jpd88fierogt Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 I have a Compaq Presario V6000 laptop, and I want to dual boot with vista 32bit and any version of mac os. I have checked compatibiliy lists and found no confirmed compatibility, or incompatibility. I already burned a copy of Mac OS X 10.4.8 [JaS AMD-Intel-SSE2-SSE3 with PPF1] dvd and I went through the install. I only installed the minimum requirments. I want to boot of an external hard drive. It is a Lacie F.D. Porsche 500 GB. I would like to use half for Mac and the rest for extra storage for my vista. Is there a way for mac to just install on the external and work? Could I run leopard? My specs on my laptop are: AMD Mobile Sempron 3500+ 1.8 GHz 2 gigs of RAM32 bit sysACPI x86-based NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 Mati{censored}a DVD-RAM UJ-851S ATA Device Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN Conexant High Definition Audio 120GB built in hd 3 usb I don't know if mine is sse2 or sse3 and such, dont know how to check. thats about all I can find out The external was formatted to FAT32 but I think disk utility changed that. I have a few photos of the error that I will post in the next reply post.When I was installing 10.4.8, I partitioned the drive using the disk utility, then did the erase stuff that I found in another guide. http://######.com/software/osxusbnative.htm . Then I installed the os and I allowed it do check the install disk and it found no errors. Then it installed in about an hour and a half. Then it gave me the option of restarting and I did but it didn't complete the restart by itself. So after letting it try to restart showing me a dos like screen for a while I manually did it. Then tried to boot from the external hd and then it gave me the error after showing me the grey apple. How do I fix this, without damaging my vista. I am willing to reinstall the mac, use a different version, etc. If I need to uninstall mac to reinstall, how do I do it properly? I am not well versed in changing bios or partitioning since this is my first time. Thanks very much.Here are the pics. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86612-mildly-resolved-osx86-1048-wont-boot-error-on-compaq-v6000/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd88fierogt Posted February 9, 2008 Author Share Posted February 9, 2008 Got it to work on safe boot after reinstall, but I cant find the Drivers for my wireless, keyboard, sound, and mouse. Where can I find them. I just cant seem to find the proper ones. Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86612-mildly-resolved-osx86-1048-wont-boot-error-on-compaq-v6000/#findComment-615653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac386tux Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I have a Compaq Presario V6000 laptop, and I want to dual boot with vista 32bit and any version of mac os. I have checked compatibiliy lists and found no confirmed compatibility, or incompatibility. I already burned a copy of Mac OS X 10.4.8 [JaS AMD-Intel-SSE2-SSE3 with PPF1] dvd and I went through the install. I only installed the minimum requirments. I want to boot of an external hard drive. It is a Lacie F.D. Porsche 500 GB. I would like to use half for Mac and the rest for extra storage for my vista. Is there a way for mac to just install on the external and work? Could I run leopard?My specs on my laptop are: AMD Mobile Sempron 3500+ 1.8 GHz 2 gigs of RAM32 bit sysACPI x86-based NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 Mati{censored}a DVD-RAM UJ-851S ATA Device Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN Conexant High Definition Audio 120GB built in hd 3 usb I don't know if mine is sse2 or sse3 and such, dont know how to check. thats about all I can find out The external was formatted to FAT32 but I think disk utility changed that. I have a few photos of the error that I will post in the next reply post.When I was installing 10.4.8, I partitioned the drive using the disk utility, then did the erase stuff that I found in another guide. http://######.com/software/osxusbnative.htm . Then I installed the os and I allowed it do check the install disk and it found no errors. Then it installed in about an hour and a half. Then it gave me the option of restarting and I did but it didn't complete the restart by itself. So after letting it try to restart showing me a dos like screen for a while I manually did it. Then tried to boot from the external hd and then it gave me the error after showing me the grey apple. How do I fix this, without damaging my vista. I am willing to reinstall the mac, use a different version, etc. If I need to uninstall mac to reinstall, how do I do it properly? I am not well versed in changing bios or partitioning since this is my first time. Thanks very much.Here are the pics. My laptop is similar(but my is for Brazil, very simple because I´m from Brazil): Compaq v6210br AMD Mobile Sempron 3500+ 1.8 GHz 1,25 gigs of RAM32 bit 667Mhz NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 Mati{censored}a DVD-RAM UJ-851S ATA Device Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN Alsant High Definition Audio 60GB built in hd 2 usb Your processor use SSE \ SSE2 only. I discovered in the Parted Magic 4.8 live CD. It´s run in the ram , very tools excelent for this case. I try IAtkos Leopard 10.5.6 , run very good, but it´s only for AMD-SSE3. Intall ok, but my mouse usb unable and I could not setting. I believe that any error in the my install.I will check. I will Try Mac OS X 10.4.8 [JaS AMD-Intel-SSE2-SSE3 with PPF1]. I wait the help you Sorry my poor english. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86612-mildly-resolved-osx86-1048-wont-boot-error-on-compaq-v6000/#findComment-1415573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd88fierogt Posted February 22, 2010 Author Share Posted February 22, 2010 My laptop is similar(but my is for Brazil, very simple because I´m from Brazil): Compaq v6210br AMD Mobile Sempron 3500+ 1.8 GHz 1,25 gigs of RAM32 bit 667Mhz NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 Mati{censored}a DVD-RAM UJ-851S ATA Device Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN Alsant High Definition Audio 60GB built in hd 2 usb Your processor use SSE \ SSE2 only. I discovered in the Parted Magic 4.8 live CD. It´s run in the ram , very tools excelent for this case. I try IAtkos Leopard 10.5.6 , run very good, but it´s only for AMD-SSE3. Intall ok, but my mouse usb unable and I could not setting. I believe that any error in the my install.I will check. I will Try Mac OS X 10.4.8 [JaS AMD-Intel-SSE2-SSE3 with PPF1]. I wait the help you Sorry my poor english. Hi, Wow this is an old thread that I totally forgot about. I appreciate the help but I nolonger have mac os on my compaq. I still have the laptop, but I deleted that partition. I was able to get it to work properly in the end, and I enjoyed it. But because the external hard drive had a power cord, I found it inconvenient. I liked mac os so much I bought a MacBook Pro and had it for a year or so, but I just sold it a couple weeks ago. I still have all my install stuff so who knows, I may end up trying again someday. But thank you for your help, Sincerely, Jordan Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86612-mildly-resolved-osx86-1048-wont-boot-error-on-compaq-v6000/#findComment-1415610 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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