callmesnake Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 hi guys , just bought a new laptop with vista... , problem is I can't get it to boot on any recent torrent 10.4.8 . i've tried the tubgirl amd dvd and jas 10.4.8 dvd with semtex kernel . it gets to the mac os darwin boot loader from the dvd , but even with a -v or standard count down from 10 secs, it comes up with apple.boot.plist not found and restarts the pc. could it be the ide or something. ?? please help ,sufficated by vista only at the moment and it feels so slow.. ! specs: aspire 9301awsmi amd turion 64 2ghz nvidia nforce ide /sata onboard nvidia go 6100 1 ghz ddr2 5300 ram 120 sata hd dvd-r Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43585-acer-turion-64-laptop-no-boot-help-please/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
zes Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 have you tried with ppf patched tubgirl dvd, i had problems with the same processor laptop, with tubgirl dvd, i had to download the ppf and patched it. after that all works fine. well not all...), you will see.. good luck Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43585-acer-turion-64-laptop-no-boot-help-please/#findComment-311717 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancemc87 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 hey, ive got the same problem with an acer notebook, just different model .... my laptop is also turion 64 running at 2 ghz, but i cant make the osx dvds boot. havent tried the tubgirl dvd yet, thanks for this great suggestion! ill check it out, when i have it .... thx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43585-acer-turion-64-laptop-no-boot-help-please/#findComment-313409 Share on other sites More sharing options...
callmesnake Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 hi guys ,sorry for the late reply. been soo busy with other stuff ....I patched the tubgirl dvd with the medevil ppf for nforce sata. but still no boot from DVD , as before I get as far as the boot loading screen and countdown timer after it's still a apple.boot.com.plist bo**ocks.or error loading etc and no further all tried a -s / -v option but still no joy.. we need to get heavy as these new sata only chipsets and dvd and sata 2.5 inch HD drives ,is the route of all evil.. can some some come up with any suggestions to patching the boot file sequence to load the nforce sata driver... any help appreciated. . once its running I will torrent a image for other acer turion 64 friends out there . Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43585-acer-turion-64-laptop-no-boot-help-please/#findComment-320056 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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