idiocyX Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Hey everyone, I am experiencing the problem that my installation dvd of 'Mac OS X 10.4.8 [JaS AMD-Intel-SSE2-SSE3 with PPF1 & PPF2]' refuses to boot. After the countdown (during which i can press F8) ends, it just loads all the way up to 'Loading HFS+ file: [system/Library/Extentions.mkext] from 4230456' and then reboots. Sometimes i can actually see a glimpse of the 'starting darwin' text, but it still reboots. I have tried booting into safe mode with the -x option, but i still get the same problem. This same dvd though boots on my dell laptop without any problems, so i'm guessing its my hardware. *UPDATED* My specs: Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz, SSE + SSE2 Motherboard: Fujitsu Siemens D1567 Chipset: Intel i865 Memory: 1024MB (2x 512MB) Bios: Phoenix Graphics: ATI Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro , 128MB Harddisks: Samsung HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II Samsung SV1203N 120GB (Ultra-)ATA -> trying to install here! Optical Drives: PLEXTOR DVDR PX-708A PLEXTOR DVD-ROM PX-116A2 OSX86 burned to DVD+R Can anyone think of a workaround for this? I wouldn't want to have to stop installing OSX86, seeing as I've already invested a lot of time into this Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58995-solvedinstallation-dvd-refuses-to-boot/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
St_Yuri Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 I have the same problem and still i cant get on with this trouble Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58995-solvedinstallation-dvd-refuses-to-boot/#findComment-420416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
idiocyX Posted August 5, 2007 Author Share Posted August 5, 2007 no one can think of anything i could do? i think st yuri and i are pretty much desperate for help...^^ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58995-solvedinstallation-dvd-refuses-to-boot/#findComment-420872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
idiocyX Posted August 5, 2007 Author Share Posted August 5, 2007 i read suggestions here on the forum about removing all the USB hardware before booting from the DVD, which i did. now its not just rebooting without giving any reason, it's showing me an error message right after the countdown screen. System config file /com.apple.Boot.plist not found. i'm not sure whether the reboot and this error are in any way related, but if they are, i take it this is a step forward, since now i actually know whats causing problems. any ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58995-solvedinstallation-dvd-refuses-to-boot/#findComment-421070 Share on other sites More sharing options...
idiocyX Posted August 6, 2007 Author Share Posted August 6, 2007 okay, problem solved.. in my BIOS i basically disabled all the hardware i wasn't going to need for the installation: LAN, Audio, USB, SATA, and Hyperthreading. all in all i think it was turning off hyperthreading that did the trick, since my OS X won't boot correctly if it is enabled Oh yeah, i'm posting this from a native OS X installation with everything working completely out of the box, except sound, but that shouldn't be too hard to set up! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58995-solvedinstallation-dvd-refuses-to-boot/#findComment-421537 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleksandar Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 okay, problem solved..in my BIOS i basically disabled all the hardware i wasn't going to need for the installation: LAN, Audio, USB, SATA, and Hyperthreading. all in all i think it was turning off hyperthreading that did the trick, since my OS X won't boot correctly if it is enabled Oh yeah, i'm posting this from a native OS X installation with everything working completely out of the box, except sound, but that shouldn't be too hard to set up! Disabled everything in the BIOS and still instalation dvd reboots the machine, i have MSI p35 Platinum mainboard tryed on 2 pc with this board, anyone? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58995-solvedinstallation-dvd-refuses-to-boot/#findComment-424726 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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