whalesalad Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Hey Everyone, I am new to OSx86, but am pretty knowledgeable about Linux, managing partitions, all that good stuff. My friend just got a new Macbook, and using OSX is just amazing, so I decided to try installing it on my system Here is my setup... AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (SSE2, no SSE3) 250GB Seagate SATA Drive 40GB IBM IDE Drive ATi Radeon 9800Pro 1024MB Corsair Ram So yesterday I downloaded and burned the 10.4.4 installer and it installed fine, not a single problem, but the darn thing won't boot. So I tried installing again... nothing. So I searched around on the forums, the wiki, TPB, and managed to start downloading the JaS ISO of 10.4.6. I noticed in the installer there were a ton of "hack's" or patches. I chose the AMD pack and the SSE2 pack, disabled all the other languages and most of the print drivers, and installed. Upon reboot, same problem as before. Now, your probably wondering what I am doing to boot my system. Well, the SATA drive with XP on it is the master, it automatically boots. I can press ESC when the BIOS starts posting, and it will let me choose what drive to boot. I have used it tons of times, its very easy and efficient, I have used it with ubuntu, suse, so I know this tecnique works. So basically I boot, press ESC, choose the IDE drive, and voila. But this doesn't seem to be working at all with OSX. It does the whole "Verifying DMI pool..." and hangs there. So I don't know what to do... but I am SOOOOO anxious to install OSX, the installer looked so good it almost made me cream my pants. I need some help!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21615-just-did-a-clean-install-will-not-boot/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quan Dang Dinh Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 hmm, try follow my way - I have installed and running well Mac OS 1. using Partition Magic or some programs like that to: + Active Mac OS Partion + Hide all Windows Partition 2. Using DVD Install boot to Installer, select Intel Combo Path, upgrade 3. Using DVD Install boot to Installer, use Termina, type: cp /mach_kernel /Volumes/<Mac OS Partition name> 4. boot to Mac OS with -x parameter Good luck!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21615-just-did-a-clean-install-will-not-boot/#findComment-142746 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevy2410 Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 If the install went fine and won't boot into OSX, sound like you need to make the OSX partition active. Get SPFDISK and make a boot floppy or cd and use SPFDISK and make OSX partition active. I've used it and works great. Good luck, Chevy Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21615-just-did-a-clean-install-will-not-boot/#findComment-142901 Share on other sites More sharing options...
whalesalad Posted July 11, 2006 Author Share Posted July 11, 2006 Thanks everyone. I set the partition active and now it works perfectly. Posting from OSX! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21615-just-did-a-clean-install-will-not-boot/#findComment-142935 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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