with terminal on an install disc. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116159-trying-to-install-it-on-my-custom-built-pc/#findComment-826002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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