pcandmac Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Im having trouble booting up mac osx 10.5.1 after a successful install. I think I know what the problem is but i don't know how to fix it. I have an intel motherboard (d865GSA) with 2.6ghz intel pentium D processor. After the install I get the boot menu which countsdown and is suppose to boot leopard, but it jsut restarts. I click any button during the boot and it brings a menu with two partitions on one sata drive. It says: hd(0,1) hd(0,2) OSX and then the -v stuff. When i hit enter on the hd(0,2) it says loading darwin and restarts. When i hit hd(0,1) it says load system disk. During the installation I followed all of the instructions correctly. 1. I went to diskutility-->chose my hard drive, went to partition and put 1 partition. did mac osx extended journal, went to options and did GUID. Since i don't want windows on this computer from what ive read everyone says pick GUID. SO after t I hit apply. 2. Then i hit customize, pick the vanilla kernal, the drivers, and for the EFI boot i choose GUID. When i restart i get two hard drives showing up and never seems to load. I know im doing something wrong if my computer is showing two partitions in the bootloader please help guys any ideas why im showing two hd's? Oh i also tried loading in -x, and -s, and -vanilla they all restart. Please i would very much appreciate it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90526-ffs-help-please-trying-for-a-week-now/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 At the boot prompt type: rd=disk0s1 -v what happens? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90526-ffs-help-please-trying-for-a-week-now/#findComment-645999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcandmac Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 When i type that it also restarts. In addition when it boots it boots preety quickly and its hard to see the message, i pressed pause on the keyboard and here is the exact messege it gives before restarting.Loading Darwin x/86EFI enhanced bootloader build:TOHusing smbios table found at 0x000F7420using ACPI RSDP revision 0 found at 0x000f6160Starting Darwin /x86then reboots, please any help would be appreciated ive spent a week on this thing its driving me crazy! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90526-ffs-help-please-trying-for-a-week-now/#findComment-646008 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Sorry, just re read your post. The vanilla kernel won't work with a Pentium D. Vanilla will only work with intel core series cpus. You're using kalyway, right? Reinstall and don't tick off any kernel and it'll install the default sleep kernel. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90526-ffs-help-please-trying-for-a-week-now/#findComment-646019 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcandmac Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 Vapor thanks for the response I will try what you said. IF this works I will send you a million virtual dollars:). I will try again now.While its installing can i ask what a vanilla kernal is? I don't understand macs much thats why im trying to install it. Oh and also is that the reason it is showing hd(0,1) and hd(0,2) on the boot menu?Also should i use GUID or MBR, i only have 1 80gb hard drive and I dont need windows for now whcih is a better choice? thanks much give me 30 minutes to reinstall and i'll repost.Just out of curiosity should i leave the disk in when i restart or take it out?Ive read many posts and some say leave it in (to run it live or for it to run off some file) and some say take it out.thanks, Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90526-ffs-help-please-trying-for-a-week-now/#findComment-646024 Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulsion Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 i have a 120gb in my laptop divided into 2 partitions one for windows one for leopard i'm using mbr and everything works fine! i would suggest using mbr if you have the same setup! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90526-ffs-help-please-trying-for-a-week-now/#findComment-646037 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcandmac Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 See the thing is i'm only using 1 partition i don't need windows at the moment i just want to experiment with the mac osx on the one 80gb hard drive.You are the man! It went passed that screen but now its sitting on the Apple screen for about 2 mins is it frozen?Ok it boots up into the apple screen now with that spinning thing but its been sitting there for 5 mins should i wait or did i do something wrong again? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90526-ffs-help-please-trying-for-a-week-now/#findComment-646041 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 See the thing is i'm only using 1 partition i don't need windows at the moment i just want to experiment with the mac osx on the one 80gb hard drive.You are the man! It went passed that screen but now its sitting on the Apple screen for about 2 mins is it frozen?Ok it boots up into the apple screen now with that spinning thing but its been sitting there for 5 mins should i wait or did i do something wrong again? Let it sit a bit. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90526-ffs-help-please-trying-for-a-week-now/#findComment-646071 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcandmac Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 Ok how long should we let it sit? its been about 5 mins now. Just let me know, im waiting for your que.Did i have to remove the cd in the drive or just leave it in? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90526-ffs-help-please-trying-for-a-week-now/#findComment-646074 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Shouldn't need to leave the disk in. If it hasn't booted by now something is still wrong... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90526-ffs-help-please-trying-for-a-week-now/#findComment-646087 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcandmac Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 Okay i restared it and this time typed rd-disk0s1 -v and it went to the apple screen again with the circile loading. after 2 mins there is a circle with an X through it right on top of the apple. The circle is still spinning but I don't think anything is happening. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90526-ffs-help-please-trying-for-a-week-now/#findComment-646098 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quackit Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I had that happen on mine. I installed the NVInject drivers and somehow magically thought that the video card would just revert to a low VGA resolution and still boot properly. Duh... nope. Not with a 8x00 card. I ended up removing the card and using the on-board video (which thank goodness works), then installed the proper drivers that I had downloaded pre-install. Not saying that your vid card is your problem, but that's what happened to me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90526-ffs-help-please-trying-for-a-week-now/#findComment-646108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Don't worry about the rd= thing anymore. boot with -v and see if you can see where it is hanging. It won't necessarily be the last line. I checked the HCL on your board and it should be fully supported except for the audio that needs patching, but that won't keep you from booting. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90526-ffs-help-please-trying-for-a-week-now/#findComment-646111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcandmac Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 LOL! you guys are awesome. I was not able to make it work on my intel board so i pulled out my second computer a dell dimension 5100 and put that same hard drive we just worked on into it. It boots up like a charm! Now i have 2 problems and if you guys help me i promise not to keep bothering you. I can't get the ethernet to work or the sound. I have sigmatel sound card and intel ve100 network card. Anyhelp please and i swear i wont bother you guys anymore! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90526-ffs-help-please-trying-for-a-week-now/#findComment-646157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Don't know about the sigmatel sound. For the NIC: http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?p=12114 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90526-ffs-help-please-trying-for-a-week-now/#findComment-646170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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