IntelMacGuy2008 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 It runs and works perfectly. The only problem is that I have to have the dvd in the drive for it to boot up. Then after that I can take the dvd out. I've installed it as mbr, because the other way to boot kept giving me an error.If I don't have the dvd in when I boot all I get is a blinking underscore at the top left of the screen. any suggestions? Thank you. EDIT: I forgot to add that I'm using Kalyway's 10.5.1 DVD. Again thank you for your help. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94703-wont-boot-unless-dvd-is-in-drive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZyGaMe Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Try to erasing a Partition with another older version e.g.10.4.8 DVD . sorry for my poor english i met a same problem today ,and then fix it with a 10.4.8.version Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94703-wont-boot-unless-dvd-is-in-drive/#findComment-675009 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Why Me Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Whats the name of your hard disk. When there is a space in it your can get that problem. So not drive name MAC OS but MACOS. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94703-wont-boot-unless-dvd-is-in-drive/#findComment-675014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntelMacGuy2008 Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 It's ok. Thanks for your help. From what you're telling me I should recreate the partition with 10.4.8 DVD and then reinstall the Kalyway 10.5.1 DVD? Or recreate the partition, install the 10.4.8 DVD, and then write over that with the Kalyway 10.5.1 DVD? Whats the name of your hard disk. When there is a space in it your can get that problem.So not drive name MAC OS but MACOS.Yes I have the space in between. How would I go about changing that to make it boot? Again Thank you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94703-wont-boot-unless-dvd-is-in-drive/#findComment-675016 Share on other sites More sharing options...
knyte2 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Sounds like you're having issue with getting the EFI to install, and that causes you to need the DVD. I agree with the others that have suggested to remove spaces from the hard disk name. I don't know too much about MBR setups, but I would assume that it would work similarly to my GUID install. Look for a file called "bootefi.zip", and run that. It will ask you a couple of questions, and then install the EFI on the bootable disk. There should be no need to swap back and forth between the 10.4.8 and 10.5.1 disks etc.. Make sure your system disk is named and without spaces. K2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94703-wont-boot-unless-dvd-is-in-drive/#findComment-675024 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntelMacGuy2008 Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 Sounds like you're having issue with getting the EFI to install, and that causes you to need the DVD. I agree with the others that have suggested to remove spaces from the hard disk name. I don't know too much about MBR setups, but I would assume that it would work similarly to my GUID install. Look for a file called "bootefi.zip", and run that. It will ask you a couple of questions, and then install the EFI on the bootable disk. There should be no need to swap back and forth between the 10.4.8 and 10.5.1 disks etc.. Make sure your system disk is named and without spaces. K2 Thanks I will try that out and let you know if it worked or not. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94703-wont-boot-unless-dvd-is-in-drive/#findComment-675101 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macin Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I met the same problem too. Is there any solution to solve this ? config. Intel Pentium Dual Core E2160 oc@3.0GHz J&W IP35-Pro HDA ALC 883 working Kingston DDR2 667 1G*4 Seagate 80GB SATA (Leopard10.5.2 , WinXP , Data partition) LiteOn LH20A1S 20X DVD+/-RW writer Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94703-wont-boot-unless-dvd-is-in-drive/#findComment-675124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Why Me Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 It's ok. Thanks for your help. From what you're telling me I should recreate the partition with 10.4.8 DVD and then reinstall the Kalyway 10.5.1 DVD? Or recreate the partition, install the 10.4.8 DVD, and then write over that with the Kalyway 10.5.1 DVD?Yes I have the space in between. How would I go about changing that to make it boot? Again Thank you. It happened to me and I changed the name whit the diskutility before the instalation. I do not now if it works when you rename the disk after booting from a other partition other partion Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94703-wont-boot-unless-dvd-is-in-drive/#findComment-675529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
daku Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 All you have to do is format with options in the lower left corner and select MBR and at advanced install check mbr fix. Works like a charm Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94703-wont-boot-unless-dvd-is-in-drive/#findComment-675541 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntelMacGuy2008 Posted March 21, 2008 Author Share Posted March 21, 2008 All you have to do is format with options in the lower left corner and select MBR and at advanced install check mbr fix. Works like a charm i tried to boot through GUID as the partition and GUID as advance install (It kept rebooting) I tried MBR on both too and it still reboots. I have no clue what's up. it was working fine before with the dvd booting it, but now since I'm trying to boot it on it's own it just won't work.... I got another problem too. If I use my mobo video the installations crashes, but when I use my ati card it goes through... I dunno... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94703-wont-boot-unless-dvd-is-in-drive/#findComment-675789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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