tektite Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Hi, thanks for reading this. I decided to give osx86 a go this weekend. I am on my 30th+ attempt to get it installed, and although I have not run out of motivation to keep trying, I can't think of anything else to attempt. I always freeze before osx finishes booting. I have a motherboard that appears to be working for other people (intel d856glc, 2.8ghz P4): http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=4011 http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=25217 http://www.hackint0sh.org/f181/78990.htm I have pulled everything out of the computer except for: intel d865glc p4 2.8ghz 120 gb SATA hard drive ATI Radeon HD 3850 I have tried these versions of the os: iPC OSx86 10.5.6 Universal PPF5 (Final) JaS.OSx86.10.5.4.Client.Server.Intel.SSE2.SSE3 ideneb 10.5.8 lite iatkos v7 (10.5.7) I have had about the same results with each. I have tried every variation on kernel that I can think of, and may of the fixes. Is there anything else I should try, or it's time to give up? Thank so much! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/182848-should-i-throw-in-the-towel/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tienneke Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Hi, thanks for reading this. I decided to give osx86 a go this weekend. I am on my 30th+ attempt to get it installed, and although I have not run out of motivation to keep trying, I can't think of anything else to attempt. I always freeze before osx finishes booting. I have a motherboard that appears to be working for other people (intel d856glc, 2.8ghz P4): http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=4011 http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=25217 http://www.hackint0sh.org/f181/78990.htm I have pulled everything out of the computer except for: intel d865glc p4 2.8ghz 120 gb SATA hard drive ATI Radeon HD 3850 I have tried these versions of the os: iPC OSx86 10.5.6 Universal PPF5 (Final) JaS.OSx86.10.5.4.Client.Server.Intel.SSE2.SSE3 ideneb 10.5.8 lite iatkos v7 (10.5.7) I have had about the same results with each. I have tried every variation on kernel that I can think of, and may of the fixes. Is there anything else I should try, or it's time to give up? Thank so much! Do you have skills in terminal (linux or something unix like)? I can't help you with the info you have there. You succeed in installing osX allright, but can't boot your install. Do you get a panic screen (grey screen with 'reboot your mac' in the middle)? If you don't get a kernel panic, boot with the -v option (enter it in the boot loader prompt), it'll give you verbose output. What are the last lines when it stops booting? (or take a pic and upload it somewhere so I can see what it says.) If you get a kernel panic, also boot with the -v option, take a picture of your screen and post it here. Then I have some more info. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/182848-should-i-throw-in-the-towel/#findComment-1242466 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tektite Posted August 30, 2009 Author Share Posted August 30, 2009 Thanks for the amazingly fast reply Tienneke! Here is the verbose screencap from the last install, which was iAtkos v7. I have screens from some previous failed attempts as well, which have stopped at different places. Thank you so much! J~ Forgot to answer your questions: Do you have skills in terminal (linux or something unix like)? Nothing I would call skills, but I know basic commands. I am comfortable in terminal I can't help you with the info you have there. You succeed in installing osX allright, but can't boot your install. Do you get a panic screen (grey screen with 'reboot your mac' in the middle)? I have seen this screen many many times this weekend with earlier installs, but this current version iAtkos v.7, I get the gray booting screen, with simply 4 characters of text on the top "Plea" Thanks again! J~ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/182848-should-i-throw-in-the-towel/#findComment-1242486 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tienneke Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Thanks for the amazingly fast reply Tienneke! Here is the verbose screencap from the last install, which was iAtkos v7. I have screens from some previous failed attempts as well, which have stopped at different places. Thank you so much! J~ Okay, it seems your graphics card is not being detected properly. The first thing to try is booting in single user mode (enter -v -s at the boot prompt). Then when you get to a terminal prompt, enter following commands: mount -uw mkdir /backup mv /System/Library/Extensions/ATI* /backup/ mv /System/Library/Extensions/ATY* /backup/ This way you actually uninstalled the drivers from your system (you moved them to a backup location in case you'd need them again). I hope this gets you to a login screen. After that I suggest you look for info about your graphics card in the forum. There are tons of threads about it (EDIT: In case it didn't work, just post a screenshot of where it hangs again, I'll try to help you from there ) (EDIT 2: Okay, I just saw your answers to the questions. It's great that you're comfortable with the terminal I should warn you, osx86 isn't meant to be an easy install, so you can expect these kind of errors a lot when you first install it ) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/182848-should-i-throw-in-the-towel/#findComment-1242525 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tektite Posted August 30, 2009 Author Share Posted August 30, 2009 Here is another shot, booted in safe mode, this time with a panic. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/182848-should-i-throw-in-the-towel/#findComment-1242532 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tienneke Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Here is another shot, booted in safe mode, this time with a panic. Hmm, that's a quick panic. Try going with the stuff I posted before. I think it's possible to get it to run like that I forgot a last command, after doing everything there, just type reboot to reboot your system Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/182848-should-i-throw-in-the-towel/#findComment-1242537 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tektite Posted August 30, 2009 Author Share Posted August 30, 2009 Okay, it seems your graphics card is not being detected properly. The first thing to try is booting in single user mode (enter -v -s at the boot prompt). Then when you get to a terminal prompt, enter following commands: mount -uw mkdir /backup mv /System/Library/Extensions/ATI* /backup/ mv /System/Library/Extensions/ATY* /backup/ This way you actually uninstalled the drivers from your system (you moved them to a backup location in case you'd need them again). I hope this gets you to a login screen. After that I suggest you look for info about your graphics card in the forum. There are tons of threads about it Gave it a go, seems to hang about the same place. When I enter the above commands, it said something about read only file system. Is that ok? It seems to still be trying to initialize the ATY drivers. Would it be worth me trying to do the install again without the video drivers? Here is a screen cap of -v boot after your commands were entered. Thanks so much for your time Tienneke! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/182848-should-i-throw-in-the-towel/#findComment-1242563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tienneke Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Gave it a go, seems to hang about the same place. When I enter the above commands, it said something about read only file system. Is that ok? It seems to still be trying to initialize the ATY drivers. Would it be worth me trying to do the install again without the video drivers? Here is a screen cap of -v boot after your commands were entered. Thanks so much for your time Tienneke! Stupid me, I forgot a slash in my first command It should be like this: mount -uw / mkdir /backup mv /System/Library/Extensions/ATI* /backup/ mv /System/Library/Extensions/ATY* /backup/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/182848-should-i-throw-in-the-towel/#findComment-1242566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tektite Posted August 30, 2009 Author Share Posted August 30, 2009 It worked!!! Tienneke, you did a really great service to me! Thank you so much! I have seriously been reading forums, and guides, and reinstalling for the last 4 days. I can't thank you enough. I know there will be other hurdles to get over now, but they seem surmountable! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/182848-should-i-throw-in-the-towel/#findComment-1242585 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tienneke Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 It worked!!! Tienneke, you did a really great service to me! Thank you so much! I have seriously been reading forums, and guides, and reinstalling for the last 4 days. I can't thank you enough. I know there will be other hurdles to get over now, but they seem surmountable! Okay, this trick will work whenever you graphics card craps out on you Now go and find a good tutorial for your graphics card so you have hardware acceleration Good luck! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/182848-should-i-throw-in-the-towel/#findComment-1242590 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tektite Posted August 30, 2009 Author Share Posted August 30, 2009 Okay, this trick will work whenever you graphics card craps out on you Now go and find a good tutorial for your graphics card so you have hardware acceleration Good luck! You bet! Thanks again. I just did a victory dance around my apartment Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/182848-should-i-throw-in-the-towel/#findComment-1242596 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerdyperdy Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 I'm using the same board with an Nvidia MX440. I have tried the same distro's as the original poster and have gotten as far as the Apple screen after restart. It spins for a little bit then freezes. No kernel panic. Can you list what options you used during your install? I have all distro's you used and even have a USB bootable SL and a DMG converted to ISO. I'm begging.....lol ~Nerd Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/182848-should-i-throw-in-the-towel/#findComment-1445261 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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