Boot Problems After Install

[shrubnub]

Ok, I'll try and get as much as I can in here.

 

My computer:

 

EPoX 9NDA3 mobo, NFORCE 3 chipset

Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego SSE2 & SSE3

ATI Sapphire X800

Soundblaster Audigy (I have since removed this and am trying the onboard AC97)

Logitech PS2 keyboard, Logitech MX310 USB mouse

LiteOn 52x CD/DVD combo

Maxtor SATA 200gb, and Maxtor IDE 320gb.

 

Ok, I used the JaS 10.4.8 AMD/Intel install. I used the OSX disk utility to partition and format the ATA drive, it was brand new. I set 2 partitions, one 100gb for the OSX install and the rest free space, that I could use for a dual boot XP install later.

 

I used the installer, selected only the bare minimum components for install (no languages, fonts, other hardware drivers. only essential files and the AMD patch). It installed fine, in about the time an XP install takes, and got to the 'Restart your Computer' part. At the reboot, I did ./patcher amd_1048_new.txt and the patch applied. After restart, the grey Apple screen comes up, the circle starts spinning, and then it stops and brings up a message telling me I have to reboot my computer. Reboot, and it does this again.

 

I don't know if it makes any difference, but I have my processor overclocked in the BIOS.

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That was my first post at another forum, here's what I've tried since.

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Ok, did some research of my own, and did these things:

 

-x platform=X86PC

-x -s cpus=1

 

Which didn't end up helping. Then I read some things about NVidia and ATI drivers (Even though I didn't install them)

 

I tried this:

 

-s

 

/sbin/fsck -fy

/sbin/mount -uw /

cd System/Library/Extensions

mkdir disabled

mv NV* disabled

mv ATI* disabled

kextcache -k ./

reboot

 

 

And after I did that, I stopped getting the "You must reboot your computer" error - Now, I get past the grey Apple screen, to a blue screen, and the 'Loading OSX' box with the blue progress bar comes up. However, the progress bar stops at about 1/4 of an inch, and doesn't start moving again at any point. The mouse continues to move, but the progress bar never does.

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I booted -v -s, and saw these things failed family matching:

 

HUB0

SAT2

IDE0

AGPB

SMB0

VT86

USB0

USB1

MMAC

MAPU

MACI

VGAG

 

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And now I'm stuck. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I know how close I am, and it's frustrating.

 

Thanks!

[shrubnub]

Forgot to add that booting into Safe Mode doesn't get me anywhere, either.