hiroo Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 ok, just did my first install on a machine built for this. the install part went without a hitch, but the machine just boots to a blinking underline cursor and stays there. Here are the hardware specs: ASUS P5LD2-VM Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Sapphire X1600XT 256M PCI-E Lite-on DVD+/- RW WD 120GB PATA on primary IDE (with optical drive) WD 500GB SATA on SATA1 2GB DDR2 DRAM I previously installed Win XP on the 120GB PATA to check hardware functionality and it all works fine in windows. I then installed the 500GB SATA and installed OSX86 from the JAS 10.4.6 DVD, which detected the SATA drive fine. I used Disk Utility to partition the SATA drive into 160GB boot partition and the rest for working space. I selected the Intel and SSE3 options for the install. No problems reported by the installer. Most of the install guides seem to deal with dual booting options, etc. I had intended for this to boot directly into OS X most of the time and only switch to booting from the 120GB PATA drive when I need windows. Is this possible? Or is the problem that I can't boot OSX86 from the SATA? I did set that drive to be the boot drive in the BIOS, which is what leads to the blinking cursor... Any clues where to go next? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30646-installed-1046-jas-fine-but-wont-boot/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdg Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 Same problem on the P5L-VM 1394 Install goes flawless, but on the reboot it shows like it's booting but then screen goes blank, and mine actually reboots? I have two other 945G's (Intel) and they work beautifully...the only different hardware on this rig is the Mobo and the CPU. Does this mobo simply just not work? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30646-installed-1046-jas-fine-but-wont-boot/#findComment-219477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmaniac Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 hiroo, try setting your partition active using fdisk as described here: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...c=22844&hl= Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30646-installed-1046-jas-fine-but-wont-boot/#findComment-219491 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaego Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 i feel your pain man got the same problem.....black screen with flashing underscore AND no setting the drive active didn't help nor did formating it into FAT32 / MBR partition, so i said F**K it and lets see if the new 10.4.8 will fix this issue Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30646-installed-1046-jas-fine-but-wont-boot/#findComment-219506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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