Luminaire Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 (edited) I've got OS X working before, it is beautiful. Thing is, I wanted to switch to a bigger HDD. So I did. I installed OS X86 (10.4.6) on it in the process, and used the migration tool for it. All seemed well... Until I take out the dvd to try and boot it. It didn't. First thing I did, was update to 10.4.8 using JaS' AMD beta with 2 PPF's. Still, nothing. Ah well I though, it's probably not set active or something, so I did just that in the terminal. It didn't help. So I asked some people at the IRC channel, they said I needed to make sure it was a primary partition and it's id had to be AF. JaS even suggested to bless it again. I did all those things, sadly, none helped. Now I'm stuck with having to keep the dvd in during boot every time, which is quite annoying. Alright, it works (darn good at that), but this is just weird.. Any ideas, anyone? --- Problem no.2: This is a weird little problem too. It involves a card reader I installed recently. Also the dvd drive. The card reader is actually fully compatible with mac os x (which surprised me a bit), as it stated on the box. The problem is this: After keeping the same (or nothing, same result) disc in the drive, it won't mount anything after that. I haven't really measured this, but it seems it's a period of 5-10 minutes. The dvd drive won't even eject after this period! This also, all suggestions are welcome... PS. For the people who want to know, the card reader's brand is Gembird, and it works wonderfully. Edited December 21, 2006 by xXGogetaXx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36475-os-x-1048-not-booting-without-dvd/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSX86Geek Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Hi I had the same problem and setting the partition active and blessing was the solution. Perhaps you can explain, what steps you followed to set the partition active / bless the volume. Maybe you did something wrong there. .gk Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36475-os-x-1048-not-booting-without-dvd/#findComment-259897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 When installing OSX as the only OS on the hard drive, preparation is important. Format the entire hard drive as FAT32 using a Windows/Linux utility. Do not use Windows itself since it is limited to 32 GB on FAT32. The format will create a tiny partition for the boot sector and MBR and a large partition on the rest of the drive. When you go to Disk Utility, select the partition icon shown below the hard drive icon. Format (erase) that partition as MacOS Extended Journaled. Quit Disk Utility and continue with the installation of OSX. The creation of that really tiny partition for boot sector and MBR is really important for a PC with BIOS. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36475-os-x-1048-not-booting-without-dvd/#findComment-259946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skolnick Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 I just installed MacOSX form JaS DVD (10.4.6) and got this exact problem. If I keep the DVD in the drive, it boots to the DVD, then the darwin boot loader from the DVD invokes the one from the hard drive, and it boots. If I keep the DVD out, then all I get is the cursor blinking in the screen in the second or third row of the screen. I don't know hot to bless (what's that anyway?) the drive, and I have already mede sure the partition is active, and ID is AF. This is a computer with only one hard drive (Primary master) and a DVD drive (seconday master) dedicated to MacOS X. Other than that, it runs great. Thanks for any help. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36475-os-x-1048-not-booting-without-dvd/#findComment-261098 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurto2021 Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 (edited) a Edited December 24, 2006 by Kurto2021 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36475-os-x-1048-not-booting-without-dvd/#findComment-261128 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 all I get is the cursor blinking in the screen in the second or third row of the screen...This is a computer with only one hard drive...dedicated to MacOS X. Read posting #3, the one right before your posting #4. When OSX is the only OS on the drive, then preparation is important before you install. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36475-os-x-1048-not-booting-without-dvd/#findComment-261141 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowcash Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 When installing OSX as the only OS on the hard drive, preparation is important. Format the entire hard drive as FAT32 using a Windows/Linux utility. Do not use Windows itself since it is limited to 32 GB on FAT32. The format will create a tiny partition for the boot sector and MBR and a large partition on the rest of the drive. When you go to Disk Utility, select the partition icon shown below the hard drive icon. Format (erase) that partition as MacOS Extended Journaled. Quit Disk Utility and continue with the installation of OSX. The creation of that really tiny partition for boot sector and MBR is really important for a PC with BIOS. I tried what you said, but i keep getting an error "Volume Erase failed with error: Could not read partition map". What do i do now? I got a clean install lastime, but it said not bootable device when I restarted. any assistance would be greatful Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36475-os-x-1048-not-booting-without-dvd/#findComment-262998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 Don't know what to tell you. Everything you need to know about putting OSX as the only OS on the entire hard drive is in there. Do not use Windows for the format. Do not use Disk Utility to format the entire hard drive. Use a Windows or Linux utility to perform the format as FAT32. You might have to make 1 partition that covers the whole hard drive and then format that as FAT32. In reality there will be another tiny partition at the beginning of the drive for the boot files. In Disk Utility, do not select the icon of the hard drive to erase. Select the icon of the partition below the hard drive icon and erase that as MacOS Extended Journaled. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36475-os-x-1048-not-booting-without-dvd/#findComment-263005 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuji Thay Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Hi, I got the same prob but mine is a different situation. I have vista installed and tried to install mac os x leopard on the same harddisk but different partition using iAtkos v4i. Installation went smoothly until i remove my dvd and it shows the mac page with the stop sign. I tried putting in the dvd and press F8 followed by rd=disk0s2 then it can finally boot into mac. Anyone has any idea how to solve this as i still want to keep my vista. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36475-os-x-1048-not-booting-without-dvd/#findComment-923135 Share on other sites More sharing options...
souljah119 Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 When installing OSX as the only OS on the hard drive, preparation is important. Format the entire hard drive as FAT32 using a Windows/Linux utility. Do not use Windows itself since it is limited to 32 GB on FAT32. The format will create a tiny partition for the boot sector and MBR and a large partition on the rest of the drive. When you go to Disk Utility, select the partition icon shown below the hard drive icon. Format (erase) that partition as MacOS Extended Journaled. Quit Disk Utility and continue with the installation of OSX. The creation of that really tiny partition for boot sector and MBR is really important for a PC with BIOS. very helpful, thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36475-os-x-1048-not-booting-without-dvd/#findComment-952056 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieR Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Rammjet Thanks for the information, I recently purchased a 320GB HD and was having the same issue as the OP, after following your mini guide, I finally have the HD up and running w/o the install DVD !!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36475-os-x-1048-not-booting-without-dvd/#findComment-955531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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