andsteele Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 Okay, I downloaded the JAS OS X x86 10.4.8 and I am having problems installing it. My computer will boot from the disk and it seems to install, but it never boots once I have restarted. System Specs: AMD Athlon X2 3800+ AM2 2GHz 3GB DDR2 ram 300gb Western Digital Caviar (IDE) 500gb Seagate (SATA) Asrock AM2NF3-VSTA mobo Nvida 5500FX AGP 256MB I was thinking of buying a new mobo and graphics card as they are lagging behind now. So I am hoping the problem lies with one of them. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76365-help-my-os-x-dilemma/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
3phemeral Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 Okay, I downloaded the JAS OS X x86 10.4.8 and I am having problems installing it. My computer will boot from the disk and it seems to install, but it never boots once I have restarted. More info please. What d'you mean with 'never boots'. (light) Blue screen, ...? Also, are you running a dual/multi boot system? If so, what other OSes? Is your bios set to boot from the drive on which you installed OSX? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76365-help-my-os-x-dilemma/#findComment-539116 Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsteele Posted December 15, 2007 Author Share Posted December 15, 2007 No other OS installed at the time. When I booted off the WD IDE drive, I got an error that kept saying I had to restart. (Forgot what it was, sorry). And when I booted off my SATA drive, I got a black screen with the OS X cursor...but only it was 90 degress anti-clockwise. I kept it on for a while to see if it would do anything but it didn't. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76365-help-my-os-x-dilemma/#findComment-539122 Share on other sites More sharing options...
3phemeral Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 No other OS installed at the time. When I booted off the WD IDE drive, I got an error that kept saying I had to restart. (Forgot what it was, sorry). And when I booted off my SATA drive, I got a black screen with the OS X cursor...but only it was 90 degress anti-clockwise. I kept it on for a while to see if it would do anything but it didn't.Very strange...For either drives, try booting in safe mode. I don't remember exactly which switch it is, but i think it's -f. When booting up tap the F8 key, when you get the darwin menu, type -f and hit enter. What sort of error does this give? There are other switches, but i can't remember them by heart at the moment, a quick search will tell you what ot er switches do. -v will be 'verbose mode' [with lots of output], and -s 'single-user mode'. You can combine them, for instance -v -f would give you verbose safe mode [if -f is indeed safe mode ]. All the best, 3phemeral Edit: Safe mode uses the -x switch, i believe. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76365-help-my-os-x-dilemma/#findComment-539396 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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