mcdonnr Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Oh my God. For the last 24 hours I've been living in these forums, trying to find a topic related to my machine and this distro. Nothin'. If there is one, and I just missed it, let me know (and I apologize for making another topic). Basically, I finally got the install to suceed only to discover that now it won't boot. Things I have done: -Made sure to use the MBR option with regards to partitioning -The bootfix outlined here. -Followed this guide to the letter (I know it's not the Kalyway distro, but at least it was a board close to mine). For the install customization, I went with: -Vanilla_Kernel -Vanilla_ACPI_fix -SSE2_System -NVINJECT_gfnvidia_desktop -Azalia_ADI1988b -BOOT_efi_mbr Once I get the install to suceed, I take the DVD out and try to boot. I come to a prompt that tells me to press any key for boot options. No matter what I do, it goes about one second into the boot process then reboots the computer. If I have the DVD in, it just boots to the installer. Also of note, Terminal seizes up when I enter the second part of the above-mentioned bootfix. That's a new one, it just started doing that this morning. My exact setup: MSI P6N SLI Platinum Intel C2D E6750 2GB Corsair 60GB IDE WD HD 500GB Samsung HD (SATA, filled with Vista-y goodness, disabled for now) nVidia GeForce 8800GTX If there's anything else I can contribute to help, I'll be glad to... thanks in advance! --Rob Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84066-kalyway-installs-but-loops-endlessly/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadhead Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Welcome to the club: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=83887 :-/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84066-kalyway-installs-but-loops-endlessly/#findComment-596951 Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilturtlefromhell Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 when booting enter the boot option cpus=1 i have to do it myself.. hope it helps Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84066-kalyway-installs-but-loops-endlessly/#findComment-597071 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonnr Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 Hm... tried the 'cpus=1' option... exact same problem. It flashes the briefest of white Apple screens before rebooting. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84066-kalyway-installs-but-loops-endlessly/#findComment-597868 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elstevedore Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I'm in the same boat. I've got an MSI P6N SLI Platinum too and am also trying to install Kalyway 10.5.1. I followed the instructions here: http://www.insanelymac.com/lofiversion/index.php/t73199.html But I'm also stuck at step 11. OSX just will not boot. Even with "-v -legacy cpus=1" it shows about 3 lines of text (which go by too fast to read) and then goes back to POST. Sounds like the same thing that was happening to you. One interesting thing though... I was able to get to the welcome screen if I boot from the DVD with the following options: "-v -legacy cpus=1 rd=disk0s1" That gets me to the welcome screens, but I get stuck in a loop on the migration assistant screen. I choose "continue", but it just loops back to language selection. The P6N SLI FI/Platinum boards are almost exactly the same, so we should be able to replicate the results from the other tutorial. My guess is that the Kalyway distro includes some .kexts that aren't in ToH's release and that's what's causing the problem. Let's keep updating this thread if anyone finds out any new info. I'm DLing the ToH distro that the guy from the tutorial is using, but it's going slow and I probably won't have it for a few days. Please come back and post if you guys find out anything new. And I'll do the same. Thanks, -Steve Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84066-kalyway-installs-but-loops-endlessly/#findComment-599055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonnr Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 That's great news (well, a step in the right direction, anyway)! I'm at work now (will be for about the next nine hours or so), but I'm going to try that as soon as I get home and post the results. Also, I started the ToH distro late last night. I've been getting some nasty speeds lately (1.2mbps/down) off of the good ol' Comcast, so hopefully it will be done by time I get home... barring, of course, any wifely meddling in my computer's affairs... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84066-kalyway-installs-but-loops-endlessly/#findComment-599351 Share on other sites More sharing options...
odb Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 cpus=1 did not work for me either, same problem. Reboot after Darwin loads. I did not have this problem with the ToH 10.5.0 release. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84066-kalyway-installs-but-loops-endlessly/#findComment-599389 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonnr Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 But did you try "-v -legacy cpus=1 rd=disk0s1"? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84066-kalyway-installs-but-loops-endlessly/#findComment-599416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobo4444 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I'm having the same problem, I get to the keyboard selection screen, then to the migration screen wait a bit then right back to the keyboard selection screen and it repeats. Interestingly, I only got this with iatkos version (I could get the Kalyway version even this far) I got another kalyway version loaded that an now I am in the same loop. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84066-kalyway-installs-but-loops-endlessly/#findComment-599434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
David86 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Remove the sse2 sysystem selection since you have core 2, and deselct vanilla kernel since you dont have an intel chipset, vanilla kernel will only work with intel chisets. And make sure your bios settings are correct such as ahci and disabeling the floppy drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84066-kalyway-installs-but-loops-endlessly/#findComment-599440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonnr Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 So, don't select the Vanilla OR the fix, and don't select the SSE2... you think it should work after that? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84066-kalyway-installs-but-loops-endlessly/#findComment-599453 Share on other sites More sharing options...
David86 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Its more likely to work, nfoce boards have alot of problems with leopard, and ive never installed leopard on nforce. Just dont forget you can still use mbr efi just not vanilla kernel, and endless reboot is the symton of trying to run vanilla kernel when it isnt compatible, other issues usually give you the restart message. oh i was woundering if you tried the amd release rather than kalyway. if want an easy install just buy a p5w dh deluxe for like 150. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84066-kalyway-installs-but-loops-endlessly/#findComment-599545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonnr Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 I have not tried the AMD release, no. Sadly, buying a new board isn't really in the cards right now... not after what I dropped on this system a couple of months ago I'll try the install sans Vanilla when I get home, though... I'm hopeful. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84066-kalyway-installs-but-loops-endlessly/#findComment-599716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
David86 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 You should try doing an rma for and intel board, just complain your ass off and see if they will switch it for a compatible intel chipset. Oh and sorry about the amd release it was early and i got mixed up i meant iatkos rc2. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84066-kalyway-installs-but-loops-endlessly/#findComment-599794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonnr Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 Yeah, but I like my board! Love it, even. Also, I have not tried that distro. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84066-kalyway-installs-but-loops-endlessly/#findComment-599808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elstevedore Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 mcdonnr: It's true! Installing Kalyway without the vanilla kernel got my system to where it will now boot all the way into leopard with "-v -legacy cpus=1" When you install Kalyway, uncheck ALL the boxes (including graphics drivers) except efi-mbr, and you should be good to go. You can skip the bootfix step in the tutorial since Kalyway does that for you, but make sure you do the part about moving NVDAResman.kext to the backup folder, or you'll get a kernel panic. Good luck. That's as far as I've gotten. I saw it boot up into Leopard but then I had to leave and go to work. Networking/Graphics/dual-cores are not working yet. I'll let you know how that goes when I get a chance. -Steve Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84066-kalyway-installs-but-loops-endlessly/#findComment-599864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonnr Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 That's amazing news! I'm getting ready to get out of work myself, so I'll be home and installing within about fifteen minutes... ... w00t!!!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84066-kalyway-installs-but-loops-endlessly/#findComment-599910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tseryan Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I'm fairly sure multiple cores with the nforce set does not work in the Kalyway release, but if it does, definitely let us know! I'm stuck in the bootfix stage of the ToH release, and cannot figure out what to do and it looks like Kalyway is the much easier way to go. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84066-kalyway-installs-but-loops-endlessly/#findComment-599926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
David86 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 your all welcome lol, try to check if any new kernels can give you multi core support. Oh and a 975x board is a little faster, you'll be able to do legitimate updates and use multiple cores. just keep it in mind lol. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84066-kalyway-installs-but-loops-endlessly/#findComment-599998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tseryan Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 your all welcome lol, try to check if any new kernels can give you multi core support. Oh and a 975x board is a little faster, you'll be able to do legitimate updates and use multiple cores. just keep it in mind lol. You cannot do legitmate updates with an nforce board and ToH RC2? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84066-kalyway-installs-but-loops-endlessly/#findComment-600026 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elstevedore Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 You cannot do legitmate updates with an nforce board and ToH RC2? I'm not sure about the updates, I'm curious about that myself. I believe you can get both cores working with the instructions in the walkthrough. -Steve Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84066-kalyway-installs-but-loops-endlessly/#findComment-600109 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonnr Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 Good news, everyone! Using what follows, I was able to install and RUN Leopard (Kalyway)! I do have some problems post-install, which I will detail. 1.) Use the BIOS settings from the guide mentioned earlier. 2.) Install using: -NVINJECT_gfnvidia_desktop -Azalia_ADI1988b -BOOT_efi_mbr 3.) Execute the command to move the *.kext to the backup directory. 4.) Reboot with no DVD. That's it. I didn't even use the "-v -legacy cpus=1". AND, Leo recognizes that I have a C2D with 2 processors. I'm so very happy! Now... the bad news: -It does not detect the onboard audio. -It does not detect my wireless card. -It sees my video card, but thinks it only has 32MB of RAM (it's an 8800GTX with 768MB). -It thinks my RAM is 667MHz, it is DDR2 1066. Those things aside, it's running VERY smoothely. No reboots, panics... nothing. Just thought I'd let everyone know, and if anyone has a fix for the issues I mentioned, I will love them forever. Thanks, and good luck! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84066-kalyway-installs-but-loops-endlessly/#findComment-600204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elstevedore Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Congrats, mcdonnr! I've found basically the same thing. I just tried booting without any options, and my system came up with no problems and dual-core support working fine. Yay. ...Now onto the problems: 1. Video - There are some new nvidia kexts from OSX 10.5.2 that are supposed to have better support for the 88xx series cards. I have a 8800GT myself, so I'll be installing them. I'll let you know how that goes. 2. Network - As I understand, the onboard NIC on the P6N is not supported. This is reported to work "out of the box" with 10.5.1: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...;Tpk=ENLGA-1320 Assuming I can get my video/sound drivers going, I'll probably order one of those. 3. Audio - The onboard audio is supposed to work, but again you'll need to install some special kexts for the ALC888. I forget where I found all this stuff, once I remember, I'll post some links back here. Keep us updated as you progress. -Steve Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84066-kalyway-installs-but-loops-endlessly/#findComment-600308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elstevedore Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Hmmm... I'm stuck trying to get my 8800GT to work. I tried installing the 10.5.2 kexts using the package installer here: http://scottdangel.com/blog/?p=15 That seemed like the easiest way to get it working, but I get Kernel Panic when trying to boot after installing. Any ideas? This is after installing kalyway 10.5.1 on MSI P6N SLI Platinum with a Evga GeForce 8800GT 512MB. -Steve Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84066-kalyway-installs-but-loops-endlessly/#findComment-600622 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elstevedore Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 GOT IT! After installing the NVKexts package. Follow the instructions in this thread about changing the deviceIDs: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=73199 But you also need to change the device IDs in Info.plist under NVinject.kext which the walkthrough doesn't mention. That got my 8800GT working with Kalyway 10.5.1 on MSI P6N SLI Platinum. System profiler sees only 256MB of RAM on my 512MB card, but I'll worry about that later. For now, Leopard is looking a whole lot better with hardware accelerated graphics. ...onward to sound... -Steve Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84066-kalyway-installs-but-loops-endlessly/#findComment-600645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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