Mac OSX86 10.4 wont boot from hd help!

[paulisthebest3uk]

Hi. I have formatted the drive using apple osx disk utility as MAC Os extended journalised. The partition is active so that isnt the problem. Reading these forums i found out that on the osx 10.4.4 disk - the disk utility doesnt work propelery.

 

It installs osx fine, and reboot, after post, theres just a blinking cursor on a black screen and thats it. Its as though the mbr is faulty or something.

 

I hope someone can assist me, thanks for your time

 

Regards Paul

[Rammjet]

How many partitions and what else is on the hard drive?

[paulisthebest3uk]

The harddrive is 20gig, and it has nothing else on the harddrive, so i used all available space for a mac os x journalised partition

[Rammjet]

By default, Disk Utility uses a partition scheme that isn't MBR. A real Intel Mac uses the GUID scheme.

 

You can use a Windows or Linux partition utility to set up the drive, or use Disk Utility this way: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=175520

[paulisthebest3uk]

Set the scheme to 1 partition, name it, set format as MacOS Extended Journaled, then select Options button.

 

Set options to Master Boot Record, exit options, click on Partition button.

 

I followed the instructions, but i dont see an OPTIONS button?

 

Thanks

[Rammjet]

i dont see an OPTIONS button

 

[paulisthebest3uk]

Ive got the other buttons on either side but not the options button - it must be because im on an older osx86 disk perhaps?

 

Mines the older osx86 10.4 dvd

[Rammjet]

Well, you might have to find a bootable Windows partition app on a utility disk or use a bootable Linux disk to partition the drive. Format using FAT32, and then when you run Disk Utility, reformat to MacOS Extended Journaled.

 

There is one other thing to try:

 

On the install DVD, go to the Utilities menu and select Terminal.

 

In Terminal, type: diskutil list

 

Observe what number is the disk you plan on installing OSX - disk0, disk1, etc

 

Use that number in this command:

 

Type: fdisk -a boothfs /dev/rdisk0 <-- use the correct number here with "rdisk"

[paulisthebest3uk]

Ok thats done it ive successfully got the harddrive to boot. Im now however faced with another problem, ive got to enable the cpu patches in the AMD_Enabler folder to start .

 

theres a folder on the DVD called amd_enabler, but im not sure how to get to it in this system, for example

 

in msdos i would type in cd D:\amd_enabler (where d was my cd drive)

 

I read to do this: -

 

Start in single user mode once osx is installed.

now type in

 

CD /AMD_Enabler

mount -uw /

chmod 755 patcher

./patcher cpuid_patches.txt

wait for reboot

 

I can do this when i boot from the dvd - but it gives a write error obviously as its not writable

if i try doing this when i boot from my new os installation however it says AMD_Enabler - no such file or directory, the folder is on the dvd, but its not on my hd

 

Also is there a command in this os to directory a drive (DIR doesnt seem to work)

 

 

All this is necessary because i use an amd 64, and login setup assistant crashes

[Rammjet]

First, copy the AMD_Enabler to the root directory of your installation.

From the installer DVD, go to Terminal.

 

Type: cp -R /AMD_Enabler "/Volumes/(name-of-your-OSX-partition)/"

Run the patcher:

Boot into single user mode (hit F8 at boot and enter -s)

 

At the command prompt

Type: mount -uw /

Type: cd /AMD_Enabler

Type: chmod 755 patcher

Type: ./patcher cpuid_patches.txt

wait for reboot

 

To list a directory in Terminal, use ls or better ls -al