thesuffering Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 okay, so i finally got past "still waiting for root device" by plugging the optical drive on the same ide cable as my hd. the installer seemed to install os x fine, and when it got to 100% it reset and now it just stops at a black screen with a flashing _. what do i do now? im about ready to pull my hair out also i tried the installer again, and it says I cannot install Mac OS X on this volume. A newer version of Mac OS X is installed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84342-got-to-installer-but-having-lots-of-issues/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
agent-squirrel Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 You need to set the drive up as primary and give it a boot loader. Follow these instructions. Boot dvd. Open a terminal window from the utilities menu. Type diskutil list and right down the numbers next to your tiger volume. Use the first number when you see X in these instructions. And the second when u see Y. fdisk -e /dev/rdiskX update f Y “Partition 2 marked active” w Device could not be accessed exclusively. A reboot will be needed for changes to take effect. OK? [n]y (as in yes not your Y number) Writing MBR at offset 0. q then reboot. If that doesnt work then we will require more tinkering. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84342-got-to-installer-but-having-lots-of-issues/#findComment-598645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesuffering Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 im not sure i did it right: after diskutil list it says: /dev/disk0 #: type name size indentifier 0: GUID_partition sceme *55.9GB disk0 1: EFI 200MB disk0s1 2:Apple HFS Untitled 55.6 GB disk0s2 /dev/disk1 #: type name size identifier 0:Apple_Partition_scheme 3.8GB disk1 1:Apple_partition_map 31.5KB disk1s1 2:Apple_HFS Mac_OS_X_Install Disc 3.8GB disk1s3 nothing is under disk 3 or 4 so anyway, for X i used 0, and for Y i used 1. everything looked as you typed it except “Partition 2 marked active” it said Partition 1 marked active reset, same _ underscore issue... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84342-got-to-installer-but-having-lots-of-issues/#findComment-598775 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesuffering Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 ive read in other threads that the partitioning scheme should be Master Boot Record (not GUID), and it says if i go to disk utility>partition and select the appropriate partition there should be an "option" where i can change this. This button is magically missing could this be causing the issue? my partitioning scheme says GUID Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84342-got-to-installer-but-having-lots-of-issues/#findComment-599007 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesuffering Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 update... had a leopard dvd, so i booted into that installer and partitioned it MBR. restarted, reinstalled tiger. after tiger install, partition scheme is still MBR. ran terminal, followed the above instructions and.... nothing still the flashing underscore Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84342-got-to-installer-but-having-lots-of-issues/#findComment-599151 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesuffering Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 anyone else have any ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84342-got-to-installer-but-having-lots-of-issues/#findComment-601119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
happycar Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 All I had was partition as MBR, format as Mac OS Extended (Journaled), install and party. But you have tried that so I don't think we are having the party... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84342-got-to-installer-but-having-lots-of-issues/#findComment-603885 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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