isotome Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Hello all- Long time reader with my first post here. I have assembled a system based on the HCL for 10.4.8. I have not been able to install ANY version of OSX86 because I keep getting the same message at boot. My D975XBX2 intel board ALWAYS gives me the same error message- "no boot device. insert boot disk and press any key" This is displayed after the post. Nothing I have tried can get the mobo to read or boot off of a n OSX86 install disc. It does'nt matter if it is Tiger or BrazilMac Leopard. I don't know how to fix this problem. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thans for any help that gets me up and booted. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69535-intel-bad-axe-2-question/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
daskog Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 I think you need to fix the Darwin bootloader!? it must be set as MBR i guess. Search for booting problems etc I have the same motherboard as you and mine is working 100% with patch etc Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69535-intel-bad-axe-2-question/#findComment-493561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BebopBlues Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Are you saying the DVDs won't boot or the OSX DVD boots but giving you the error? If the first, then just make sure your DVD drive is set to boot first in the BIOS. If it is the latter, then somehow OSX is not detecting your harddrive. Try swapping to IDE or SATA drive if possible. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69535-intel-bad-axe-2-question/#findComment-493578 Share on other sites More sharing options...
isotome Posted November 4, 2007 Author Share Posted November 4, 2007 Thanks for the suggestions . I don't know if any of this helps because I can't even get as far as the Darwin bootloader. After POST, the mobo shows some info about drive and RAID options. The DVD drive spins up but then all I get is the same old" no boot device found- insert boot disk and press any key" message. I'd love any sugestions or instructions that will get the DVD drive to be seen and accessed by the Darwin boot loader and the rest. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69535-intel-bad-axe-2-question/#findComment-494017 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marliwahoo Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Sounds like the dvd is not working. Either burn it again - at a slower speed - or repatch the original disk image. You may need to patch again and burn it slow. Good luck. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69535-intel-bad-axe-2-question/#findComment-494066 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntsmkfob Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Hello all- Long time reader with my first post here. I have assembled a system based on the HCL for 10.4.8. I have not been able to install ANY version of OSX86 because I keep getting the same message at boot. My D975XBX2 intel board ALWAYS gives me the same error message- "no boot device. insert boot disk and press any key" This is displayed after the post. Nothing I have tried can get the mobo to read or boot off of a n OSX86 install disc. It does'nt matter if it is Tiger or BrazilMac Leopard. I don't know how to fix this problem. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thans for any help that gets me up and booted. You have got the SATA set up as AHCI, haven't you? If set up as RAID then OSX can't see the disks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69535-intel-bad-axe-2-question/#findComment-494106 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BebopBlues Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Does it boot an WinXP disk? Sounds like a bad disk burn. Did you download the OSx86 image or did you make it via BrazilMac's patch? And how did you burn it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69535-intel-bad-axe-2-question/#findComment-494152 Share on other sites More sharing options...
isotome Posted November 4, 2007 Author Share Posted November 4, 2007 I simply downloaded the iso 4.38 GB file from Demonoid. It took forever- FIVE days from beginning to end. I burned it using Mac disc burning software at the slowest possible setting. This also applies to all the various Tiger OSX86 installs I have downloaded such as j.a.s 10.4.8, Uphuck 10.4.9, and XxX 10.4.10- none work for me. I don't want to think it is the downloads because of the time I spent gathering them. The more I look at it though, The problem is probably bad corrupt images. My DVD drive WILL read Ubuntu live CD, so I know it is not the DVD drive. Bummer. Maybee i need to offer cash for a WORKING install disc that I can install. Anyone here want to work a deal? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69535-intel-bad-axe-2-question/#findComment-494809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJMoose Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 If it isn't corrupt images, it's probably something very simple. I have the same board and I literally cannot find an installer that won't work (although some are just designed better than others). Are you using an ide dvd drive or sata? Do you have your hard drives connected to the ich7 controller or the marvell controller? I've read that some who have a certain revision of this board can only get the ich7 controller to show on OSX86. I can use all 8, but not everyone has reported that. I've never tried to install from a SATA dvd drive. Mine are both IDE. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69535-intel-bad-axe-2-question/#findComment-494853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
isotome Posted November 5, 2007 Author Share Posted November 5, 2007 Hello BJ - I was hoping I would hear from you. I have read this site enough to know that you have the same board as i do and like it. You also seem to have great success with it. To answer your question, I have both sata and ide DVD drives. Neither have been read by he mobo. It is the same " no boot device- insert boot disk and press any key" on any drive- any OSX86 disc I've tried. I am too much of a noob to know the distinction between the ich7 controller and the Marvel controller. If you could please explain to me the important differences, I would be very thankful. The prospect of dead,useless install disks makes me very worried considering how LONG it takes for me to download the average install. I only hope that it is some simple hardware configuration or BIOS setting that I have overlooked or am not aware of. Thanks for any future insight you can give me about this. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69535-intel-bad-axe-2-question/#findComment-495371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJMoose Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Okay, since I have no idea about your expertise with computers, I'm going to start off with a very basic, "How did you burn this ISO file?" Did your software simply copy the ISO file as data to the DVD or did you go into ISO mode in software like Nero or Alcohol120? Have you tried just booting this DVD on any other computer just to see if it can be read as bootable? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69535-intel-bad-axe-2-question/#findComment-495654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
isotome Posted November 5, 2007 Author Share Posted November 5, 2007 BJMoose- I simply download the iso to my desktop and use the finder to burn to disk. I do not have Nero or Alcohol120 programs. I have tried to get the iso to read on an old Dell Dimension 2300 i have kicking around. I got the same "no boot device" message or no read at all. I am beginning to think that my iso disks are no good or corrupt. I cannot prove it and I hope it's not true. How can you determine if you have downloaded a good working iso or a junk iso? I burn at the slowest possible option and it always passes verification checks. Thanks for any help you can give me- I appreciate it a lot. I feel I am so close to my dream of OSX86, yet so frustratingly far away. It sucks. Hope i can learn enough here to get things working as they should. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69535-intel-bad-axe-2-question/#findComment-496033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 My DVD drive WILL read Ubuntu live CD, so I know it is not the DVD drive. Sorry, but it does now work like that. OS X is very picky about DVD drives and just because Ubuntu will boot of yours in no way means that OS X will So, what kind of DVD drive to do have exactly? Check the HCL for compatibility. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69535-intel-bad-axe-2-question/#findComment-496036 Share on other sites More sharing options...
isotome Posted November 5, 2007 Author Share Posted November 5, 2007 Good point Bofors- I did not even consider DVD make and model. I have had no problems so far with various DVD burners in my various G4's. I just assumed the LG sata and the Sony IDE DVD burners would be compatible. I will check the HCL again but do not recall a category for DVD drives. Thanks for the tip. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69535-intel-bad-axe-2-question/#findComment-496047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJMoose Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Some install disks come with a checksum that helps to verify its authenticity. If you got a checksum with your iso, can you check to see if it's the same as the one provided. I don't know what models your burners are, but LG and Sony should work. My Mac Pro uses a Sony. I still think it has to do with how you're burning the image to the disk. If it was a proper burn, some computer somewhere should at least begin the boot process. Edit: Are these the steps you're following to burn your dvd: Insert a blank disc. Start Disk Utility. From the File menu, choose Open Disk Image and select the ISO to be burned. In the list of volumes, you will now see an item representing the ISO file. Select it. Click the Burn button and follow the instructions. This should give you a good bootable DVD if your image is not corrupted.If you have a windows pc, try download a free proggie called imgburn. It's a powerful and accurate piece of software that used to be a part of a proggie called DVD Decrypter. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69535-intel-bad-axe-2-question/#findComment-496075 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 I just assumed the LG sata and the Sony IDE DVD burners would be compatible. Pioneer DVD drives are best for OSx86, they have been usually what Apple's chooses for real Macs and what I use. Other DVD drives have problems that are well documented in this forum. I would avoid SATA-DVD until Apple starts using it in Macs. You might want to pull out a DVD drive from one of you G4's for use in installing OSx86 on your Hackint0sh. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69535-intel-bad-axe-2-question/#findComment-496110 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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