Bassam Ahmad Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 hi, let me just begin by how great is this site, i think its the only one on the internet thats its only aim is to help pc users to have a taste of macintosh but the site needs SE(search engine) improvements my problem ai got the DVD SL good by using the brazilmac patch, the patch worked fine, and if it ddnt the setup wont boot right? i installed correctly, boot doesnt work except from the dvd(booting the HD from the DVD), otherwise it gives me an error that i dont have a valid boot 1-so my first question how to make it boot from the HD? offcourse before applying the postpatch, the system resets 2- i applied the post patch, everything went fine when i boot, i get a grey message that i have to restart the system i tried cd /volumes/leopard/system/library/extensions (enter) mv appleefiruntime.kext appleefiruntime.kext.post then i got a read only message, i think its a success tried it again, and pressed ls, the file is renamed 3- How to dual boot it with vista, i want vistabootloader to boot to mac and not the otherway tried easy bcdeit, it said read error, when i choose mac i just want to thank everyone that made it possible to run it on PC although i ddnt finish the project, but i had really great fun, u know learning something new hope i can get it running LONG LIVE OSX! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88855-problems-booting-leopard/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassam Ahmad Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 i was hoping for a fast reply please guys help m3 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88855-problems-booting-leopard/#findComment-634269 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassam Ahmad Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 ok, the topic is viewed 127 times, and no reply! is it, like no solution, or what?!?!!? i thought this forum is the best! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88855-problems-booting-leopard/#findComment-641765 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayfarer247 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Before it boots type in "-v" so you can see exactly what error you are getting to stop the install. As for dual booting with Vista, keep trying easy BCD, or you could get involved with GRUB, but that may require a Linux install. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88855-problems-booting-leopard/#findComment-641786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassam Ahmad Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 can u tell me hw to do the grub, or which is easier, and not luck with EasyBCedit btw, i am trying to boot the INSTALLED Leopard and not the installation thanks alot for the help, hope u answer me Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88855-problems-booting-leopard/#findComment-641804 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayfarer247 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 How are you able to boot into Leopard now, if you don't have a boot loader? Or can you not? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88855-problems-booting-leopard/#findComment-641805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassam Ahmad Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 i cant boot to leopard hey do i have to copy files from the DVD to boot leopard from hard disk? i can only boot from vista bootloader i made the mac osx entry, when i choose it, it says disk read error press alt ctrl del to reboot hw can i fix the boot by using bcdedit Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88855-problems-booting-leopard/#findComment-641820 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassam Ahmad Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 okay, what should i do next? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/88855-problems-booting-leopard/#findComment-642811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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