Tha_Rappa Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 I have sucessfully installed mac os 10.4.6 on my Hewlitt Packard pentium D computer. I can boot by hitting -x. My problem is when I boot in normal start up mode. I get the grey mac screen. The little wheel starts spinning. Then I get a black box message telling me that "You need to restart your computer. You can do this by holding down the power button or hitting the reset button." Any ideas how I can get past this or what is causing this? Let me know if anyone needs more info. Thank you for any help in advance. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15627-1046-boots-in-safe-mode-but/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac OSX Coder Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 what happens after your restart? Is it an infinite loop (haha) cycle or does it show something else then crash? Are you sure your not just booting back to the CD? [Edit: Fixed Typos] [Edit 2: Retyped because of misreading] Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15627-1046-boots-in-safe-mode-but/#findComment-100378 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tha_Rappa Posted April 21, 2006 Author Share Posted April 21, 2006 I am not booting again from the cd. The cd is not even in the drive. Like I said, it gets to the boot screen, then I get a message that I have to restart. This message is also displayed in 3 other languages. It goes to the grey screen, then the screen gets a translucent black screen and then the black box is in the middle. Thank you for your question and responding. I hope someone can figure this out. Obviously I am extremely close to getting this to work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15627-1046-boots-in-safe-mode-but/#findComment-100593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 boot with -v and report any error messages you see. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15627-1046-boots-in-safe-mode-but/#findComment-100600 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tha_Rappa Posted April 22, 2006 Author Share Posted April 22, 2006 Here is what I got with a diagnostic start up(-v) Debugger called: <panic> Back trace, Format - Frame:Return Address(4 potential args on stack) (THEN A 4 LINES OF CODES) Kernal loadable modules in backtrace(with dependencies); com.apple.driver.Apple HDA(1.1.0a20)@03ac2a000 dependency:com.apple.iokit.IOHDA Family dependency:com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily(1.5.6b2) Kernal Version: Darwin Kernel Version 8.4.1:Tue Jan 3 18:23:53 PST 2006 root:xnu-792.7.90obj~1/Release_I386 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15627-1046-boots-in-safe-mode-but/#findComment-100846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tha_Rappa Posted April 22, 2006 Author Share Posted April 22, 2006 You can close this thread, I got it to work. I installed the sound patches, and I did not need to. I reinstalled without those boxes checked and it works perfect now. Now I just need it to read my wireless internet card so I can connect to the internet. Then I will be all set. Thanks everyone for your help. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/15627-1046-boots-in-safe-mode-but/#findComment-100927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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