itisonlyatest Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 I have a burned copy of the leopard DVD. In Tiger I click Install Mac OS X once the DVD pops up. Then it says: Click the button below to restart your computer and begin the installation process. I click Restart and it restart but nothings happening. I've tried booting to the DVD but it just boots into normal tiger. Can someone please help? All I want to do is upgrade to Leopard from Tiger. Thanks, Chris. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/71656-trying-to-install-leopard-nothing-happens-after-restart/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsheron Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Hi, I'm new here and it seems very odd as to what does and doesn't get you replies. Apparently, those in "the know" are just "so annoyed" people keep asking simple questions and keep banging on with "can't you use the search feature man" In other words, for n00bs like me, and possibly you, this isn't too friendly a place to be. I'm trying to install OSX Leo on my AMD box, have downloaded the flat image thing and a few patch files. All the guides out there are great, but missing crucial things like where to get certain patches or kernels from. So i'm sat here with a few images a few patches and am not quite sure where to start. I'd love to know where a n00b like me can LEARN about this from the beginning. I.e. what is a kext, what does it do, how do i use it etc..... Really I just want to install Leopard on my AMD box. Apparently my willingness to learn and read up on the procedures isn't enough for some.... Anyhow, enough of my rant. I had the same problem as you did i think. I solved it by reading that you need to set the drive you install to as "Master Boot Record" BEFORE you actually install Tiger/Leopard by using the "Disk Utility" from the top menu in the graphical installer (when you load the Tiger DVD). It's under the "Partition" menu at the top. Sorry I don't have any screenshots, as, unlike some, i'd love to help you through this. I'm pretty sure though, that unless someone else can tell you otherwise and explain how, you will have to re-install OSX. As I said, load up the DVD and just before choosing the drive to install OSX to, open up the Disk Utility at the top and click the Root Drive you want to install to. Then click the "Partition" entry and find the menu (from another button i can't remember - just have a look around, it's there somewhere) where you need to set "Master Boot Record". Close the Disk utility, choose the drive, install as normal and when you restart it should boot as normal - mine did anyway... Hope that helps. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/71656-trying-to-install-leopard-nothing-happens-after-restart/#findComment-508337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
itisonlyatest Posted November 17, 2007 Author Share Posted November 17, 2007 Thanks but I can't even load the installer! Nothing loads up it just books into Tiger regular! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/71656-trying-to-install-leopard-nothing-happens-after-restart/#findComment-509079 Share on other sites More sharing options...
itisonlyatest Posted November 22, 2007 Author Share Posted November 22, 2007 Bump! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/71656-trying-to-install-leopard-nothing-happens-after-restart/#findComment-514435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquagrrl Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 Have you gone into the bios and set your cd-rom as the first boot device? Just a guess as to what the problem might be. You might also be having the same problem I am. The disk I have is not bootable, but I don't know why. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/71656-trying-to-install-leopard-nothing-happens-after-restart/#findComment-514438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalieaire Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 when the system restarts, you should be prompted by the darwin installer and a count down should occur, did this happen? does your original tiger install still work? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/71656-trying-to-install-leopard-nothing-happens-after-restart/#findComment-514439 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Objection Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 As for guides not talking about where to get patches and images: downloading OSX86 is illegal and anyone linking to or explaining how to download it is breaking the law. Finding files is something all of us have had to do on our own. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/71656-trying-to-install-leopard-nothing-happens-after-restart/#findComment-514464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSXtotheZ Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 i second the checking of the bios to make sure you have DVD drive as the first boot device. The other thing you might try is tapping F8 to get the OSX bootloader screen which if DVD installer is detected should say something like Do you wish to intstall OSX blah blah... If that doesnt work try using holding down or tapping the C key upon booting with the DVD in. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/71656-trying-to-install-leopard-nothing-happens-after-restart/#findComment-515353 Share on other sites More sharing options...
itisonlyatest Posted November 23, 2007 Author Share Posted November 23, 2007 Yes, the bios is enabled to have the disk drive boot first! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/71656-trying-to-install-leopard-nothing-happens-after-restart/#findComment-515714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gthlm Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Which dvd release do you have, and what is your system spec? Assuming it's a good x86 release and it's been burned properly, you should be aware that not all drives will boot from all media. Rewritable discs are usually the worst, but if you have a fairly recent drive it shouldn't be a problem. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/71656-trying-to-install-leopard-nothing-happens-after-restart/#findComment-516892 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.NetRolller 3D Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 His problem is not that the DVD is unbootable, the system actually loads the boot record from the DVD, but due to a bug in the Darwin boot loader, it loads boot.plist from the HDD instead of the DVD on some systems, preventing boot. A workaround is to delete/format the Tiger partition before booting from the DVD. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/71656-trying-to-install-leopard-nothing-happens-after-restart/#findComment-516965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeblade Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Just keep asking someone will help. And search the forums and google you will find answers. Go in to IRC they are nice and love to help.. ooh am I helping.. woot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/71656-trying-to-install-leopard-nothing-happens-after-restart/#findComment-517454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Kam Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 I have the same problem before. It's because my DVD drive's reading speed is to slow to catch up with the boot loader. Try to press "pause/break" on the keyboard right before the BIOS screen disappear, then "esc" after 'LED on DVD drive stop flashing' Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/71656-trying-to-install-leopard-nothing-happens-after-restart/#findComment-517651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmarsh Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 I have a burned copy of the leopard DVD. In Tiger I click Install Mac OS X once the DVD pops up. Then it says: Click the button below to restart your computer and begin the installation process. I click Restart and it restart but nothings happening. I've tried booting to the DVD but it just boots into normal tiger. Can someone please help? All I want to do is upgrade to Leopard from Tiger. Thanks, Chris. What are your specs? It could be your system won't boot install DVD. And you can't run Leopard installer from Tiger. That was exactly what happened on my Dell. But I posted a work-around here. http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=&...st&p=510839 A similar fix might work for you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/71656-trying-to-install-leopard-nothing-happens-after-restart/#findComment-517875 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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