kookitan Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 hey im kinda a noobie when it comes to the mac os. so i decided to get the jas 10.4.8 image a while back and try it on my pc. installation worked flawlessly, but when the comp rebooted to go into the os, i got a grey screeen with the apple logo and some weird stuff about an error and i need to reboot to load the os. how many ever times i reboot, i get the same error. whats wrong? is it the image disk? my hardware? pc specs : intel 865 gbf p4. 2.8 ghz 80gb*2 hdd's 1 gig ram admtek an983 ethernet card ( i think) nvidia geforce fx 5500 and also, will mac os work on my compaq c702 laptop runnin celeron m530 1.76 processor? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus T. Firefly Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 What packages did you install? Try re-installing without any video drivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siachori Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Which is the error? Do you use verbose mode (-v) while starting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kookitan Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 what is the -v mode ? and how do i install without video drivers? i tried the same disk on my brothers toshiba laptop and got the same error. i tried all of this about a month or 2 back so i dont really remember what the error was. it was a bunch of weird numbers over the grey apple logo screen and it said i needed to restart. i wanna try this installation on my new laptop, do i wanted to know if the prob would happen again? the os would never boot up sry im really noobie at this stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Maegges Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Did you set the installation mode to MBR in the disc utility? That was the very first mistake, i made when i installed it for the first time. Result: Installation runs through, however there's no boot-up afterwards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kookitan Posted October 26, 2007 Author Share Posted October 26, 2007 k how do i do that then? also, im gonna try it on my compaq c702, which is running vista atm. i hav another formated partition which is in fat32 and i wish to install osx on that. whats the process to get it runnin on this machine with this MBR thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kookitan Posted October 26, 2007 Author Share Posted October 26, 2007 k here's the deal i ijust tried on my laptop. i pressed "-v" and those white letters came and booted into the blue screen. i chose my partition and formatted etc... and went on to install the os. after everything done it asked me to restart the comp. i pressed the restart button and it went into some other screen with those white letters all over. i waited for something to happen.waited about 10-12 mins and nothin happened so i pressed the power button. after that, to my suprise, the grey apple boot screen poped up and everything appeared as if it was loading..... i waited about 10 mins and the grey apple screen was still loading. the only thing is that there was a small tiny white box with a circle and a line on it above on the apple logo which appeared after 2 mins. what error is that? btw when i try to boot into vista it gives me a windows error, even vista disk with repair startup option dont work and what am i doing wrong to get this installation working??/ PLEASE PLEASE HELP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kookitan Posted October 26, 2007 Author Share Posted October 26, 2007 SOMEONE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 I don't mean to sound harsh, but after reading your thread ..you're simply not computer saavy enough to be hacking like this. People are asking you some very basic questions to try and help and they seem to send you into an ever plunging talespin. Suggestions: Document the exact process you are following and document the exact error messages you are receiving. If you can't do those two things, then pop in your recovery CD's and stick with windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maikelinho Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Hi Guys i'm having the same problem. in what format do i have to partition the harddrive ? but isn't there a guide to install ? greets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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