can somebody please help me?

[consume]

I installed leopard using iatkos on an external harddrive, and it is my slave harddrive. When i try to boot into it. All i get is a black screen wit hthe _ blinking. I installed the darwin boot loader onto my external slave drive but why isnt it showing up? WHen i look in disk utility and in windows vista disk manager, it says there is 5 less gb on my drive i installed leopard on but its not loading. Can somebody help me?

[Xosx86]

I installed leopard using iatkos on an external harddrive, and it is my slave harddrive. When i try to boot into it. All i get is a black screen wit hthe _ blinking. I installed the darwin boot loader onto my external slave drive but why isnt it showing up? WHen i look in disk utility and in windows vista disk manager, it says there is 5 less gb on my drive i installed leopard on but its not loading. Can somebody help me?

 

 

I would guess no one knows the answer to help you.

[lennyb]

Try booting with the Install DVD in the drive. If that doesn't work, try booting with the install DVD, pressing F8 and entering

rd=disk1s1 on the command line. If that doesn't work there may be something wrong with your installation.

[Skyper]

You must format your HD using MBR instead of GUID.Try using MBR and it will work.

[consume]

You must format your HD using MBR instead of GUID.Try using MBR and it will work.

 

How do i do that?

[OSx86-AMD-Paul]

use disk utility from DVD,

 

select hdd that u are going to install on to, Click erase.

 

once erased, click on partition, and add 1 partition, before confirming adding 1 partition, select options, and make sure mbr bootloader is selected.

 

Now do full install, and in customize options, make sure u only select mbr boatloader.

 

should install, and then be bootable. ...

[consume]

Ok, I'm going to try that but do I still need to go to Darwin boot and type all the nessicary stuff?

[OSx86-AMD-Paul]

if you are using dual boot then yes,

 

personally i don't use darwin, i use the Motherboards boot device F8 key, so i can choose betwen 3 OS's.

[consume]

if you are using dual boot then yes,personally i don't use darwin, i use the Motherboards boot device F8 key, so i can choose betwen 3 OS's.

so if I were to press f8 at my bios I could choose between my os's? Also does this mean that it will show up in my mbr now? Because I have leopard on another patition as wellgahh I still don't see it on my mbr!!!!!!!what am I possibly doing wrong? Ive done it atleast 10 tss but it won't show up anywhereIs there anything else i can try? Nothing is working. When my pc boots up, it boots into the windows boot manager and i see Windows vista and Mac OS X(from the 7gb partition i made on this drive) and nothing else. WHy can't i get it to show up? When i'm on the leopard partition i made, i can see the drive with all the files and leopard stuff. But i cant get it to load. Why not?

[OSx86-AMD-Paul]

have you edited windows bootloader using neo soft boot pro?

does your botherboard support usb boot devices?

in your bios, it should say if it supports usb boot devices.

 

in answer to F8 key, technicall yes. each manufacturer uses a different key, but theoretically, should work the same.

 

once u have installed leo on your ext hdd, press key to allow boot from usb hdd, and darwin bootlader on the ext hdd should then start loading osx86

or @ least thats what mine does using the setup and partition types u have used.

 

so f8 for me allows:usb - grub boatloader for linux minthdd1 - windows bootloader for vistahdd2 - darwin bootlaoder for OSx86 Leopard

[consume]

have you edited windows bootloader using neo soft boot pro?

 

does your botherboard support usb boot devices?

 

in your bios, it should say if it supports usb boot devices.

 

in answer to F8 key, technicall yes. each manufacturer uses a different key, but theoretically, should work the same.

 

once u have installed leo on your ext hdd, press key to allow boot from usb hdd, and darwin bootlader on the ext hdd should then start loading osx86

 

or @ least thats what mine does using the setup and partition types u have used.

Hey do you have aim so you can help me? Its not really a usb drive, its an ide drive that i had paying around that i connected to my pc. My aim sn is gianta6.

[Xosx86]

if you are using dual boot then yes,

 

personally i don't use darwin, i use the Motherboards boot device F8 key, so i can choose betwen 3 OS's.

 

I agree much easier, and MBR seems to give a lot less problems. I have always used MBR and don't see the point in using GUID at all.

 

I really do wish someone would come out with a way we could select our OS like this

[consume]

can somebody else try to help? I've done everything everybody has said in here but i still end up with a _ blinking when i boot from the drive. I installed the darwin boot loader on it and everything. And still nothing, lik ethere isnt anything on this disk. What else do you guys need to know to be able to help me?

[inimicus]

Tip: When creating topics, use a more specific title.

When users see, "PLEASE HELP MEEE!!!!" it's easy to pass by. If you gave some information in the title of the thread, people who know the solution will be more likely to stop by and help.

 

 

Which is more likely to get a response?

A. "HELP HELP HELP!!!"

B. "Blinking underscore at boot, can't load OS"

 

 

Also, thinking of possible thread titles will help you find other threads relevant to your problem.

 

 

How many times does the words "blinking underscore" appear on the first 20 pages of this subforum?

A. I dunno, I haven't looked.

B. A lot.

 

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[consume]

Tip: When creating topics, use a more specific title.

When users see, "PLEASE HELP MEEE!!!!" it's easy to pass by. If you gave some information in the title of the thread, people who know the solution will be more likely to stop by and help.

Which is more likely to get a response?

A. "HELP HELP HELP!!!"

B. "Blinking underscore at boot, can't load OS"

Also, thinking of possible thread titles will help you find other threads relevant to your problem.

How many times does the words "blinking underscore" appear on the first 20 pages of this subforum?

A. I dunno, I haven't looked.

B. A lot.

 

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Do you have to be a {censored}? And actually i searched at least 30 times before posting each time. How about you take a look for yourself? I haven't seen a post about a blinking underscore once. Although i did find help elsewhere. I do thank os86 paul though for the help. It turns out that i had to reformat the partition i installed leopard on(main drive) before i could use the one on my external. Booting from the actual device doesn't work but using windows boot manager magically worked the last time i tried. I'm typing from leopard right now. However, after i installed the intell pro/100 ve patch, the internet doesnt work everytime upon startup.

[inimicus]

Do you have to be a {censored}?

 

Actually, it was only a little friendly harassment.

 

How about you take a look for yourself?

 

Actually, I have.  I've had the problem before and found a number of threads that gave me a successful resolution.

 

 

Sorry if I came across as a {censored}, but that wasn't my intention.  I was only teasing.

 

Glad to see you've got it worked out.

[consume]

Hey thanks! But one question, did you have a problem your ethernet randomly not working? And also, i cant find any AC97 drivers for my integrated sound card.