iMags Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Hello I have now managed to install Mac OS X 10.4.6 (Jas DVD) with VMware and I also could start Mac OS X in VMware! I installed it (using a "VMware-to-native"-guide) on a clean Mac partition, after the installation it started with no problems in VMware (it only made English language as default instead of Norwegian, but thats not important), and when I closed VMware, I started diskpart: I wrote: "list disk", then I selected the disk, then I wrote "list partition", then I selected the Mac OS-partition, the I wrote "active" and diskpart said that the partition is now marked as active. I restarted the computer (by clicking restart Windows) then I saw the Darwin-startup-text-thing: and THEN this came up on the screen: (see attachment) and it just hangs there... Anyone who can help? (would making the harddrive the MASTER and the DVD-rom the SLAVE help?) please... (sorry for my bad english) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35198-works-in-vmware-but-not-in-native-boot/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 What packages did you choose in the Customize window during installation? http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...ost&id=4249 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35198-works-in-vmware-but-not-in-native-boot/#findComment-249955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMags Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 WOW! I don't have THAT many packages to choose, I only had "Owner" (I choose this) "AMD enabler" (i did not choose this, I have Intel CPU) and the updates to 10.4.5 and 10.4.6 (I don't think there were more choices) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35198-works-in-vmware-but-not-in-native-boot/#findComment-249977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 In that case, you did not install JaS 10.4.6 because that picture came from the JaS DVD. You might have Myzar's release. Here is the 10.4.5 version of what you have: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...ost&id=2806 Anyway, sounds like you chose correctly. Not sure right now what to tell you other than maybe try another iso. Your idea about setting up the drives is worth a shot if you don't have a laptop that makes such work difficult. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35198-works-in-vmware-but-not-in-native-boot/#findComment-249988 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMags Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 Yes it may be Myz-rls. It is not a laptop, and I will try to set up the drives. I get the same verbose-picture when I boot from the DVD (without VMware) as I get when I boot from the harddrive. I'm downloading JaS 10.4.7 now, it that worth trying? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35198-works-in-vmware-but-not-in-native-boot/#findComment-250055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 I'm downloading JaS 10.4.7 now, it that worth trying? Sure - be sure it is the "repack" version. Give your hardware config and I'll think about it some more. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35198-works-in-vmware-but-not-in-native-boot/#findComment-250063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMags Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 Yes it is the repack. And when you say "hardware config" you mean that MASTER/SLAVE-thing, right? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35198-works-in-vmware-but-not-in-native-boot/#findComment-250072 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 And when you say "hardware config" you mean that MASTER/SLAVE-thing, right? No. Processor, motherboard, sound , ethernet, wireless, video, etc - in other words, tell me about your computer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35198-works-in-vmware-but-not-in-native-boot/#findComment-250084 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMags Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 HP Pavilion 781.no Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2GHz (SSE2, says CPU-Z) (about 4 years old) Mainboard: ASUS *something* (about 4 years old) Graphics Card: nVidia GeForce MX -440 (about 4 years old) Memory: 512MB (about 4 years old) Harddrive: IDE 80GB (about 4 years old) I don't know anymore, but if you need more information, I guess I can find out more. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35198-works-in-vmware-but-not-in-native-boot/#findComment-250141 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 If you boot in verbose mode, do you see any additional messages? When OSX starts to boot, the screen turns black and then grey with a spinning icon. As soon as the screen turns black, press and hold (or at least tap quickly and repeatedly) the F8 key until a command prompt appears. If you see the grey screen, you missed it, try again. At the command prompt, type -v -f followed by <Enter> Watch the messages and see if anything more appears before it hangs. Otherwise, I can't see anything right now in your hardware list to cause this. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35198-works-in-vmware-but-not-in-native-boot/#findComment-250207 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMags Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 Hi, additional messages: Do you mean after the last line on the attached picture? I can only boot in verbose mode, I don't put any "-v" in the boot options, it just starts in verbose mode automaticly. So, when should I press and hold the F8 in verbose? But when I boot from the DVD it doesn't start in verbose-mode, only when I boot from HDD. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35198-works-in-vmware-but-not-in-native-boot/#findComment-250218 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 When you ask OSX to boot and the screen turns black, then press F8. If not using a bootloader, then wait until after the computer POSTs. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35198-works-in-vmware-but-not-in-native-boot/#findComment-250234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMags Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 Dosen't work Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35198-works-in-vmware-but-not-in-native-boot/#findComment-250239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Dosen't work You either are starting too late or giving up too soon when pressing and holding the key. Sure it might make a lot of noise, but so does blasting bad guys in games. But if you are getting a lot of clicking noises, you are doing it too soon. There is another way. Boot in VMWare and modify the boot.plist file. http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=247056 Afterwards, when you try to boot natively and the bootloader shows up at boot, you can press F8 and type -v -f. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35198-works-in-vmware-but-not-in-native-boot/#findComment-250246 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMags Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 Now I understand... When you said "spinning icon" I thought you ment the Apple cycle-thing (does not appear on the screen at all) But you mean the "Darwin-loading-spinning-thing" (don't ask why I call it that, I just have a really bad english) I entered "-v -f" in the "boot-options-command-prompt" should I compare the lines with the one I got on the attached picture? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35198-works-in-vmware-but-not-in-native-boot/#findComment-250261 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 When you said "spinning icon" I thought you ment the Apple cycle-thing (does not appear on the screen at all) I did mean the grey screen with the rotating gear at the bottom. I said if you held down the F8 key when the screen turned black and you eventually saw the grey screen with the rotating gear, you missed your opportunity to press F8 - ie, you didn't do it soon enough. When pressing the F8 key, you do not want to see the grey screen because it means you failed to press the F8 key quickly enough. But you mean the "Darwin-loading-spinning-thing" (don't ask why I call it that, I just have a really bad english) No, didn't mean that one. Without the Timeout parameter, you may never see that. I entered "-v -f" in the "boot-options-command-prompt" should I compare the lines with the one I got on the attached picture? I asked you to see if any new messages appeared. Something that might give a clue to what the problem might be. Whether it goes farther into the boot process before hanging. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35198-works-in-vmware-but-not-in-native-boot/#findComment-250286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMags Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 It hangs both (without "-v -f" and with "-v -f") at the same places: "using 1310 buffer headers and 1310 cluster IO buffer headers" (in VMware, booting in verbose mode, it is "9**" (**=something) instead of 1310) I can't talk so much more now, but I hope you still want help me more tomorrow. Thanks for all your help today I'm going to buy a Nintendo Wii today/tomorrow/now/whatever! The Nintendo Wii launches December/8 in Norway and I want to get one! So I better get in the line. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35198-works-in-vmware-but-not-in-native-boot/#findComment-250296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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