Smarky Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Hello, A few days ago I had a machine with which finder kept on crashing and relaunching (The little dot under it kept flashing), The machine suffered a range of unwanted reboots and then finally frooze on the grey apple logo screen. I booted with -v and got the message package 0 didn't get a HPET. I tired all the stuff I could find about this error (deleting prefs, power management ktexts etc) This did not work. So i decided to restore my machine using the Time machine backup, the machine then failed to boot (Due to lack of EFI now being on system?) So i decided to do a full reinstall and than select to transfer my info over my the time machine backup. However on the install screen it now says "Cannot validate BaseSystem". Which is odd as I already installed it fine on excatly the same system. This comes up when it is calculating time remaining and after it has verified the disk. I have tried formatted the drive, checking it for errors etc, seems fine. I did a search and a lot of people with this error are having issues with Ram sticks, I have upgraded my RAM since my first install, however I took that stick out and still the same problem. The machine boots fine into windows. i'm getting really frustrated with it!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119943-problem-reinstalling-leopard/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danneman Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Im dualbooting with xp and kalway 10.5.2, so this might not be a related problem. However, I had problems reinstalling too. I had to enter GParted (its out there for downloading) and uncheck the boot-flag that I had in my previous install added to my winxp-partition. Then the reinstall worked fine Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119943-problem-reinstalling-leopard/#findComment-851346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smarky Posted August 10, 2008 Author Share Posted August 10, 2008 Ahh good for you Don't think it is related to me, I do have Windows XP, but due to lack of Sata cables that drive is not plugged in when installing Leopard as I need one for the DVD and one for the Leopard drive! (I only have two cables) I do normally leave the DVD off and have the two drives, but I select which drive I boot too via the Bios boot options, plus I've wipped the drive completely now! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/119943-problem-reinstalling-leopard/#findComment-851363 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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