sanctified Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 Machine: Pentium 4 3.2 HT (SSE3) MOBO: Intel 865 OSX Release: Jas 10.4.6 The installation shows the grey screen error after I hit enter in the darwin boot. In a second reboot I used the -v command, here is the screen (Sorry for the horrid quality, my room is very dim so I used flash, but I think its readable): http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/Lac...logy/errorf.jpg Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Posted September 23, 2006 Author Share Posted September 23, 2006 I guess no one knows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Posted September 24, 2006 Author Share Posted September 24, 2006 please guys! Someone should know. I dont want to think I downloaded 4.3 GBs for nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Posted September 25, 2006 Author Share Posted September 25, 2006 Well, at least can someone tell me what release should work with my specs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkwok Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 try disable the serial port, printer port and game port etc. none of them should be enabled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Posted September 25, 2006 Author Share Posted September 25, 2006 Disabled the ports on boot. No luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkwok Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 pls list the specs of your computer, all parts included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wondergod Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Machine: Pentium 4 3.2 HT (SSE3)MOBO: Intel 865 OSX Release: Jas 10.4.6 The installation shows the grey screen error after I hit enter in the darwin boot. In a second reboot I used the -v command, here is the screen (Sorry for the horrid quality, my room is very dim so I used flash, but I think its readable): http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/Lac...logy/errorf.jpg Any ideas? try disabling hyperthreading in your bios...if you do not have that option try to boot with these flags: platform=X86PC cpus=1 idlehalt=0 -v Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Posted September 26, 2006 Author Share Posted September 26, 2006 pls list the specs of your computer, all parts included. Pentium 4 3.2 HT MOBO Intel 865GBF Ram 2GB PC3200 Corsair DVDRW Pioneer DVR - 107D ATI Radeon 9800 pro 1 40GB HD Samsung 7200rpm 1 200GB HD Maxtor 7200rpm wondergod: I will try that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Posted September 26, 2006 Author Share Posted September 26, 2006 wondergod: Didnt result, here is the screendump BTW, for the record. I used to have OSX on this machine. It was the original 10.4.0 leak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolishOX Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 I know this sounds dumb but disable your sound... See what happens. 98% of the time I see these panics and experience them they are bios settings that are incompatible with OSx86... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Posted September 26, 2006 Author Share Posted September 26, 2006 But how can you explain that I used to have OSX on this machine without any trouble? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 I know this sounds dumb but disable your sound... The panic complains about IONDRVSupport -> IOPCIFamily -> IOGraphicsFamily. Video is causing the panic. The two complaints about sound kexts are a problem but are not contributing to the panic. But how can you explain that I used to have OSX on this machine without any trouble? OSX for Intel changed a lot starting with 10.4.3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Posted September 27, 2006 Author Share Posted September 27, 2006 The panic complains about IONDRVSupport -> IOPCIFamily -> IOGraphicsFamily. Video is causing the panic. The two complaints about sound kexts are a problem but are not contributing to the panic. OSX for Intel changed a lot starting with 10.4.3. So I am eally out of luck? As we speak I am downloading the 10.4.7 JaS DVD. Hope that works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wondergod Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 are you using onboard video? if so you may want to try increasing the amount of ram it can use in your bios...sometimes with older onboard vid chipsets it needs a certain amount of video ram to boot if your not using onboard vid what are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Posted September 27, 2006 Author Share Posted September 27, 2006 are you using onboard video? if so you may want to try increasing the amount of ram it can use in your bios...sometimes with older onboard vid chipsets it needs a certain amount of video ram to boot if your not using onboard vid what are you using? Ai Radeon 9800 pro 128mb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnytluxury Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Ive had issues similar.. when install hangs (using -v switch) record the position thats stalls, let machine sit for a few minutes, see if you get "waiting for root device". if in say ten minutes nothings happened, rset machine (dont turn off, just hit reset.) and try to install again, using "-v" switch. Have your dvd boot first in bios to make things easier. See if machine hangs in same place. Repeat steps maybe four times. I say this because I had similar probs, and it turned out to be my MoBo was just incompatible. It would work, intermittently, when installing 10.4.3, but anything higher would cause the install to stop, but at different places, never consistant. Older versions worked whereas newer versions didnt. Thats not to say you should stop dl'ing 10.4.7, it might not be your machine, it might just be your disc and how it was burned. When you do get 10.4.7, burn on -R media, and at the sloweest speed. If you burned 10.4.6 on -R media, then try +R. Youre gonna have to fiddle a bit, dive in if you think its that important. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Posted October 4, 2006 Author Share Posted October 4, 2006 Tryed johnnytluxury´s method with the new 10.4.7 DVD With the -v switch it stops with an UIM error, but it keeps displaying "waiting for root device" every minute. Without the -v switch now I can go as far as the rotating icon with the apple, but after some minutes a "forbidden" signs appears in the apple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 "Waiting for root device" and the "forbidden" sign are the same thing. When BIOS hands off booting to the OS, it loses track of where the boot device is. In order to help it, you have to simplify things. Put the hard drive on the same cable as the DVD drive. Make the hard drive master and the DVD drive slave using jumpers, not cable select. Disconnect all other drives, USB storage devices, etc. If you have a laptop, doing this is very difficult. Your next choice is to use VMWare to make the installation. After you install OSX, you won't need VMWare to boot your installation. http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=11314 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Posted October 5, 2006 Author Share Posted October 5, 2006 So its all about my booting device geting lost? I will try your methods, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Posted October 5, 2006 Author Share Posted October 5, 2006 Didnt work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Posted October 10, 2006 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 no more suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Try using VMWare to install to your hard drive. After the installation, you boot OSX natively without using VMWare: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=11314 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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