minnie Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Hi All, I have never seen this one before on any of my osx86 machines. Machine runs Jas 10.4.8 ok attempting Uphuck 10.4.9 v1.3 Installation goes fine, apply the stevo patches to SATA, USB and Natit, seems ok. I always repair permissions etc' At some stage sooner or later it then goes wierd on boot. Rather than booting osx goes straight to Darwin prompt. Prompt will let me type, but on hitting enter just reloads the prompt. Then I can't seem to get it past that ANY help would be appreciated......... ASRock 4coredual 2ghz core duo 1 gb DDR2 IDE, SATA drive 7300 graphics Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60721-stuck-at-darwin-prompt/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 I have exactly the same problem. On a AMD install, IDE drive, AV8 mobo. After the installation it comes to the Darwin boot prompt and anything I type just returns me to the same prompt. any ideas? racer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60721-stuck-at-darwin-prompt/#findComment-438370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
St_Yuri Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 I have the same problem on the Mac OS 10.4.3. I still can't solve it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60721-stuck-at-darwin-prompt/#findComment-438373 Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnie Posted August 30, 2007 Author Share Posted August 30, 2007 I think it's a kernel thing (as usual). It doesn't have any trouble with 10.4.9 1.4i r2, which has no kernel choice. but that runs 10c hotter on my machine than 10.4.8 Jas. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60721-stuck-at-darwin-prompt/#findComment-438376 Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthosx86 Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 SOLUTION: Wow so many people have this problem.... Yesterday when I had it, there was only one person on a google search who I could find, had the same problem. What you all did wrong (and what i did wrong yesterday :censored2: ): When installing uphuck or (maybe) Jas you choose 2 kernels - probably you choose a intel/amd kernel AND a universal kernel - That is what causes the problem. Choose only one. Even after formating the disk this problem will not go away. So what you have to do: Delete the partitions. Re-partition your drive. Now you are god to go - just instal osx86 as you normally would, but this time only chose one kernel. I installed only the Universal kernel -2 - worked for me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60721-stuck-at-darwin-prompt/#findComment-438384 Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 SOLUTION: What you all did wrong (and what i did wrong yesterday :censored2: ): When installing uphuck or (maybe) Jas you choose 2 kernels - probably you choose a intel/amd kernel AND a universal kernel - That is what causes the problem. Choose only one. Even after formating the disk this problem will not go away. I installed only the Universal kernel -2 - worked for me. I'm sure I only used one kernel (the AMD one). I'll give it another try now, and see what happens. racer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60721-stuck-at-darwin-prompt/#findComment-438386 Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthosx86 Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 I'm sure I only used one kernel (the AMD one).I'll give it another try now, and see what happens. racer. Trust me I had the EXACT same problem Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60721-stuck-at-darwin-prompt/#findComment-438391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Erased,partitioned and installed just the AMD kernel (and nothing else), same result. Will try with a universal kernel. racer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60721-stuck-at-darwin-prompt/#findComment-438397 Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Ok darth you are right! Using one of the universal kernels does get me past the darwin boot prompt But it hangs further down (just after the BSD university message). Tried all three universal kernels and the AMD SSE3 kernel but no joy. I'm giving up here, gonna test another distro. racer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60721-stuck-at-darwin-prompt/#findComment-439102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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