Monkey Jam Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I am trying to install iAtkos 1.0 R2 (Kalyway 10.5.1 doesn't boot at all) from the bootable disc, but it just loads darwin straight away with no option to press F8 (so i can't put in -v or anything else) and it just loads the apple screen with the spinning ring forever, this disc has been used before to install OSx86 on other machines so what could be wrong. I am trying to install on a Compaq Prestario 2500: Processor Processor: Intel Mobile Pentium 4 2.4 GHz Data Bus Speed: 400 MHz Cache memory Type: L2 Cache Installed Size: 512 KB Ram Installed Size: 256 MB (upgraded to 756MB) Technology: DDR SDRAM Storage controller Type: IDE Storage Hard Drive: 40 GB - 4200 rpm Optical storage Type: CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo Read Speed: 16x (CD) / 8x (DVD) Write Speed: 8x CD / DVD Rewrite Speed: 4x Display Display Type: 15" TFT Max Resolution: 1024 x 768 ( XGA ) Widescreen Display: No Video Graphics Processor / Vendor: ATI Mobility Radeon Video Memory: 64 MB Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94753-no-f8-at-boot/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdi_knght Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 The only time I've had something like this happen (and it happened on multiple occasions), was after an install was attempted to the hard drive, and the hard-drive portion of the setup wasn't complete. If this is what's happening, the CD might be checking for a flag on the hard drive, finding it, and then passing off the boot to the hard drive to try and complete setup... which obviously doesn't happen. Try unplugging the hard drive and start up from the CD and see if the countdown/F8 option comes up. If it does, then chances are it was trying to boot from the hard drive, in which case you can either try temporarily removing the hard drive as a boot option in the bios (may or may not work), or wipe/format the hard drive with something other than the OSX cd (use a Windows install disk or something), and then try the OS X cd again. Good luck. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94753-no-f8-at-boot/#findComment-675413 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricki Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 or install darwin/x86 manually Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94753-no-f8-at-boot/#findComment-675496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricki Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 doesnt work Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94753-no-f8-at-boot/#findComment-675565 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Jam Posted March 21, 2008 Author Share Posted March 21, 2008 thanks for the help, but none of those solutions seem to work Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94753-no-f8-at-boot/#findComment-676114 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Jam Posted March 22, 2008 Author Share Posted March 22, 2008 thank you sooo much!!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94753-no-f8-at-boot/#findComment-677934 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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