TerraPhantm Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Hi, I've been trying to install leopard on my system using boot 132 and the retail disc. It all seems to go well until the point at which I assume the actual installer would display. At this point my monitor thinks it has no signal and turns off. Based on the symptoms I'm guessing it's some kind of video driver issue, but I'm not sure as to how I'd go about fixing that. I'm using the boot 132 iso from this link My PCs specs are: Core2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.7GHz DFI LanParty LT X38-T2R 4GB DDR2 RAM nVidia 9800GTX Pioneer 118L (on JMicron controller) 500GB Western Digital drive (on ICH9R) If it affects anything, I also have 3 1TB drives in a Raid5 with a windows install; I don't expect OS X to be able to interact with this array. Any help will be appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraPhantm Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Well after searching around, I'm pretty sure it's a video driver issue. Can anyone tell me how to modify the boot132 iso under windows so that I can add the gfx-strings for a 9800GTX? I can't find instructions for that anywhere. I don't have access to any mac at all at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I edited the file for you, since I have still to find a way to edit those ISO files on Windows. FYI: I added a com.apple.Boot.plist file into the Library/Preferences/SystemPreferences/ directory of the iso file (EDIT: the directory was actually added to the INITRD.IMG file inside of the ISO). I retrieved the EFI hex string for your video card using "OSx86Tools", (download here). Download Link for Boot132Discinstall.iso with the Nvidia 9800GTX efi string: http://www.mediafire.com/?xwi5jnjze1b Let me know if it doesn't work. PS: Here's something to get you started on EFI strings: (For LAN cards) http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...=114349&hl= (for VIDEO cards) http://forum.netkas.org/index.php/topic,104.0.html Editing the ISO is not very difficult on a mac. A straightforward way is described here (also also recommend checking the link to munkey's thread at the beginning to learn about Boot-132): http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=140683 - hecker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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