mrogers Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 I'm new to all this but very eager to get OSX running. I started with an 8f11111 ISO image with Wesley's patch. I burned it to a -R, and when I booted it protested (a lot) about not being able to enumerate a USB device I had attached, but eventually I got the installation GUI. It locked up when I tried to use the Disk Manager to partition my drive though, and by this time I had discovered the newer JaS 4.2b patch. So I patched my ISO using PPF-o-matic, reburned it to a new disc (at only 2x), and this time got a ton of SAM Multimedia Read errors. Searching around these forums, I found that to usually be bad media or bad burn. Someone actually suggested using RW instead of R, so I tried that and I don't get any more read errors, but I do get endless errors that sections 25 and 26 on the disc are transposed, or something like that (sorry, not in front of it right now). It goes through what seems to be all the normal booting processes -- it loads the nVidia modules, it mounts the disks, etc -- but then goes into an infinte loop with this error. I have burned it twice, even at 1x. I'm completely lost at this point. I searched for the exact error I was getting on Google, and it came up with nothing (which really scared me -- Google doesn't know?? I'm in trouble ). I would appreciate any suggestions anyone has. I don't know what to do at this point. I'll post the exact error message tonight when I get home. Specs: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Asus A8N-SLI motherboard (nForce4 SLI) Plextor IDE DVD+/-RW burner XFX GeForce 6600GT 1GB RAM Western Digital 60GB IDE hard drive Thanks for any help you can offer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8426-tons-of-problems-booting-1043-dvd/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynx_deb Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 it can be a broken iso..you've check the MD5 sum? i'm worry.. my new PC has the same parts of you (but i've a 3500+ and X300PCI-E) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8426-tons-of-problems-booting-1043-dvd/#findComment-52270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrogers Posted February 3, 2006 Author Share Posted February 3, 2006 I'm afraid that my ISO may indeed be broken -- I never checked the MD5sum before I patched it, and I don't have the original file anymore because I was stupid and didn't make a copy before I patched it. I was just hoping that someone else might have another idea. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8426-tons-of-problems-booting-1043-dvd/#findComment-52271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynx_deb Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 my new pc is incoming for this week.. after the installation of Windows XP, i check if OSX boot and it can be installed on my machine.. i let you know! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8426-tons-of-problems-booting-1043-dvd/#findComment-52283 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketX Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 I'm afraid that my ISO may indeed be broken -- I never checked the MD5sum before I patched it, and I don't have the original file anymore because I was stupid and didn't make a copy before I patched it. I was just hoping that someone else might have another idea. This might be the problem, patching the already patched ISO (with a different patch all together) might have corrupted it big time! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8426-tons-of-problems-booting-1043-dvd/#findComment-52343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrogers Posted February 4, 2006 Author Share Posted February 4, 2006 OK then...let's say I start with a Wesley's patch ISO. What is the proper procedure for getting all the updates available in the JaS 4.2b patch? Do I attempt to install from the older ISO, and then apply the patches (somehow) after I install? Or, is there some way to properly update an already patched ISO? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8426-tons-of-problems-booting-1043-dvd/#findComment-52482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynx_deb Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 download the patch and the PPF-o-Matic.. and patch the ISO file, then burn it and try again Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8426-tons-of-problems-booting-1043-dvd/#findComment-52725 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrogers Posted February 4, 2006 Author Share Posted February 4, 2006 ^ Well, that's what I've done, twice. It says it patches correctly, but then it seems like the ISO is screwed up when I try to boot. I'm going to try a new ISO, I guess. And I'll make backup copies of it this time. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8426-tons-of-problems-booting-1043-dvd/#findComment-52758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metrogirl Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Yes - and I can't emphasise strongly enough the importance of MD5 with 10.4.3. We've had so many reports of boot or install problems that have been traced to a dud iso. This particular release is *very* picky with the image, the media and the drive. But the good news, as someone has already said, is that DVDRW is usually OK so you won't waste lots of money on coasters. I gave very comprehensive instructions on finding, installing and using MD5 in another thread. You should be able to find that if you search. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8426-tons-of-problems-booting-1043-dvd/#findComment-52782 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Eyre Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Yes - and I can't emphasise strongly enough the importance of MD5 with 10.4.3. We've had so many reports of boot or install problems that have been traced to a dud iso. This particular release is *very* picky with the image, the media and the drive. But the good news, as someone has already said, is that DVDRW is usually OK so you won't waste lots of money on coasters. I gave very comprehensive instructions on finding, installing and using MD5 in another thread. You should be able to find that if you search. Well, i personaly would scrap that ISO and download this (availbull from bay of priates) lol macosx_10.4.3_8F1111_DTK_USERDVD.DMG check the md5, then download the JaS PPF file, patch the iso. then from the maxxuss website, apple the V2 Kernal files SSE3 -> SSE2, and NO NX XD ppf's and burn to DVD+RW / DVD-RW, i used a Bulkpaq 2.5x DVD+RW, and i used that disk to install 10.4.1, then formated it in OSX 10.4.1, and burnt 10.4.3, as patched above, and installed fine and works 100%, so if you get any more stuck let me know Ben Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8426-tons-of-problems-booting-1043-dvd/#findComment-52783 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrogers Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 THanks to both MetroGirl and Ben Eyre. Ben, the only part of your process I'm not clear on is how to get an ISO from the DMG file. I'll search around, I'm sure it's here somewhere, but if you could tell me I'd appreciate it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8426-tons-of-problems-booting-1043-dvd/#findComment-52786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Eyre Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 THanks to both MetroGirl and Ben Eyre. Ben, the only part of your process I'm not clear on is how to get an ISO from the DMG file. I'll search around, I'm sure it's here somewhere, but if you could tell me I'd appreciate it. Sure thing, if your doing it in windows Aqquire UltraISO V7 (Full Version), and convert it in there to ISO , then do the ppf patching, and your good to go, since ive only used the JaS patch and have had no errors, i am wondering if the weasley patch isnt that compatibul as the JaS 8F1111a patch.... Yours Faithfully Ben Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8426-tons-of-problems-booting-1043-dvd/#findComment-52789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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