wicker_man Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 I installed OS X86 on my laptop and it all went fine untill it restarted after installing. When I start up, it freezes on the grey boot screen with the Apple logo in the middle and the spinny thing spinning. I left it for a while, but there is no hard drive activity. When I do '-v', this is the screen that comes up: http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a38/wicke...6/tigerx861.jpg My laptop is a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo A1630 (based on Uniwill 258KA0). It has an AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor, 512mb RAM and 128mb ATi Mobility Radeon 9700 graphics card. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4868-osx-sticks-at-boot-screen/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicker_man Posted November 26, 2005 Author Share Posted November 26, 2005 Any ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4868-osx-sticks-at-boot-screen/#findComment-31240 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 How did you install, which method, which version? I think it needs some IDE kexts, maybe AppleOnboardPCATA or AppleGenericPCATA. Also please post your IDE/ATA chipset. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4868-osx-sticks-at-boot-screen/#findComment-31253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicker_man Posted November 26, 2005 Author Share Posted November 26, 2005 I am not sure which version it is, how would I find this out? I used Partition Magic to create a partition (unknown file system) and used this command to copy the file over: dd if=tiger-x86-flat.img of=\\?\Device\Harddisk0\Partition2 bs=32256 skip=1 --progress I then used the ChainO file to make the dual boot, which appears fine. It loads the grey loading screen with the Apple logo but freezes there. I left it for 15mins, but nothing happened. I have a SiS PCI IDE Controller. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4868-osx-sticks-at-boot-screen/#findComment-31264 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 Not All SIS Chipsets works, Wiki page mention 645, 648 and 655. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4868-osx-sticks-at-boot-screen/#findComment-31315 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicker_man Posted November 27, 2005 Author Share Posted November 27, 2005 CPU-Z says I have a SiS 755/755FX chipset. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4868-osx-sticks-at-boot-screen/#findComment-31355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 There are two solutions, a third party PCI IDE Card with Intel/VIA chipset or just run with VMWare. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4868-osx-sticks-at-boot-screen/#findComment-31397 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicker_man Posted November 27, 2005 Author Share Posted November 27, 2005 Well since I am using a laptop, I cannot change any components inside. How would I run with VMWare? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4868-osx-sticks-at-boot-screen/#findComment-31483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Install VMWare, when you add a disk to the Virtual machine you can add a Physical Disk/Partition or create an Virtual Disk (an Image File that contains the OS and files). Another Solution is to boot from an external Disk (USB) since it has nothing to do with the IDE controller, but only if your notebook permits booting from USB Devices. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4868-osx-sticks-at-boot-screen/#findComment-31550 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicker_man Posted November 27, 2005 Author Share Posted November 27, 2005 I put my hard drive into a USB2 caddy, and when it got to the boot screen, it told me to reboot. I did, but the problem comes back again and it sticks at the boot screen. When I press -v, it stops at: "Apple USB EHC1 (OCX14F5000): not able to take ownership of EHC1 controller". Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4868-osx-sticks-at-boot-screen/#findComment-31577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicker_man Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 Anyone? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4868-osx-sticks-at-boot-screen/#findComment-32694 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluetrax Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 i am having the same problem. I can install it fine onto my USB hard drive (seagate 10GB) when it reboots, i get the grey screen...the little circle spins then freezes. I dont understand where the problem is. I've tried it on my Primary IDE, still same problem. Could it be the hard drive itself? I've installed windows on this drive, then formatted, and installed MAC osx86 jas 10.4.8 and it freezes every time at the grey apple boot screen. Any ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4868-osx-sticks-at-boot-screen/#findComment-321638 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakofsk Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 same problem here except when i put i boot the install dvd and press f8 beofre it goes into the installer and type rd=disk#s# (use your partition and disk# here) it boots and everything is fine. how do i start without the dvd. My computer goes grey apple then black Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4868-osx-sticks-at-boot-screen/#findComment-350234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluetrax Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 same problem here except when i put i boot the install dvd and press f8 beofre it goes into the installer and type rd=disk#s# (use your partition and disk# here) it boots and everything is fine. how do i start without the dvd. My computer goes grey apple then black from grey then black, i think it has to do with the resolution. Try graphics mode"="1024x768x32" -v i was able to install mac osx86, but its useless with out sound. So im waiting for a fix. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4868-osx-sticks-at-boot-screen/#findComment-350682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobhope Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Mine does the same, won't boot.. however unplug all usb devices and up it runs fine! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4868-osx-sticks-at-boot-screen/#findComment-381544 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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