knobi Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Dont know whether i would get a response but here goes. I installed the Tubgirl 10.4.10 AMDVM (pretty sure-but need to check) on my rig DFI Expert Opty 170 2 GB 6800 GT USB keyboard and mouse Should I check the x11 install as well? Anyways, i formatted my Hard drive using disk utilities on the mac OSX DVD and i check on mac OS external journalled. Installation is fine. Takes a long time but works up to there. Also I am installing on a 160 GB IDE drive Once install is complete i reboot and i get the error disk boot failure. I try to hit F8 to type in -v but it wouldnt let me. Sometimes it just hangs on bios screen. I have been trying to install it on a IDE hard drive. Is that the cause and I should try SATA? Am I doing something terribly wrong? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealthMode Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Did you make sure to use the MBR option when partitioning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobi Posted November 15, 2007 Author Share Posted November 15, 2007 Did you make sure to use the MBR option when partitioning?I am not sure this MBR thing. Sorry for sounding so stupid. What i did was, i used a new WD 160 HD SATA. Boot up using the DVD Tubgirl's and then when into disk utility to format it using mac OS extended journal. I did not partion it and i left it as untitled.I proceeded to install including the x11 and not the nvidia n40 driver as i had 6800GT?Now, when it restarted (this took a long while) I thought it hung and i press reset. And now the comp reboots it hangs at the bios screen. Have I lost the drive???:(hackintosh is not for n00bs like me :(Problem. I want to reformat the disk so that i can try it again. But now, i cant see/detect the disk in windows XP??/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobi Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 just wanted to let ppl know that it works now. Just the damn MBR option that i didnt realise. It works great. No sleep I sold my rig already and now I am having problems with intel Too many downloaded install disks that dont work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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