SquidLord Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 Well, I went through minor trivialities to get this installed, but I ended up getting OSx85 10.5.5 installed on my HP Pavilion dv6000. But now I'm on setup. I can select my country/region [uS]. Then my keyboard, also US. Then I get to the "Do You Already Own a Mac?" part, I don't, so i selected the last, and default, radio button "Do not transfer my information now". So I do that, wait and wait, and wait......screen goes blank, and then I bitterly welcome the first time install video that Mac has. And go through the same repeating process. tl;dr Can't get beyond "Do You Already Own a Mac?" phase of setup. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136466-looping-intro/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquidLord Posted November 15, 2008 Author Share Posted November 15, 2008 So I've been searching since that last post till now for answers, found few, and none worked. I can bypass the whole setup, but I never make an account, so I can't log in. Anyway to make an account right outside the actual OS? Or is there a better fix that requires less? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136466-looping-intro/#findComment-966473 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrupted Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 This has been covered numerous times. 1. Boot with "Graphics Mode"="640x480x32" (Yes, with the exact caps AND quotation marks, AND the equals sign). 2. Open System Preferences in the Dock. 3. Go to Accounts and make a new Administrator account, with a password[it MUST be an admin account]. 4. Reboot. 5. Enjoy. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136466-looping-intro/#findComment-966477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquidLord Posted November 15, 2008 Author Share Posted November 15, 2008 I actually have tried that. and lets get this straight, i have vista still installed, so it takes me to the "OS Selection" and i type that exactly, the apple logo starting up is 32bits of 640x480, but then the boot video stays the same, and it goes to the setup as usual and i can't get by it at all. So, I tried to screw it all and make myself an account on the machine by starting in single user mode [-s]. i used the command: dscl -create /Users/SquidLord and it gave me the error: "Cannot open remote host, error: DSOpnDirServiceErr" ...right direction for my issue? I've honestly never worked with mac or unix before, but i know some tricks on them Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136466-looping-intro/#findComment-966491 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sspinkid2000 Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 OK so this helped me out alot when installing. So directly after install on the reboot take the disk out. Hit space bar on reboot to access boot options, enter single-user mode (-s) option. Enter these commands: /sbin/fsck -fy /sbin/mount -uw / passwd (will prompt you twice for a password, this is the password for the user "root". This bypasses the setup loop) touch /var/db/.AppleSetupDone rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleBCM5701Ethernet.kext exit (system will continue to boot and you will be presented with the login screen) Enter "root" as user name and the password you entered for the passwd command above. hope this helped, you can then go into your system preferences and change the username and password to whatever you want. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136466-looping-intro/#findComment-966564 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquidLord Posted November 15, 2008 Author Share Posted November 15, 2008 thank you for your reply, but unfortunately the system locks up when i type in passwd command it dos print out "New Password: " with the "typing" bar waiting but doesn't respond it does have an error saying that: _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error 35 com.apple.DirectoryServicesLocal: Already Loaded i'd also like to add that this is my 3rd install with the installation disc checked all 3 times with no errors found, and no installation bugs found either. ok, i got by that part, but do i really need to delete that .kext? [i didn't install any wireless drivers on this install thinking it could be one of the issues that i've read about, also how would i go about installing those drivers once i do get this working?] Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136466-looping-intro/#findComment-966572 Share on other sites More sharing options...
icefireicefire Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 It doesn't show you that you are typing the password, just type it and press enter and then confirm it. BTW I have the same computer as you and I highly reccomend Kalyway 10.5.2 as it works very well! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136466-looping-intro/#findComment-966997 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquidLord Posted November 15, 2008 Author Share Posted November 15, 2008 the typing thing i didn't know about until after i made that post and accidentally hit enter as part of habit, lol. anyways, i'm in the os now, but this install i didn't include the wireless/wired drivers...where can i get them from? or does this require another installation? and is it necessary to do the: rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleBCM5701Ethernet.kext command? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136466-looping-intro/#findComment-967131 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquidLord Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 reinstalled with the wireless/wired drivers this time, got to the os, no wireless....and no usb either Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136466-looping-intro/#findComment-967329 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts