Whip Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Hi, I downloaded mac os x tiger and burned the iso to a disk but when i boot it up it shows a white screen with the apple logo, and a loading circle thing and does absolutely nothing, it was like that for hours until i hard rebooted my pc, there wasnt even any text, the iso image is 4.4gb but for sum reason the disk i burned is only 120-130kb =/ i have tryed lots of different iso managers to try and extract and mount it but it only mounts a tiny bit of the iso file, i think theres like a hidden directory thats not being picked up by any program i use, PLEASE HELP!!! Regards Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57104-installing-tiger-on-a-windows-pc/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomnic Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Post the specifics of your pc and the name of the iso u downloaded... we need more info! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57104-installing-tiger-on-a-windows-pc/#findComment-407929 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Well, here's a question....Did you download the actual Mac 0S X? Or did you download OS X86? 'Cause the first one won't work on a Windows based PC. Second....Either you're burning a shortcut of your ISO to a disk, or your ISO didn't download, or you could be burning the torrent info to dowload the ISO.... Third...Maybe you should read the OS X86 Wiki, and if you really don't understand any of that, well, maybe you're better off just buying a used/refurbished Macbook, iMac, or Mac Mini. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57104-installing-tiger-on-a-windows-pc/#findComment-407933 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxsci(macuser) Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 make sure your using the actual file... no shortcuts, etc also... something like this should be in the OSx86 section... not in Tiger Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57104-installing-tiger-on-a-windows-pc/#findComment-407936 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 make sure your using the actual file... no shortcuts, etc also... something like this should be in the OSx86 section... not in Tiger *cough* Look up *cough* Excuse me, I had something in my throat. It's probably my fualt...I took an sad ammount of time to actually write that though.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57104-installing-tiger-on-a-windows-pc/#findComment-407943 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclonefr Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Guys, he didn't burn a shortcut or an original disc but OSX86 since the DVD boots and he sees the spinning circle. Try to add -v in Darwin so you can see what happens behind the Apple logo and see what prevents you from going any further. Or it might be a bad burn. Oh, and the disk isn't 130kb... it's just you can't read HFS+ format in Windows so you don't see other files, but don't worry, they are there Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57104-installing-tiger-on-a-windows-pc/#findComment-407953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 This is in the wrong section, by the way. Re-download the ISO, preferably from a different tracker. Burn to a DVD-R disc at 1x speed. Make sure it's a JaS or uphuck release. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57104-installing-tiger-on-a-windows-pc/#findComment-408346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 I kinda wonder if the guy's checked back or not.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57104-installing-tiger-on-a-windows-pc/#findComment-408384 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whip Posted July 15, 2007 Author Share Posted July 15, 2007 Thanks for all your help guys, I definately burned the iso not a shortcut, I dont fully understand the diference between mac os x x86 and mac os x tiger but when i boot up the disk it says 'loading darwin x86' or something like that then it comes up with the apple logo as I said. What is this -v which alows me to see whats happening, and where do I get it? where do I get an 'uphuck verison'? Post the specifics of your pc and the name of the iso u downloaded... we need more info! sorry, the iso was from this link, Please read the forum rules, don't post links to illegal downloads :) -PRocker and heres my computer specs, Maximum Memory Capacity: 4096MB Currently Installed Memory: 1.5GB (ddr pc3200) (1x500mb + 1x1gb) Available Memory Slots: 2 Dual Channel Support: Yes CPU Manufacturer: GenuineIntel CPU Family: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz Model 4, Stepping 1 CPU Speed: 3059 MHz HyperThreading: Yes Hard Disk: 250gb partitioned into two 125gb drives (one running vista, the other one empty for Mac, hopefully) Graphics card: Nvidia, dont know exact model but it has 250mb of memory (abit slow on modern games) I know im abit of an idiot with all this mac stuff, but ive been using windows for over 10 years, ive never once used a mac, I just thought I would like one because they look so much better than windows (well tiger does), so please help me the best you can =) Regards p.s. Im sorry about being in the wrong forum, as you can see im new to insanelymac =/. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57104-installing-tiger-on-a-windows-pc/#findComment-408394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomnic Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 This iso is a bit old... u need at least a 10.4.8 from JaS to make ur video card fully working. But it should actually boot... If I remember correctly, you need to repeatedly press the F8 key before the dvd starts to spin to show the boot menu, where u can write the -v flag needed to show where and/or why mac os stops loading... I guess that u'r getting the waiting for root device error or something similar... can u post the specifics of your motherboard? Is it SiS based? Run this tool under windows: http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpu-z-140.zip and post everything u read there under all the tabs. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57104-installing-tiger-on-a-windows-pc/#findComment-408470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whip Posted July 15, 2007 Author Share Posted July 15, 2007 Ok heres the info on my motherboard etc. p.s. will this one work on my system: Link Removed or this one Link Removed No links to torrents please -PRocker Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57104-installing-tiger-on-a-windows-pc/#findComment-408488 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxsci(macuser) Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 ...i dont think we're allowed to post direct links of torrents my friend Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57104-installing-tiger-on-a-windows-pc/#findComment-408598 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Tecnically, because the software is in fact illegal, we're not allowed to post links to the software. We're free to talk about it....but not point it out. Pentium 4 eh? I haven't seen one of those in a while. 3.06 GHz? Got me beat =( Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57104-installing-tiger-on-a-windows-pc/#findComment-408631 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawker Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Tecnically, because the software is in fact illegal, we're not allowed to post links to the software. We're free to talk about it....but not point it out. If you understand that rule, try clicking "Report" next time, it makes it easier for us mods to find the post and take care of it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57104-installing-tiger-on-a-windows-pc/#findComment-408637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whip Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 Sorry, i did not realise this was forbidden, i have now read the rules. Has anyone else got any answer to my question, please. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57104-installing-tiger-on-a-windows-pc/#findComment-409238 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomnic Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Your system seems ok... try with JaS 10.4.8 ppf1 ppf2 diskutil patched... it works for the most configs... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57104-installing-tiger-on-a-windows-pc/#findComment-409915 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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