Kent Pribbernow Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 I'm using the pre-patched bootable DVD install to setup OSx on my old Dell pentium 4 system. After the marchine boots off the DVD, the "Loading Darwin" message appears, and immediately thereafter the standard OSX grey screen with Apple logo and spinning progress clock appears...and that's where everything seems to end. After more than a half hour the machine is still stuck in this position. Oddly enough the DVD drive still behaves as though it's being accessed, and the hard drive light is on. Should I leave it alone or is it really frozen? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15059-osx-install-hangs/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
suyaojun Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 Please post on your hardware detail. Then we can see what we can help. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15059-osx-install-hangs/#findComment-96545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 I have a smilar problem. About a half hour later mine gets to the installer, but once the installer starts, it says that there were errors with the installation. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15059-osx-install-hangs/#findComment-96548 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Pribbernow Posted April 15, 2006 Author Share Posted April 15, 2006 Well it's been at least an hour now and still at the same screen so I assume this is stuck. My hardware is a circa 2001 Dell Dimension 8100 desktop, featuring a 1.7GHZ P4 (early P4 Williamette), 768MB RAM, 60GB HD, ATI 9700, Liteon DVD burner. The sad part is, I was originally in the process of successfully installing OSX via the VMware method. But, idiot that I am, I chose to let the process continue while I left to do some outdoor chores. I think the system rebooted, and since the OSX installer DVD was still in the drive, it booted off that and subsequently corrupted my HD. That's my theory anyway because I boot the system normally I get an error message that says b0. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15059-osx-install-hangs/#findComment-96561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackFox Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 i got the "MaC.OsX.10.4.5.Universal.Install.DVD(INTEL_AMD_SSE3_SSE2).iso" and ive been trying to get it running on my dell inspiron 8500, the entire installation process went by without any problems, but as soon as it rebooted i assume to go into osx. it just kind of hangs there. then after like 5 mins a little crossed out circle appears in the middle of the screen, i let it sit there for about an hour or so and nothing had changed, but i had the same deal, it seemed like it was accessing the drives and all. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15059-osx-install-hangs/#findComment-96569 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Pribbernow Posted April 15, 2006 Author Share Posted April 15, 2006 That's the same ISO I'm using. The installer never seems to work for me at all. Except through the VMware method. Next time I'll know better than to leave it running on its own. For now I have to go through the painful task of reinstalling XP, then trying VMware AGAIN. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15059-osx-install-hangs/#findComment-96580 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Pribbernow Posted April 15, 2006 Author Share Posted April 15, 2006 Here's something interesting. When running the installer with Diagnostic messeages I get several SAM: Multimedia: Read or Write failed, Asc=0x11, ASCQ = 0x06 followed by disk1s3: I/O Error Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15059-osx-install-hangs/#findComment-96633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 That's the same ISO I'm using. The installer never seems to work for me at all. Except through the VMware method. Next time I'll know better than to leave it running on its own. That's the same iso that I'm using. It didn't work installing it from a DVD, but it worked fine through VMWare. BTW, OSx86 fried my MoBo. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15059-osx-install-hangs/#findComment-96694 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Pribbernow Posted April 15, 2006 Author Share Posted April 15, 2006 Well I read somewhere else in these forums that burning another DVD might help, and apparently it has. For the first time the installation went through without a hitch. The entire install suquence went according, right down to the last item in the right-hand list "Finishing Up". When it prompted me to restart I removed the DVD. Upon restart however, I now get the same grey screen with Apple logo and spinning progress bar. But this time I a white square box with a crossed circle above the Apple logo, which I assume to indicate that something isn't mounting, or something to that effect. Any ideas what that is? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15059-osx-install-hangs/#findComment-96696 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 Mine just keeps saying that there were errors installing the software. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15059-osx-install-hangs/#findComment-96718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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