Cant Load OS X without DVD in drive

[Laser1030]

Hi, im sorta new to this, im sorry if this topic has already been discussed a little already, but none of the other topics answered my problem specifically.

OS X installed fine on my computer, but it wont boot up without my installation dvd in the drive, when its out of the drive, i just get a blinking dash in the top left corner.

im running JaS OS X 10.4.8 on the following specs:

 

Dell optiplex gx620 sff

intel pentium 4 HT 3.00 GHz

1.5 GB RAM

150 GB SATA Hard disk

ATI x1300 pcie

 

thanks for your help!

[Synaesthesia]

So with the install dvd in, does it boot to an OS X desktop or the installer?

 

Try booting with the options -v , (verbose mode), see what happens, and tell us, and also in combination also with -x (safe mode)

[Laser1030]

ok, ill try that, thanks. The computer will boot into the os when the cd is in the drive, it just wont go into the os without it.

 

edit: computer has a few error messages in -v mode, and stalls at loading crash reporter. then picks up again in 5 minutes. Next it gives errors telling me airport card not found, netinfo.framework not found....etc. then it boots. hope that helps.

if you need a picture, let me know.

[Synaesthesia]

Very odd, I'm sorry, but I can't help you. Maybe someone more knowledgeable.

 

You can get the boot log, if you launch Console (application in utilities directory) and click on logs. That or a picture would certainly be helpful, to post.