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Hi everybody.

 

I should say that i'm a complete noob in this subject.

 

I have burned on a dvd a bootable image of 10.4.6 using magicISO.

 

I have created a 20Gb partition on my hard disk, and i've set id=af

 

But i have this "little" problem:

When i try to boot my pc with the dvd in it, it says "memory allocation error (0xDEADBEEF , 0x0).

 

Can somebody please help me getting rid of this awful situation?

 

Thanks very much.

Cheers :)

 

EDIT: maybe it can help in finding the problem: i have burned the image on a DVD+RW

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is this a joke ? Deadbeef ? it's funny indeed... (it is not April 1st yet)

What is the name of the DVD you downloaded and where did you get it ?

If you get a chance, post a screenshot of your DEADBEEF error :):D

 

Anyway, it is usually safer to burn DVD-R for MacOS X as Apple supports DVD-R better than DVD+R and +RW but many said DVD+RW worked fine.

Edited by gotoh
is this a joke ? Deadbeef ? it's funny indeed... (it is not April 1st yet)

What is the name of the DVD you downloaded and where did you get it ?

If you get a chance, post a screenshot of your DEADBEEF error :):D

 

Anyway, it is usually safer to burn DVD-R for MacOS X as Apple supports DVD-R better than DVD+R and +RW but many said DVD+RW worked fine.

 

ehehe, no joke!

 

have a look here

 

Anyway, the filename is "10.4.6.install.dvd.iso" and i've found it on "thepiratebay"

Edited by Barracus
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I'm having the same issue, so I'm hoping that someone can help :) Is it maybe a bios setting? Here is what I'm running:

 

Intel Coryville 945G Mobo, with 945G Chipset

Intel Pentium D 935

2GB DDR2 Dual Channel

250GB SATA HDD

 

Not sure what other specs may be relevant.

 

Thanks!

Blingham

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I know this topic is old but I just had this problem for 3 days straight and think I have found the what causes it...

 

I found if i unplug my monitor and boot the machine up then plug it in then you get passed the dreaded DEADBEEF error

 

so I guess it is something to do with the graphics somewhere...

 

anyways I am planning on installing a more stable version of snow osx so I do not have to do this every time I start my machine

 

hope this helps anyone having this problem

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I have the same problem, on asus p5q. No matter which chameleon I use, RC4 or RC3, no matter if I use netkas's boot file.

 

BUT if unplug one of the harddrives it goes away. All drives are SATA in AHCI mode.

 

I run 10.6.2 snow leopard, but it's not relevant to the issue.

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I'm using a Dell Mini 10v and running 10.6.3, and encountering the same issue. If I attempt to boot with my external VGA monitor (running at 1280x1024) plugged in, I encounter deadbeef along with a / above it, and an _ below it. If I unplug my monitor and reboot, it boots fine. As soon as I see the apple logo boot screen, I can plug-in fine and the dual monitor appears once the OS is loaded.

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