TheQuantumByte Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 My friend's x86 machine is stuck at the installation reboot: when the installation is complete...he clicks "restart" but it hangs there. Any ideas? Help a poor guy out.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulisthebest3uk Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 A lot of computers hang at the reboot, mine does. Just press reset button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akhil Modi Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Btw.. that friend would be me... it just took me a little while to log into the forum... Problem: During the last stage of the instalation process "finishing up" after i press the restart button, it hangs. if i reset the computer i have to re install the OSX. this is the second time it has happend. Any comments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trin Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 It's still not an OSX is it? Typical PC. The "On" button on your computer starts looking friendly. Push it, hold it. Hopefully, there's a huge "BONG" sound when it reboots, if your lucky enough to get sound. lol. Easier to invest in a Mac. XD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaTiN Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Maybe it is the same problem Isaac had; processor SSE2, SSE3 thingy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akhil Modi Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Yea but thats only for customized options. i dont have that option when i install it... HELP!!!! what do i do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuantumByte Posted September 29, 2006 Author Share Posted September 29, 2006 Cmon guys help him out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c0a0m0 Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Akhil Modi- Be prepared for frustations when you under take the OSXx86 project. The best support you are going to get is here in these forums. I have learned a lot but it has taken weeks to get my system working for any real use, mainly by pouring over these posts. My expereince was very frustrating to say the least and I finally got to the Set Up Assistant on harddisk in OSX totally by accident. I kept modifying start up sequence in BIOS ie: floppy-HD-CD and different combinations thereof. No boot. Then I lucked out. I did nothing after I installed OSXx86. I have to have the install DVD of 10.4.6 in the DVD drive, I cannot boot to OSX on HD without it. There may be a way to fix that but I haven't been able to figure it out and in the end it doesn't matter, I can get to the desktop, my system runs. When I start up after installing OSXx86, (floppy-CD-HD) BIOS asks for keyboard input to install MAC OSX 86 within 8 seconds. If I do nothing ie: make no input on the keyboard, BIOS swithches to HD and finds OSXx86 on the HD. If I give any input from the keyboard it stays with the DVD and goes to install again. I have no start up tone or gray apple start up logo. Just code on black. Unix text then the desktop. As far as I can tell from pouring over these posts, any one trying this on anything but the recomended Intel hardware has got their work cut out for them with OSXx86. Even if they are a wizard with operating systems. Good Luck I've been playing with happy macs since 1987. What can I say, it's fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 I have to have the install DVD of 10.4.6 in the DVD drive, I cannot boot to OSX on HD without it. There may be a way to fix that but I haven't been able to figure it out and in the end it doesn't matter, I can get to the desktop, my system runs. You need to set your OSX partition "active". You can use any Windows or Linux disk/partition utility or you can use Fdisk built in to OSX: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=22844 I have no start up tone or gray apple start up logo. Just code on black. Unix text then the desktop. There is no startup tone on a Hackintosh. The text is because you have verbose mode set. Edit the boot.plist file at "/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist" and change the Kernel Flags parameter to look like the following: <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string></string> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akhil Modi Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 Thanks for your posts.. So.. now what can i do to fix this problem?? After the installation, the last step is to restart your computer. It always freezes on that step, i've installed it about 5 times now. Same problem... ok and (After the making the partition active and everything) I have to force shut down. Then when i start it up, it freezes on the grey screen with the spinning progress circle. Please help.. i've tried everything i can do.. im totally out of ideas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c0a0m0 Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 A list of your components will give an idea of what you are working with ie: chipsets, etc. And which version of OSx86 you are trying to install on to your system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akhil Modi Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 A list of your components will give an idea of what you are working with ie: chipsets, etc. And which version of OSx86 you are trying to install on to your system. I have the following: 2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 1 GB RAM Onboard Intel Graphics Controler 80 GB HardDisk Space is it the software problem or is the hardware??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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