Agracuta Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Okay heres the problem im having been troubleshooting for 6 days now. I burned the disc low speeds all that jazz got a IDE 40gb in there blank i put in the OSX X86 dvd jas 10.4.7 i boot it up gets to the screen where it asks to let it go or hit f8 first error i get is if i let it go says it cant find the MAC ini setup file second i get if i boot -v the pc reboots itself when it gets to "LOADING DARWIN /X86 dunno what to do have tried mutliple things found a site that said to disable extended features on CPU closest thing i found on my bios was max cpuid value limit for booting legacy OSes taht dont support extended cpu functions did not work my system is as follows ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe Intel CORE 2 DUO e6400 2.13ghz Corsiar DDR2 800 2GB Seagate IDE 20GB W/ 2mb cache Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34105-dvd-boots-up-but-reboots-when-trying-to-run-setup/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Freak Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Try to check if your computer is compatible at http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.4.7 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34105-dvd-boots-up-but-reboots-when-trying-to-run-setup/#findComment-241530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agracuta Posted November 24, 2006 Author Share Posted November 24, 2006 sure is Only one NIC working (suppose the nForce4 one), no SATA (neither nForce4 nor SI) Everything but the aforementioned worked without patching what it says for my mobo all other things is working as well and im NOT installing to a sata drive, to a 40gb blank ide Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34105-dvd-boots-up-but-reboots-when-trying-to-run-setup/#findComment-241541 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SempronX Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 I have the same motherboard with core2duo e6700 and i get continous rebbots like you mentioned, i also downloaded the jas 10.4.8 dvd (intel) and i get a no entry sign just aftert the apple sign with the spinning logo appears... I am also trying to install to ide 80gb drive .. We need help here....... PLEASE Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34105-dvd-boots-up-but-reboots-when-trying-to-run-setup/#findComment-241600 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agracuta Posted November 25, 2006 Author Share Posted November 25, 2006 plz help i know core 2 duos can run this my buddy in canada has it up on his pc Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34105-dvd-boots-up-but-reboots-when-trying-to-run-setup/#findComment-241638 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agracuta Posted November 25, 2006 Author Share Posted November 25, 2006 bump Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34105-dvd-boots-up-but-reboots-when-trying-to-run-setup/#findComment-241908 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SempronX Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 im really suprised that we cant runt this, there must be a solution Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34105-dvd-boots-up-but-reboots-when-trying-to-run-setup/#findComment-241916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agracuta Posted November 25, 2006 Author Share Posted November 25, 2006 for you it might be cuz its the 10.4.8i hear that one dont work for most people but i have the 10.4.7 and it still gives me {censored} Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34105-dvd-boots-up-but-reboots-when-trying-to-run-setup/#findComment-241930 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detosx Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 I have had pretty much the same thing with my Asus P5VD2-MX. Having been unable to get Sata to work I tried an IDE drive. The install crapped out on me at the end saying I didn't have a keyboard plugged in, where in fact I had a usb one. Rebooted with a regular keyboard in place. Couldn't get it to boot up. Did a fresh install, fell asleep toward the end of the install. Woke up to found the computer locked in a Darwin loader reboot loop. Removed the DVD and rebooted - but same reboot loop. I read that someone had more luck with version 10.4.7, so I have downloaded that and will try it on Sunday. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34105-dvd-boots-up-but-reboots-when-trying-to-run-setup/#findComment-241932 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 When booting the DVD, it says press "any key to install" or F8 for options. If you do nothing, it will countdown and try to boot the OSX partition (which doesn't exist yet, so you get the missing boot.plist error). So, to install, press "any key to install". If that fails, instead, press F8. Type: cpus=1 (then Enter) If that fails, then use VMWare in Windows to install OSX to your hard drive. After installation, you won't need VMWare to run OSX: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=11314 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34105-dvd-boots-up-but-reboots-when-trying-to-run-setup/#findComment-241936 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detosx Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 Rammjet to the rescue! Hope that works for the others. I had no luck getting Sata seen, as I say, but I felt sure if I went the IDE route everything would work. I established early on that it is best to use a virgin HD; I have an NTFS partition on said IDE drive (which I moved to the end of the HD and established two primary FAT32 partions, one active) and if NTFS isn't 'hidden', JAS 10.4.8 refuses to 'see' the hard drive at all. Odd - or perhaps not?The plan for this sunday is to convert that NTFS partition and all of its valuable data into an FAT32, backing up beforehand. If that doesn't work I will format the entire drive, three FAT32 partitions. During that first install when the computer said I didn't have a keyboard attached, I selected the USB fix patch, so perhaps there was my problem. The Darwin reboot loop occured even without the DVD in place. I decided to leave it for another day. I will try again on Sunday. Any and all pointers very welcome. ASUS P5VD2-MX Pentium D 2.8 PNY Geforce 7300 (PCI) 1 gig ram at 533 tried both a Western Digital and a Seagate SATA; JAS 10.4.8 unable to see either a regular 160gig Matrox IDE HD set to Master Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34105-dvd-boots-up-but-reboots-when-trying-to-run-setup/#findComment-241944 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 During that first install when the computer said I didn't have a keyboard attached, I selected the USB fix patch, so perhaps there was my problem. The Darwin reboot loop occured even without the DVD in place. For the next installation, select the absolute minimum - combo update and intel sse3. You can add stuff later. You have VIA and JMicron IDE/SATA controller chips. If one doesn't work with SATA, try the other - especially JMicron. On the other hand, for IDE, choose the VIA chip since JMicron probably needs to have your device id added to the info.plist. The DVD being in place didn't cause your problems or Agracuta's problems. Yours was probably an incorrect package selection during installation (thus, do a minimum installation this time). His is most likely a hardware compatibility problem which hopefully can be fixed after installation. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34105-dvd-boots-up-but-reboots-when-trying-to-run-setup/#findComment-241972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detosx Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Thanks Rammjet. No joy with either Sata controller I'm afraid. I thought something was perhaps wrong with the board but both Vista and XP see the drive and now to my relief I find that Linux (the latest build of Fedora) works; a seven month old build of SUSE 10 could not see the Sata drive either. Hmm, Fedora is very nippy but needs a facelift! Acronis Disk manager freezes while starting up in full mode but works in safe mode. Going the non Sata route, having turned the NTFS patition in a FAT32 one, I am now able to get JAS 10.4.8 to install to the middle of the three Fat32 partitions without bother (just using combo update and intel sse3) but the hard drive won't then boot - the Darwin loader appears about to start but never does - A line saying Darwin comes up for a couple of seconds with a rotating line cursor - just constantly reboots (this is without the install DVD in the Pioneer DVD drive). Plan B is to just use it for Vista... but that's no plan B at all! What am I missing here? ASUS P5VD2-MX Pentium D 2.8 PNY Geforce 7300 (PCI) 1 gig ram at 533 tried both a Western Digital and a Seagate SATA; JAS 10.4.8 unable to see either a regular 160gig Matrox IDE HD set to Master (three Fat32 partitions, one 'active') Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34105-dvd-boots-up-but-reboots-when-trying-to-run-setup/#findComment-243253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I am now able to get JAS 10.4.8 to install to the middle of the three Fat32 partitions without bother (just using combo update and intel sse3) but the hard drive won't then boot a regular 160gig Matrox IDE HD set to Master (three Fat32 partitions, one 'active') I hope on that middle FAT32 partition that you then formatted it as MacOS Extended Journaled before installing OSX. Should be FAT32 partition then HFS+ partition then FAT32 partition. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34105-dvd-boots-up-but-reboots-when-trying-to-run-setup/#findComment-243285 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detosx Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I hope on that middle FAT32 partition that you then formatted it as MacOS Extended Journaled before installing OSX. Should be FAT32 partition then HFS+ partition then FAT32 partition. Exactly so. The first partition is Primary FAT32, the second is Primary FAT32 active (then erased in Disk Utilities as MacOS Extended Journaled) and the third is FAT32 extended or what have you. If I remember correctly you have to install OS X first (on the second partition), then XP on the first partition and use the third partition as a shared storeage drive? Perhaps my only remaining option, unless some bios wizard can think of some setting that I have overlooked, is to try and install to a Sata drive in vmware. But perhaps the same reboot loop would happen again. I think perhaps I need to photograph and post my bios options. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34105-dvd-boots-up-but-reboots-when-trying-to-run-setup/#findComment-243321 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detosx Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 This I don't get. I was talking with a Linux guru and he informed me that only the latest kernal will work with my motherboard, which is why Fedora 8 saw my Sata drive (and not SUSE 10 from some months earlier). And yet XP and Vista have no problems seeing it? Will a later Jas release see it? I feel I need to read up on VMware. Is it expensive? Incidentally, assuming SUSE get their act together, re my chipset, you might find you prefer it, or another Linux distro to Vista! The operating system and just about all the programs you are ever likely to want all install from the one DVD and quickly with it! ...though I should love to be able to get OS X to work on either Sata or regular Ide hard drives. A big thank you to Rammjet and everyone else who has tried to help me and who continue to help others. Fair chokes you up, it does. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34105-dvd-boots-up-but-reboots-when-trying-to-run-setup/#findComment-243773 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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