shodan_uk Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Hi all, I've managed to install Snow Leopard from a thumb drive and when I boot the computer with the thumb drive inserted, I can boot into Snow Leopard. However, when I remove the drive and reboot, I just get a blank screen with a blinking cursor. I guess I've missed something but what? Thanks in advance for your help! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/192491-snow-leopard-installed-ok-but-cant-boot-without-thumb-drive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeroburn Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I definitely have this same issue, if you or anyone else can help out? Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/192491-snow-leopard-installed-ok-but-cant-boot-without-thumb-drive/#findComment-1301346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan C Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Try to boot into your SL and install Chameleon to your SL ROOT Partition. The key point is choose proper partition that your installed. Normal Install (non-RAID): -------------------------- Suppose that your installation is on /dev/disk0s2 - Install boot0 to the MBR: sudo fdisk -f boot0 -u -y /dev/rdisk0 - Install boot1h to the partition's bootsector: sudo dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdisk0s2 - Install boot to the partition's root directory: sudo cp boot / Then reboot from harddisk. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/192491-snow-leopard-installed-ok-but-cant-boot-without-thumb-drive/#findComment-1301363 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shodan_uk Posted October 17, 2009 Author Share Posted October 17, 2009 Sorry dude, I'm pretty to new to Mac terminology, when you say "Suppose that your installation is on /dev/disk0s2", how can I tell? Cheers, Terry Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/192491-snow-leopard-installed-ok-but-cant-boot-without-thumb-drive/#findComment-1301394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan C Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 That's a manual installation method. For easy process you can use Chameleon2 RC2 installer instead: During install process choose the first partition listed and reboot to try wether it works. Chameleon_2.0_RC2_r640.pkg.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/192491-snow-leopard-installed-ok-but-cant-boot-without-thumb-drive/#findComment-1301724 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shodan_uk Posted October 17, 2009 Author Share Posted October 17, 2009 The install gets about 3/4 way through then fails with no error message of use Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/192491-snow-leopard-installed-ok-but-cant-boot-without-thumb-drive/#findComment-1301732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shodan_uk Posted October 17, 2009 Author Share Posted October 17, 2009 OK, got a step futher. Looks like a missed the last step off the Lifehacker tutoral and didn't install the bootloader to my machine. Unfortunately, now I'm presented with the Apple logo and a spinning loading graphic and nowt else... Hmmm... possibly something to do with the fact that the Lifehacker tutorial is for a specific MoBo, which I don't have... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/192491-snow-leopard-installed-ok-but-cant-boot-without-thumb-drive/#findComment-1301779 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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