lackofamac Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 i have not downloaded the software yet im using the retail dvd setup tactic, using the generic.iso from boot132, but when it starts up, its gets to the apple logo, then stops there, it doesnt start the download process at all, anyone know what i did wrong? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/185151-only-showing-the-apple-load-screen/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
lackofamac Posted September 9, 2009 Author Share Posted September 9, 2009 this is the image that comes up all the time that ive tried first it says EBIOS read error: Controller or device error Block 16432736: sectors 64 error occurred while starting up the computer pausing for 5 seconds... then it just stays on this, and it has for the past 3 hrs Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/185151-only-showing-the-apple-load-screen/#findComment-1258029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lackofamac Posted September 9, 2009 Author Share Posted September 9, 2009 bump please could someone please help me out, ive been workin on this damn project for about 40 hrs cumulative, anybody have any idea what happened? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/185151-only-showing-the-apple-load-screen/#findComment-1258121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vilpostus Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Boot with -v flag. Post back results. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/185151-only-showing-the-apple-load-screen/#findComment-1258519 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lackofamac Posted September 10, 2009 Author Share Posted September 10, 2009 Boot with -v flag. Post back results. "errors occured while starting the computer... paausing for 5 seconds..." thats all it said at the end, then it said this: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/185151-only-showing-the-apple-load-screen/#findComment-1260778 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vilpostus Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Well... Doesn't say much. What are the specs of your PC and what distro you're using? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/185151-only-showing-the-apple-load-screen/#findComment-1260800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lackofamac Posted September 10, 2009 Author Share Posted September 10, 2009 motherboard: msi g31 m3 processor: intel e5300 dual core pentium ram: ultra ddr2 2048mb hdd: western digital caviar se 250 gb rom: hp dvd1160 and a usb connected (not always) toshiba pa3761u graphics card: nvidia 9400 gt Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/185151-only-showing-the-apple-load-screen/#findComment-1260864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vilpostus Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Boot with maxmem=2048 or cpus=1 flags or all together. Also may try -f flag. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/185151-only-showing-the-apple-load-screen/#findComment-1264909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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