FredFredrickson Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 First of all, I just wanted to let the team know what a great job they've done. Though I am well-versed in computers, I'm relatively new to this whole OS X-on-a-PC thing, and I've still had a pretty easy time with things (up until now). Anyway, a few months ago I decided to try out iPC 10.5.6 on my old computer (dual boots with Ubuntu), and after a few failures in getting the OS to install, I finally got it, installed it, and ran it fine without a hitch. I became busy with other things though, and had to leave the computer alone for a while. About a week ago I finally got the time to play around with it some more, so I booted up the machine and OS X reminded me that there were updates available. So I updated. After the computer restarted, OS X refused to reboot - it reported that the file /com.apple.boot.plist could not be found. I figured it might be a good time to grab a new version of iPC (just in case any changes had been made to prevent this sort of thing), so I downloaded the newest version and installed that. Unfortunately, now every time the installer finishes and the system reboots, it halts and reports the following: System config file '/com.apple.boot.Slist' not found I've tried re-installing at least 10 times now, with different configurations for boot loaders, kernals, and drivers, and each time results in the same error message after rebooting. I know that I couldn't possibly be the only person who has experienced this - so could someone clue me in as to what I can do to solve this? I know the computer runs OS X fine once I get it to boot - I just can't figure out how to make it boot now. My system specs are as follows: CPU: P4 3.0ghz (single core) RAM: 2gb PC3200 GPU: GeForce 6800 GTS (256mb) Mobo: Albatron PX865PE PRO HDD: WD Raptor 74GB SATA Any help is appreciated - thanks again for the great work! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/179787-ipc-osx86-1056-wont-start-up-after-install/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredFredrickson Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 I should also add that I fiddled around with it more last night, and that I get different results depending on if the DVD is in the drive after the reboot directly following the install. If it's in the drive, I get the error message described above (missing com.apple.boot.Slist). If it's not, the computer just restarts every time it gets to a certain point in the startup (in verbose mode, it scrolls too fast for me to read what line it is). Does the DVD need to be in the drive directly following the install? Anyone have any idea why these things might be happening? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/179787-ipc-osx86-1056-wont-start-up-after-install/#findComment-1226034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
raizo4ever Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 I am having the same problem. Can anyone help me? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/179787-ipc-osx86-1056-wont-start-up-after-install/#findComment-1226205 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyper Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Have a look at this thread mate - Click Hope it helps. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/179787-ipc-osx86-1056-wont-start-up-after-install/#findComment-1226215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredFredrickson Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 Thanks Skyper, will have a go at this and see if I can fix it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/179787-ipc-osx86-1056-wont-start-up-after-install/#findComment-1226254 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyper Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Let us know how it goes. Cheers! ~Skyper Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/179787-ipc-osx86-1056-wont-start-up-after-install/#findComment-1226270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramy El Maghraby Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 First of all, I just wanted to let the team know what a great job they've done. Though I am well-versed in computers, I'm relatively new to this whole OS X-on-a-PC thing, and I've still had a pretty easy time with things (up until now). Anyway, a few months ago I decided to try out iPC 10.5.6 on my old computer (dual boots with Ubuntu), and after a few failures in getting the OS to install, I finally got it, installed it, and ran it fine without a hitch. I became busy with other things though, and had to leave the computer alone for a while. About a week ago I finally got the time to play around with it some more, so I booted up the machine and OS X reminded me that there were updates available. So I updated. After the computer restarted, OS X refused to reboot - it reported that the file /com.apple.boot.plist could not be found. I figured it might be a good time to grab a new version of iPC (just in case any changes had been made to prevent this sort of thing), so I downloaded the newest version and installed that. Unfortunately, now every time the installer finishes and the system reboots, it halts and reports the following: I've tried re-installing at least 10 times now, with different configurations for boot loaders, kernals, and drivers, and each time results in the same error message after rebooting. I know that I couldn't possibly be the only person who has experienced this - so could someone clue me in as to what I can do to solve this? I know the computer runs OS X fine once I get it to boot - I just can't figure out how to make it boot now. My system specs are as follows: CPU: P4 3.0ghz (single core) RAM: 2gb PC3200 GPU: GeForce 6800 GTS (256mb) Mobo: Albatron PX865PE PRO HDD: WD Raptor 74GB SATA Any help is appreciated - thanks again for the great work! good day sir, I do believe that youneed to set the partition you are using to install the Mac OS X on as active, Iwas trying to install the OS X 10.4.8 on a Virtual machine and did not want toboot till I formatted under windows and set the partition as active and thenwent back to install the OS X, and then it booted with out any problem Regards Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/179787-ipc-osx86-1056-wont-start-up-after-install/#findComment-1499383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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