xldie Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 linux: i dd the image file to hdc (the ide hard drive on the machine, i have the raptor unplugged prior to booting live linux), and it took about 108 seconds to complete the 6gb file transfer. when i reboot the machine to the hard drive, nothing happens, a cursor blinks and the entire machine stays there, and reboots if ctrl-alt-del is pressed. I have no clue what the problem might be, one guess here is that the file didn't dd copy correct. after all, 6gb of files copied in under 2 minutes is pretty darn fast by any standard. the usb hard drive is an internal WD 80GB IDE hooked up to a USB kit. But I've tried dd that darn thing 3 times, all with the same results. now the windows: i followed all the instructions on osxonpc.com, same results as described above system spec: MSI d875 socket 478 mobo intel northwood core 3.4ghz with SSE2 1gb corsair XMS 200gb WD IDE hard drive help me out Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1685-osx-fails-to-boot-at-all/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
xldie Posted September 1, 2005 Author Share Posted September 1, 2005 similar error on my 2nd machine. System halts at a blinking cursor, and right above that, it says Veryfing DMI Pool Data... system spec: abit ic7-g i875 mobo intel 3.4ghz Extreme edition with SSE2 Gallatin core 1gb corsair XMS 200gb WD IDE hard drive Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1685-osx-fails-to-boot-at-all/#findComment-10639 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dussel Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Hi xldie, try this solution: 1. use DD to extract the Image: dd if=tiger-x86-flat.img of=\\.\Volume{c18588c0-02e9-11d8-853f-00902758442b} bs=32256 skip=1 but replace the volume string ( in the format \\.\Volume{c18588c0-02e9-11d8-853f-00902758442b} ) with the one of your hard drive. 2. Reboot the System and you will get an HFS+ partition error (thats normal!!!) 3. use Ptedit (Partition Table Editor from Powerquest and its FREE) or another Program to change the PatitionTYP to AF, sometimes you must also change the Boottype to 80 for Bootable 4. Reboot and Darwin will boot Hope this help some of you Dear Dussel Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1685-osx-fails-to-boot-at-all/#findComment-10648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xldie Posted September 1, 2005 Author Share Posted September 1, 2005 ... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1685-osx-fails-to-boot-at-all/#findComment-10870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xldie Posted September 2, 2005 Author Share Posted September 2, 2005 hi dussel i don't see the option to change the file system type to AF. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1685-osx-fails-to-boot-at-all/#findComment-11119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dussel Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 Hi xldie, Boot from an Bootable Disk and start PTEDIT. Then you will see your Partitiontables. I´ve attached an Sample Partitiontable und you will see 2 circles. In the first one you see 16 you must change it to AF. In the secong you see 00, you must change it to 80. Now you are able to boot MacOSX86. Dear Dussel Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1685-osx-fails-to-boot-at-all/#findComment-11167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xldie Posted September 2, 2005 Author Share Posted September 2, 2005 OK i got this partition table editor to start, and my windows hard drive looks pretty normal from it, but the "mac" drive isn't so lucky. Every value associated with the drive is 0, i mean every number that's on your screen shot is 0. I take that as the files didn't dd correctly? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1685-osx-fails-to-boot-at-all/#findComment-11337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horatio Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 Lilkewise, I tried to install on a P4P800 I believe it was... my friends mobo, with a 2.4Ghz P4 and had the EXACT same problem you do. I have also tried to install on my computer with a P4 3.73 and Abit AA8XE Fatal1ty motherboard, and as someone else stated it just comes to verifying DMI pool data and then hangs... and when I tried it with both windows and linux the install time for the DD command was insanely quick, so I too am thinking that it didn't DD properly either.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1685-osx-fails-to-boot-at-all/#findComment-11605 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xldie Posted September 3, 2005 Author Share Posted September 3, 2005 yep, same here, does anyone have a solution for that? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1685-osx-fails-to-boot-at-all/#findComment-11808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentOrange Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 I got that when I tried to install any way OTHER than dd. Couldn't install Darwin, mirroring using OS X, mirroring using CCC, etc. DD worked fine, just stuck at 6GB. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1685-osx-fails-to-boot-at-all/#findComment-11976 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horatio Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 I think the problem was that I wasn't leaving that 63 clusters or w/e it is for th boot sector. I ran through this guide and it worked PERFECTLY http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...le_And_Accurate Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1685-osx-fails-to-boot-at-all/#findComment-12046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xldie Posted September 4, 2005 Author Share Posted September 4, 2005 I think the problem was that I wasn't leaving that 63 clusters or w/e it is for th boot sector. I ran through this guide and it worked PERFECTLY http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...le_And_Accurate <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i did the bs=512 skip=63 doesn't work either. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1685-osx-fails-to-boot-at-all/#findComment-12200 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xldie Posted September 5, 2005 Author Share Posted September 5, 2005 Wait long... then [edit] Installing the bootloader [edit] Grub in short If you already have Grub working. Add this section to your /boot/grub/grub.conf (or /boot/grub/menu.lst) : title MacOSX root (hd0,1) chainloader --force +1 I had to put this in my menu.lst file to get things working : title OSX_X86 rootnoverify (hd0,2) makeactive chainloader +1 If you have an "HFS+ partition error", copy all the files from /usr/standalone/i386 of the Darwin CD to a partition in NTFS, FAT or ext but not hfs on your hard disk, and put this in menu.lst : title OSX_X86 rootnoverify (hd0,2) <- replace hd0,2 by the partition where you have copied chainloader files. makeactive chainloader /chain0 can someone explain to me what is this section about? i redid the DD in linux, and still get a HFS+ partition error, but i can't make sense of anything in the guide above. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1685-osx-fails-to-boot-at-all/#findComment-12776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
krrr Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 yes me too exactly stuck .... dd just craps the made partition. whts the solution ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1685-osx-fails-to-boot-at-all/#findComment-19333 Share on other sites More sharing options...
anatharias Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Have you tried to put the DVD into ur PC instead of ur XBOX ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1685-osx-fails-to-boot-at-all/#findComment-19343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
krrr Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Have you tried to put the DVD into ur PC instead of ur XBOX ? :D dont u make fun of us.... who are in pain with this thing. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1685-osx-fails-to-boot-at-all/#findComment-19347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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