coffeecaveman Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 hi, i have managed to get Leopard running on my computer, but am unable to boot it without the DVD in the drive... all i get is a blinking cursor if it isn't present.... any ideas?? i'm assuming it's something to do with the bootloader, but haven't a clue what... Setup is: Dell Precision 670 Workstation Dual 2.8Ghz Xeon Processors [i've disabled one to get it running] 1Gb RAM nVidia Quattro 1300fx Graphics Card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slim2001 Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Secure (zero) erase your hard drive then install Leopard that should fix your problem, it did with me anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeecaveman Posted March 22, 2008 Author Share Posted March 22, 2008 what's the difference between that and formatting it when i installed osx?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slim2001 Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 I got no idea but another member suggested this in the forum and it worked so now I'm telling you. btw, you zero you hard during the installation. I suppose when you do a normal format it does not erase everything and leaves some data on the hdd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeecaveman Posted March 22, 2008 Author Share Posted March 22, 2008 okidoke... will give it a go in a bit, cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeecaveman Posted March 22, 2008 Author Share Posted March 22, 2008 ok, tried to zero the HDD, but after it says it's written the zeros to the disk, it goes to 'Creating Partition Map...' and sits there for a couple of hours with no difference... any ideas??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknojunkie Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 try making your drive active and this is also what happened to me the drive was active everything EFI installed, then I tried installing it with GUID instead on MBR and it worked just my 2 cnts good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeecaveman Posted March 22, 2008 Author Share Posted March 22, 2008 how do you mean make my drive active?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeecaveman Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 ok... so i found a way of zeroing the drive [disk util didn't work] but it still won't boot without the dvd in the drive... any ideas?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoiX Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 ok... so i found a way of zeroing the drive [disk util didn't work] but it still won't boot without the dvd in the drive... any ideas?? what partition scheme did you use? GUID or MBR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeecaveman Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 mbr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoiX Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 fdisk -e /dev/rdiskX --->(X is the number of your HD, if you have only on its 0) update f X --->(X is the number of the partition where you installed Leopard) w q reboot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yan.kun Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Easiest way for me was to install EFI by hand via this method: http://forum.osx86scene.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2520 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeecaveman Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 @DoiX: kool, i'll give it a go, cheers... @yan : cheers, i'll have a look if this doesn't work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeecaveman Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 k, i've tried the fdisk thing, and it still isn't booting without the DVD... and looking at the EFI install, will it still work with windows or does that require BIOS?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoiX Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 are you sure you typed the correct partition id?open terminal and type diskutil list see there whats your partition number and disk number Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeecaveman Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 yeah, it's on disk3s1, which i'm assuming means disk 3 partition 1 when i get to the "w" part it says: 'Device could not be accessed exclusively. A reboot will be needed for changes to take effect. OK? [n]' but i figured that just meant that i needed to reboot the machine before anything would happen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoiX Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 hmm boot with -s and type sbin/mount -uw / there the commands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeecaveman Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 ok, i did that and it sorted the access problem, still isn't booting without the disk... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeecaveman Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 also tried the EFI thing, didn't make any difference either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patje Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 I have the same problem. Is there any solution??? Friendly greetings, Patje Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeecaveman Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 yeah, when you run /usr/misc/script.sh after you've installed leopard, you have to unmount the disk using disk utility and run it then that sorted it for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpcman Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 yeah, when you run /usr/misc/script.sh after you've installed leopard, you have to unmount the disk using disk utility and run it then that sorted it for me Do you mean unmount the system disk (does not seem possible if the system is up and running) or do you mean unmount the dvd drive? Could you be a little more specific? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeecaveman Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 Do you mean unmount the system disk (does not seem possible if the system is up and running) or do you mean unmount the dvd drive? Could you be a little more specific? i unmounted the main boot drive from within the installer, once i'd installed the OS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodo Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 what partition scheme did you use? GUID or MBR so how do i set the partition active if i have GUID? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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