iScott Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 Hey guys, So I made an image of the actual Leopard install disk and followed all of the instructions given by BrazilMac and the guy from LifeHacker, but the disk will not boot to install. I changed my Bios to start from the DVD drive, the disk spins and then it goes into my Tiger osx86. My specs are as follows: Dell XPS 400 Pentium D 3.0 Ghz MoBo ? (what ever Dell decided to use that month) 3 Gigs Memory 160 Gig sata hardrive Nvidia Gforce 6800 graphics card OSx86 Tiger 10.4.10 running w/out sound Has anyone had the same problem as me, if so can you help me out. Any help would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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.NetRolller 3D Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 I had. It is intentional, the DVD doesn't know that you wan't to install. Boot into Tiger, insert the DVD, run "Install Mac OS X" from the disc, then click Restart. It should boot now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iScott Posted November 21, 2007 Author Share Posted November 21, 2007 Well I tried inserting the disc after booting into Tiger, but a window pops up saying that the disc is unreadable. I tried two different burns and they both say that. I even tried using the real install disc and switching when I restart but it does the same thing(boots to Tiger then window pops up saying disc unreadable). Is there a bootloader that needs to be on the DVD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.NetRolller 3D Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 "Disc unreadable" might be a sign of using a DVD+/-RW. Use WORM media instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iScott Posted November 21, 2007 Author Share Posted November 21, 2007 I got the disc to boot, I had to reburn a new DVD but when you burn it you have to make it read/write not compressed. It worked and I installed, but after I did the post patch when it boots I get the "you need to restart your computer". Any suggestions? By the way, BrazilMac and LifeHackers instruction are very different when it comes to the patches. BrazilMac says to only put your username in the xxx in the DMG line, but LifeHacker says to put your username in both lines(DMG, APDIR). BrazilMac doesn't say anything about the post-patch needing to be fixed, but LifeHacker tells you to change it to: PATCH="/Volumes/LeopardPatch/leopatch/" # path to the patched extensions LEO="/Volumes/Leopard" # path to Leopard installation. If you do it the BrazilMac way then at reboot you get "can't find Mach Kernel". If you do it the LifeHacker way then you get the "you need to restart your computer". I am reinstalling it again and going to see if it works. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know. By the way this ISO is from the actual install disc not from a torrent. P.S LifeHacker states that he used BrazilMac's guide so I don't know why they are different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russbeck83 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 I had the same "Can't find mach kernel" while trying the Brazilmac way. Can anyone help me as to what I need to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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