Xempy Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I can boot and install Tiger fine, no problems at all. However, every single Leopard distro I've ever burned (about ~7) has never even made it to the installation screen. I can make it to varying points along the scrolling white text, depending on which boot flags I enter. However, it always manages to stop somewhere. Sometimes it stops at places that it, apparently, is supposed to pass right through, and sometimes it gives errors. I know my problem is not uncommon, so what gives? I'm on an AMD Turion X2 64-bit (SSE3 and SSE2 capable), a 250gb SATA-HDD, (permenantly set up in ATA mode, unchangable in crappy BIOS) and an ATi sb600 mobo. What would honestly be haulting my ability to load even the install screen? I could understand hardware interfering with an installed OS. But stopping the install disc from even loading? Serious wtf moment. HOWEVER! One thing I have noticed is that my Leopard distros say "Press Enter to boot from CD-ROM...F8 for options yaddayadda" at boot, while the Tiger distros say, "Press Enter to Install Mac OS X... F8 for yaddayadaa" I also burned most of the Leopard distros to DVD-R, while all of my Tigers have been on DVD-RW. I also tried replacing a Tiger distro's Installation packages with Leopard's packages. This failed. =P Any ideas? <3 it up, and thanks! So my questions are basically: 1) Any idea what's holding up my Leopard install discs? (Incase you've seen this problem before) 2) I'm also going to try to use a Leopard flat-image on an external HDD by this weekend, do you think this will yield different results? 3) Since I have a functioning Tiger, is there anyway I can use it to assist in installing Leopard? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146314-tiger-works-while-leopard-doesnt/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xempy Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 I seriously doubt I'm the only one to ever encounter this problem. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146314-tiger-works-while-leopard-doesnt/#findComment-1040120 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Stark Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Its your processor Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146314-tiger-works-while-leopard-doesnt/#findComment-1040124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xempy Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 The guy who wrote this guide has the exact same processor as me. I have used the distro he uses for his guide with no dice. It's strange. I'll try burning it to a DVD-RW. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146314-tiger-works-while-leopard-doesnt/#findComment-1040187 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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