Tinface Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Okay so i installed Jas's boot dvd 10.4.8 or 10.4.7 (I have no clue, it says 10.4.8, but ive read that he's only done to.7) So I installed OSX86 on my Compaq presario SR1920NX (almost stock except for some extra ram and HDD from an old shuttle) When it finishes installing it restarts and I load Darwin (craptacular OS) and then OSX boots for like 6-7 seconds and then does the sort-of screen overlay dropdown and asks me to restart in a whole bunch of different languages. I heard that OSX86 is safe-mode but I have no clue how to do that and how to install it or whatever. This is the name of the install DVD. Mac OS X 10.4.8 [JaS AMD-Intel-SSE2-SSE3 with PPF1] Im a young noob and have no clue how to install this Ossie, and now have no clue how to turn off these freakin' like font types (they just cycle) Please tell me how to fix this. Thxs in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanieB Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 that is known as a "kernel panic". have you tried to reburn the DVD? (slower speed, verification, checking the MD5 on the image? EDIT: stupidity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinface Posted May 21, 2007 Author Share Posted May 21, 2007 Umm I guess I should try to re-burn it. okay so just because firefox is acting like a {censored} im stupid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmazzoni Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 @Tinface: this happens to me as well. I haven't installed any video drivers - doing so used to hang my system at the blue screen. But now at least the system starts in safe mode, try pressing the shift key as soon as the PC turns on, and keep it pressed. To my big surprise, this led me to the complete configuration of the system which, unfortunately, only works in safe mode ftb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oracle67 Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Thats your screen: Reinstall by pressing F8 and -v . Give us the possible error report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmazzoni Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Well, after so many kernel panics under Linux, I finally managed to have one under OSX It seems to me it's a matter of chipset support (mine is the infamous 610i). I've also installed the right drivers for my ATI X1950XT but the error remains the same. No way out? Edit: In safe mode, the X1950XT driver works great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmazzoni Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Well, at least for my case, I found out how to remove this kind of kernel panic. 1) Installed OSX 10.4.8 2) right away in safe mode 3) opened terminal and cd to /System/Library/Extensions 4) sudo -rf NVDA* 5) installed the ATI X1950XT driver as described in http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...l=1950&st=0 6) rebooted Now it boots perfectly and all the video extensions work. Where can I learn more about MAC OS boot sequence? I tried this approach on a trial-and-error basis, but would like to acquire the knowledge to gain control over the driver loading sequence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
androidkaita Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 How did you manage to install it at all on ur PC? I have the exact same cpomputer, except just completely stock, and when I try the installer DVD, it dosnt even detect my harddrive at all. It only detects my DVD Drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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