eetfunk Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Hi! I tried installing 10.4.4/5 Universal on my Dell Inspiron 6000d laptop. The install went fine, but when I try to boot into OSX, a crossed circle eventually shows on the "apple" and it stops right there. I'd like to boot into safe mode to see what's going on, but I don't get a chance to enter '-x' at bootup. 1. How can I get a prompt to enter bootup commands? 2. Any idea of what might be causing this crossed circle to appear? Thanks! eet Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14279-crossed-circle-at-bootup-on-inspiron-6000d/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impulse29 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Well the circle with a line through it indicates a problem that won't let it startup. I got it yesterday when I applied some modified .kext files. I also have an inspiron 6000, but with my install, it worked. You know the screen you get where you can choose your partition, and it says press any key to start darwin or something? that's where you type in -x. Hope this helps, Impulse. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14279-crossed-circle-at-bootup-on-inspiron-6000d/#findComment-91112 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetfunk Posted April 7, 2006 Author Share Posted April 7, 2006 You know the screen you get where you can choose your partition, and it says press any key to start darwin or something? that's where you type in -x. I don't get that screen. It boots straight into OSX (but hangs a little bit later). Is there a key I need to press to get a prompt where I could enter -x? thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14279-crossed-circle-at-bootup-on-inspiron-6000d/#findComment-91118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impulse29 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Weird. All installations I have made have had that screen. The version you downloaded might have removed this though (not sure, don't quote me). You might want to try a different install that works better for your computer. If you message me, I'll show you which I used. You never got it to work right? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14279-crossed-circle-at-bootup-on-inspiron-6000d/#findComment-91133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetfunk Posted April 7, 2006 Author Share Posted April 7, 2006 Weird. All installations I have made have had that screen. The version you downloaded might have removed this though (not sure, don't quote me). You might want to try a different install that works better for your computer. If you message me, I'll show you which I used. You never got it to work right? Funny enough, I installed osx86 from the same dvd (maxxus patched) on a desktop machine and it worked like a charm. Plus, I got the prompt at the beginning... (but not on this laptop!) Did you have to do anything special to get osx to work on your dell 6000? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14279-crossed-circle-at-bootup-on-inspiron-6000d/#findComment-91146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappadoc Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 if it's a dual core just disable the multicore in the BIOS... Z Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14279-crossed-circle-at-bootup-on-inspiron-6000d/#findComment-91153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetfunk Posted April 7, 2006 Author Share Posted April 7, 2006 I wish i had dual core, but I don't. It's a Centrino processor. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14279-crossed-circle-at-bootup-on-inspiron-6000d/#findComment-91187 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennyb Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 The "No Boot" sign can mean it's trying to boot off the wrong partition. Boot the install CD, go to the Disk Utility and find your HFS+ partition, click Info to determine the number (usually disk0s1 or disk0s2). When you boot from the hard disk, press F8 when the Darwin boot loader first appears. Then enter rd=disknSn (where "n" is the disk number and partition number) and see whether that works. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14279-crossed-circle-at-bootup-on-inspiron-6000d/#findComment-91349 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetfunk Posted April 8, 2006 Author Share Posted April 8, 2006 F8 is what i needed -v says "still waiting for root device", so you are probably right. I'll investigate further and let you know! Thanks for the heads up. eet Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14279-crossed-circle-at-bootup-on-inspiron-6000d/#findComment-91524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetfunk Posted April 8, 2006 Author Share Posted April 8, 2006 Unfortunately, it rd=disk0s1 didn't work... here's what I get: Any idea? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14279-crossed-circle-at-bootup-on-inspiron-6000d/#findComment-91541 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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