willbaker602 Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 So I'm very new to the entire OSx86 scene but I know a decent amount about computers in general - how they work, what a bootloader is, etc. My hardware: - Intel QX6700 Processor (Core 2 Quad) - Intel D975XBX2 (Bad Axe 2) - GeForce 8800GTS 640MB - 74GB Western Digital VelociRaptor 10,000RPM - 500GB Seagate Barracuda - 500GB Western Digital Caviar - 1000GB Seagate Barracuda - 2 x CD/DVD Drives SATA (separate SATA controller from the hard drives - Marvell vs Intel) - 1 x CD/DVD Drive IDE - Floopy drive Ok so I want OS X for Logic Studio 9, which I purchased today along with Mac OS X Snow Leopard. By reading all types of guides and doing research for around 4 hours, I gathered that by using Boot-132 I could boot the OS X retail disc and off I go: WRONG. What happens is my computer boots the Boot-132 CD and when it gets to the screen where it says "boot:" and allows you to enter text, I can press enter and it will ask what drive I want via hex. 90 is my IDE CD drive which I booted the Boot-132 CD from; I enter 90 and BOOM! It magically displays "Mac OS X Snow Leopard". Perfect. Once I select it with the -v function, it displays "loading Darwin/86 Kernel" then "loading HFS+ system" I believe. When I installed iPC's OS X 10.5.6 version, it loaded a mess of lines and eventually booted into the installer. (iPC OS X 10.5.6 also installed and worked flawlessly except for not having audio but that was my fault for selecting the wrong kext.) With the retail disc, it only displays those two lines of text then goes black and I have to force the computer off and do a hard restart for it to even enter the BIOS again. I also have to hold the power switch for about 5 secs so I know something's running - the BIOS has been taken over so to speak. I've left the computer running for an hour after displaying those two lines of text - no dice. I have also tried (through iPC) to make a bootable USB drive from the DVD and it was successful. I then patched the drive with Universal OSx86 and it refused to boot - same problem as the retail DVD. I tried reformatting the drive, "restoring" it from the DVD and patching with MagicLeopard or some program like that - same problem as the retail DVD. I also tried both GUID and MBR formats. I am unsure as to what I should do to fix this problem as I've searched high and low and nothing works. I am positive I am running the most recent Boot-132 version (ISO is 10.2MB in size). I have also tried, on a whim, unplugging one of my monitors to see if that somehow made the video drivers screw up - still no sign of installation. I apologize for the essay I wrote but I wanted to give as much detail as possible. I am fairly sure once I can get the damn installer working, it will install flawlessly and I can install the correct kexts (though if someone could give me the links to the ones from iPC that'd be terrific) and off I go. Through all of this, the iPC DVD boots up just fine. Thanks for any help and Happy Thanksgiving!!! -Will Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/199597-retail-disc-wont-boot-via-boot-132/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Mavrik Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 crickets..ya i f ing hate that too. i don't know s. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/199597-retail-disc-wont-boot-via-boot-132/#findComment-1354680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Mavrik Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 crickets..ya i f ing hate that too. i don't know s. Still nuttin up here either! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/199597-retail-disc-wont-boot-via-boot-132/#findComment-1359901 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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