LoveGod Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Well just download Kalyway's 10.5.1 DVD appeared on 20th of dec Downloaded, burned the iso with NERO.. Rebooted pc, when trying to boot i immediately got "System config file '/com.apple.Boot.plist' not found" My specs: ASUS P5LD2-SE SKT 775 Intel core 2 Quad Q6600 HDD Western Digital 250 GB, 7200 RPM 4 GB DDR2 800 MHZ, Apacer DVD-RW LG SuperMulti DVD+/-RW write: 20x PL ASUS GF8800 GTS 640 MB, DDR3, 320 Bit Hope somebody can help me out.. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadedknight Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 I get that error too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveGod Posted December 23, 2007 Author Share Posted December 23, 2007 also noticed that even my JaS 10.4.8 is doing the same.. this is a new system so i'm awaiting suggestions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJMoose Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Well just download Kalyway's 10.5.1 DVD appeared on 20th of dec Downloaded, burned the iso with NERO.. Rebooted pc, when trying to boot i immediately got "System config file '/com.apple.Boot.plist' not found" My specs: ASUS P5LD2-SE SKT 775 Intel core 2 Quad Q6600 HDD Western Digital 250 GB, 7200 RPM 4 GB DDR2 800 MHZ, Apacer DVD-RW LG SuperMulti DVD+/-RW write: 20x PL ASUS GF8800 GTS 640 MB, DDR3, 320 Bit Hope somebody can help me out.. Thank you Generally, that's a sign that your OS partition isn't active. If you have a GParted CD, you can set it active with that. If not, use the install disk to get to the terminal. In terminal, type: diskutil list [enter] (this will let you know what your volume disk id is...e.g. disk0s2) Write that down somewhere because you'll need it. Now type: fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0 (your number may vary) update f 2 (2 being the partition number in my case) w q reboot That should set your partition active and you should be able to boot okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadedknight Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 In Gparted I set the flag as boot, yet I still get this error when putting in the DVD and booting Darwin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveGod Posted December 23, 2007 Author Share Posted December 23, 2007 Generally, that's a sign that your OS partition isn't active. If you have a GParted CD, you can set it active with that. If not, use the install disk to get to the terminal. In terminal, type: diskutil list [enter] (this will let you know what your volume disk id is...e.g. disk0s2) Write that down somewhere because you'll need it. Now type: fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0 (your number may vary) update f 2 (2 being the partition number in my case) w q reboot That should set your partition active and you should be able to boot okay. I'm kinda new to macs .. I dont have a GParted CD so i tried to write at boot: diskutil list but nothing happened.. i mention that i burned the cd with nero(from vista), rebooted pc and tried to boot the DVD, and at that point i got that error Thanks for your reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
consolation Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 LG, I used your board in the past - it should work just fine. I suspect a dodgy burn, but you might want to check out your BIOS settings. Use the same settings as for the P5LD2 -VM (SE), there is a thread about it already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmallOffice463 Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 I am embarrassed to admit that I received the same error until I tried booting without the Kalyway 10.5.1 DVD still in the drive. Once I removed the DVD, everything worked fine. I hope my foolishness may help you. SO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzwitherspoon Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 This is the same problem I am having, it is giving me this error message when I originally try to boot the DVD, not after I install the OS. I can't even get the DVD to boot initially. One thing to note is that when I burn the iso to dvd or open the iso with winrar it says that the files inside only take up 192 kb of space, even though the iso is 4 gbs. I don't know if this might indicate a bad download or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socal swimmer Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 People, the original poster cannot even boot off the dvd! This has nothing to do with making the partition active, or using fdisk (which I hate with a living passion, but thats my fault). It is a bad burn. I have read threads where ppl have trouble with this. try burning at your slowest speed possible (1x for me). i used disk utility on a G5 iMac. Try different programs multiple times, always at the slowest speed. if the iso is 4GB, then your download was fine. It is something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureShock Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 I had that error to... i have an asus maximus board... (x38 chipset) ... but the problem is elsewhere... i have a dvd drive for pata ... have pluged that in the orignal one and only pata plug on the mainboard... this is a kind of pata to sata "converter" that was the problem by me ... i have a extra raid controller to... i have pluged the dvd in this raid controller and darwin boots up!! But now i get stuck when grey Apple apears and the loading circle comes... a small error icon apears in the apple... nothing anymore after this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveGod Posted December 23, 2007 Author Share Posted December 23, 2007 People, the original poster cannot even boot off the dvd! This has nothing to do with making the partition active, or using fdisk (which I hate with a living passion, but thats my fault). It is a bad burn. I have read threads where ppl have trouble with this. try burning at your slowest speed possible (1x for me). i used disk utility on a G5 iMac. Try different programs multiple times, always at the slowest speed. if the iso is 4GB, then your download was fine. It is something else. you are right, i cannot boot initialy from the DVD nope it is not a badburn issue, i mention that both JaS 10.4.8 and 10.5.1 are having this issue. And on my other PC they bootup just fine. It's some config from my system. I will try consolation advice also and see what happens Ty all for the replies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureShock Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 did you read my post?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveGod Posted December 23, 2007 Author Share Posted December 23, 2007 did you read my post?! my DVD is IDE connected i'm not very good in hardware and i cant imagine how can i do what you specified Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureShock Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 on a motherboard ide port?? maybe this is the problem... the newer mobo. uses a jmicron controller for "onboard" ide... and the atapi-support of this jmicron is the problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveGod Posted December 23, 2007 Author Share Posted December 23, 2007 on a motherboard ide port?? maybe this is the problem... the newer mobo. uses a jmicron controller for "onboard" ide... and the atapi-support of this jmicron is the problem... i guess so what can i do in this case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureShock Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 use a usb dvd or buy a sata dvd drive... maybe you have a raid controller... that i should work too... but i have some issues here by me too... i dont know if this comes from the raid controller i using to get around my '/com.apple.Boot.plist' problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveGod Posted December 23, 2007 Author Share Posted December 23, 2007 use a usb dvd or buy a sata dvd drive... maybe you have a raid controller... that i should work too... but i have some issues here by me too... i dont know if this comes from the raid controller i using to get around my '/com.apple.Boot.plist' problem... omfg .. i'll try to see what i can do, hope i dont phuck up my pc thx all for the replies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graphic Design Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 My best solution for this problem: 1- On Windows, format HDD which U want to install Mac OS to Fat 32 2- Go to Control Panel ==> Administrative tools ==> Computer Management ==> Disk Management ==> [right click on that HDD, choose "[i]Mark Partition as active[/i]"] 3- Okie, then U can restart and start install Mac OS into it by format to HFS J Hope this can help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klinsmann Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Hi guys, I have 3 internal hard drives. C, D, E. Right now i have Vista x64 installed on the C drive. When i boot with either the kalaway or Iatkos DVD i get this plist error. My question is how can i create a dual boot environment? Is it even possible? How do i get around this plist problem? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureShock Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Hi guys, I have 3 internal hard drives. C, D, E. Right now i have Vista x64 installed on the C drive. When i boot with either the kalaway or Iatkos DVD i get this plist error. My question is how can i create a dual boot environment? Is it even possible? How do i get around this plist problem? Thanks read my posts above ... to install you need a clean hdd ... and put it on the first pata or sata channel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klinsmann Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 So i need to install OSX first...Then Vista afterwards? Do i need to use a bootloader like Acronis boot loader for example? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveGod Posted December 23, 2007 Author Share Posted December 23, 2007 My best solution for this problem: 1- On Windows, format HDD which U want to install Mac OS to Fat 32 2- Go to Control Panel ==> Administrative tools ==> Computer Management ==> Disk Management ==> [right click on that HDD, choose "[i]Mark Partition as active[/i]"] 3- Okie, then U can restart and start install Mac OS into it by format to HFS J Hope this can help! Please try to understand that i cannot boot from the DVD initally, i get this error instant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Oh lordy.. read before posting.. anyhow... When you "hit a key to install os x" does it react?, if not it's probably not recognising your keyboard. in this case it tries to boot the harddrive which of course does not have an os x install on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveGod Posted December 23, 2007 Author Share Posted December 23, 2007 Oh lordy.. read before posting.. anyhow... When you "hit a key to install os x" does it react?, if not it's probably not recognising your keyboard. in this case it tries to boot the harddrive which of course does not have an os x install on it. that's the problem, i dont get that screen at all, as the dvd boots, the only thing i get is that error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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