tenaciouscree Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Right - I'll start with the specs. Gigabyte GA-945GZM-S2 with 1Gb PC2-5300 RAM and a Pentium Dual-Core E2160. Tiger works, to a certain extent. I'll start with Leopard. Previously, I had Tiger (Jas 10.4.8) on it which was working fine, then I tried to install Leopard (iATKOS 10.5.1). It worked fine - even better it had installed all devices out of the box and worked fine through a few reboots. Then I updated it to 10.5.2 through the updater. Big mistake - kernel panic on boot. I had selected the vanilla kernel, so there's no reason for it to do this - it was showing all the correct names for my hardware in the system profiler, so I know it was working fine. So, I bit the bullet and ran the Leopard installer again, running through the exact same steps I had before: formatted the drive as NFS+, made sure it was MBR, selected the proper patches etc. and installed. It hung at the grey apple screen after rebooting - no throbber, nothing, just a grey Apple. I did the same thing several more times. Same thing. Then, I installed the Jas 10.4.8 which only boots when the DVD is in the drive. I've read about the problem and how to fix it through the terminal off the installer DVD, but it didn't work. It always said something like "/usr/misc/script.sh" not found (or something like that) when I tried to do it. It works, but it's not perfect and I'd prefer it to work perfectly from the start. I'm so annoyed that Leopard was working fine and then it messed up when I installed the update - then inexplicably it just won't work again after multiple reinstalls. I have no idea why it's doing this. Any help? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95094-problems-with-leopard-problems-with-tiger/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenaciouscree Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 Any help? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95094-problems-with-leopard-problems-with-tiger/#findComment-680815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
urgonah8me Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 I sugest wiping the entire HDD and re installing again... then update properly ... the way you did would cause a kernel panic. Install again and I will help you step by step update to 10.5.2 and it will work Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95094-problems-with-leopard-problems-with-tiger/#findComment-680858 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenaciouscree Posted March 25, 2008 Author Share Posted March 25, 2008 I already said that reinstalling won't work. It just shows a grey apple without the little loading throbber. Nothing else happens. Honestly, I can guarantee that the drive has been wiped and reinstalled, but nothing else will happen. I have no idea why it does this because it worked the first time! Do I need to properly zero the drive? I just went with a quick format. I have no idea. Thanks for the help though. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95094-problems-with-leopard-problems-with-tiger/#findComment-681406 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ McG Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 He means to COMPLETELY erase the partition/hard drive, if its a partition then delete it and make another one. Then try again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95094-problems-with-leopard-problems-with-tiger/#findComment-681416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenaciouscree Posted March 25, 2008 Author Share Posted March 25, 2008 He means to COMPLETELY erase the partition/hard drive, if its a partition then delete it and make another one. Then try again. As I've said twice, I've already done that. My question was whether I should ZERO the drive or not. I'm not at the computer now or I'd simply do it - I had limited time when I was working on it. Next time I try, I'd like to try a few more things. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95094-problems-with-leopard-problems-with-tiger/#findComment-681615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenaciouscree Posted March 26, 2008 Author Share Posted March 26, 2008 Zeroed the drive and installed Leopard again. Same issue - hung on the Apple screen. Why is it doing this? For anyone who is interested, I only chose the Vanilla kernel thing and the ACPI thing (can't remember the exact names as I'm no longer at the computer). I did not select the stock kernel. I didn't select anything else. Anyone have any ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95094-problems-with-leopard-problems-with-tiger/#findComment-683877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenaciouscree Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 Okay, I made 2 partitions to use with Tiger. One I installed Tiger onto, and the second is just for storage. It managed to boot without the CD, so I suppose that'll do! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95094-problems-with-leopard-problems-with-tiger/#findComment-688056 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skx Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Might try Kalyway 10.5.1 Works great on my 945GZM-S2 sk Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95094-problems-with-leopard-problems-with-tiger/#findComment-696568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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