xx66stangxx Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Ok so I installed zephiroth's 10.5.1 Leopard and I activated the partition to boot the hdd and at boot up I press F8 then -x, to boot in safe mode. Well I get to the 'Identify your keyboard' and I do that, Shift+z and Shift +/. and Then I get to the part that asks if I want to transfer files from another Mac I click the 'not at this time option'. and click continue well at that point it hangs and then restarts the whole process again. Is there anyway I can fix this? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85773-stuck-at-setting-up-account-after-installation/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtomek Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 there's a button called: Search edit: well, there's a much simpler way than the way the people are describing below. Post 277 here: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...7069&st=260 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85773-stuck-at-setting-up-account-after-installation/#findComment-608654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyper Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 What i ended up doing was installing tiger to an extra hard drive, then i copied the information from that fresh tiger install to my leopard hard drive when i got to the transferring information screen which had been holding me up previously. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85773-stuck-at-setting-up-account-after-installation/#findComment-608751 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurdFergasun Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 i had the same problem. stuck in the exact same spot, and after about a minute or so it would just loop back and start the profile creation again. I ended up zeroing out the drive for about 10-15 minutes, re-formating quick after, and a new install and it has worked twice now, since i cooked the first install learning about kext files. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85773-stuck-at-setting-up-account-after-installation/#findComment-608977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayfarer247 Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 I have this exact same problem, but I don't know if I can do the same things. I can't install Tiger, because nothing has worked so far except Kalyway. So please tell me, is there any way i can get by this without another "Mac?" Perhaps having a legitament keyboard? I time machine back up on an External hard drive? As of now i have Leopard installed as the Vanilla Kernel from Kalyway. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85773-stuck-at-setting-up-account-after-installation/#findComment-608981 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh0td0wn Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 /sbin/mount -uw / passwd root put pass after typing command above touch /var/db/.AppleSetupDone reboot This is how I got Leopard up and running. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85773-stuck-at-setting-up-account-after-installation/#findComment-609022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayfarer247 Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 HI ALLFOR ALL HAVE This issue (after the end of the choice, osx return on the video) wink_anim.gif (commande are after ">" on each line, before you find a comment. Start your pc and press F8, here ask to start in single user mode : to do that, write >-s and press enter Your osx start in console mode. Here, start to check hard drive >/sbin/fsck -fy and press enter Osx scan you pc and does to answer you : File system was modified. After we does to mount all drives >/sbin/mount -uw / and press enter ; Dont forget the "/" it ask to mount all drives Them, now we does to active and creat password for the root account >passwd root The system ask for a new pass : enter it and confirm an other time when asking (press enter each time). Now we does to do something to notify to osx that we have end the Setup. >touch /var/db/.AppleSetupDone and press enter (Don't forget the "." before Apple). And now you could restart >reboot and press enter Now don't touch anything, osx boot and ask you to log in wink_anim.gif Enter : log : root and the pass you have choose before. Enjoy wink_anim.gif leglode Just for Clarification, was this what you were referencing? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85773-stuck-at-setting-up-account-after-installation/#findComment-609096 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh0td0wn Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Just for Clarification, was this what you were referencing? Yes. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85773-stuck-at-setting-up-account-after-installation/#findComment-609100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayfarer247 Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Excellent, I will try this asap. Thank you for your help!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85773-stuck-at-setting-up-account-after-installation/#findComment-609101 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xx66stangxx Posted February 5, 2008 Author Share Posted February 5, 2008 sweet the: /sbin/mount -uw / passwd root put pass after typing command above touch /var/db/.AppleSetupDone reboot Worked but now I can only boot in safe mode. If I let it boot normally without booting in -x then it gets stuck at the Darwin...... How can I fix this? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85773-stuck-at-setting-up-account-after-installation/#findComment-609134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh0td0wn Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Go to /System/Library/Extensions and delete GeForce.kext, Ge*.kext, and NV*.kext. You should be able to boot normally but you might not have QE/CI or your native resolution. In that case, get Zephyroth's Universal NVIDIA Installer of NVInject which has 8800 GTS. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85773-stuck-at-setting-up-account-after-installation/#findComment-609146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xx66stangxx Posted February 5, 2008 Author Share Posted February 5, 2008 I was about to do that when.... my hdd somehow died? it doesn't show up in any of my computers now, in the bios, it was my last good ide hdd haha :-( but oh well just have to get another one and try the same process over once again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85773-stuck-at-setting-up-account-after-installation/#findComment-609227 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekilobyte Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 You should be able to boot normally but you might not have QE/CI or your native resolution. What is QE and CI, and how do you know if it is enabled? I can't find what these acronyms stand for. EDIT: found it: Quartz Extreme and Core Image. What's the significance of these? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85773-stuck-at-setting-up-account-after-installation/#findComment-609234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh0td0wn Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 QE/CI allows your transparency and 3D applications in OSX to run properly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85773-stuck-at-setting-up-account-after-installation/#findComment-609437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zuz_242 Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 i had the same problem, found solution here http://osx86.wikidot.com/known-issues (dedicated to AMD release) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/85773-stuck-at-setting-up-account-after-installation/#findComment-609545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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