On Boot: Apple sign with Circle-Slash through it

[ForumSnoBorderRK]

hey guys,

umm,

i was just wondering how

durring the boot screen (after installation) it doesnt really let me start up.

It loads until theirs a little circle with a slash running through it (sort of like a NO ____ sign).

 

 

How can this be fixed so i can boot back into my osx??

 

The Install version is

10.4.6 osx JaS

 

somebody help?

 

and also,

screen resolutions,

how do i change them?

 

many thanks!

[Rammjet]

During the installation, when you get to the window where you are to click the Install button, you must first click the Customize button and choose packages for your computer. Click the little arrow next to the patches category to reveal the individual packages. Select Intel or AMD packages, not both. Select SSE2 or SSE3, not both, depending upon the capability of your processor. Select the Combo Update to get the latest version of OSX. Select other packages only if you know your computer can use them.

 

10.4.6: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...ost&id=4249

 

For resolution selection, you can try the Displays preference in System Preferences.

 

If that doesn't work, then you need some proper drivers for your video card. What kind of video card do you have?

 

Also, during boot, you can hit F8 to get to a boot prompt. At the prompt, type:

 

?video

 

And see what resolutions are available.

 

Then type:

 

"Graphics Mode" = "1280x1024"

 

where 1280x1024 is the resolution you want. You must use the quote marks. When you find a resolution that is acceptable, you can add it to your boot.plist file.

 

Edit the boot.plist file at "/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist" and add the following shown in bold:

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string></string>

<key>Boot Graphics</key>

<string>Yes</string>

<key>Timeout</key>

<string>10</string>

<key>Graphics Mode</key>

<string>1280x1024</string>

You can edit the file by dragging it to the Desktop and editing it with TextEdit, then dragging it back, answering the 2 resulting dialogs - Authenticate and yes to replace, then followed by using Disk Utility to repair permissions on the OSX partition.

 

Or you can do it via Terminal with this command:

sudo nano /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist

[ForumSnoBorderRK]

thanks rammjet..

the resolution i will definetly take a look at to fix,

 

but at for the installation,

i have already been choosing the packages necessary for my computer.

So i know its not what im not choosing...

its something i might have to do once im in the os for the first time...?

 

any ideas?

 

Here are some of my specs:

 

VIDEO: * ATi Hyper Memory PCI Express X16 (DVI/VGA/TV out) Radeon X300 SE

 

VIDEO * ATi Radeon X600 256MB HYPERMEMORY

 

AUDIO * Sigmatel stac 92XX C-Major HD Audio

 

 

 

any ideas on how to get my sound working as well?

many thanks rammjet and anyone else who wishes to help!