aaquib Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Hey there, I successfully installed Leopard on my external HDD and I got to the end where the checkmark comes up and it tells me its going to restart. After that, what exactly do I do? I try going to terminal and typing in fdisk - /dev/rdisk0s3, but it doesn't work. It just asks if I want help. Any ideas? I didn't touch Terminal once during the installation, so do I need to reinstall with some different procedures? Thanks and please help Aaquib Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xx66stangxx Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 First which distro did you install? Secondly are you typing this: F8 at bootup (have you dvd in the drive) -s fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0s1 update f 1 w q reboot take dvd out and you should be able to boot into the systemIf you get stuck at after the system begins to boot (i.e. nothing is happening) Reboot and at startup press F8 then -x (that will boot in safe mode, you should be able to boot into the system from there) Also try getting newer distros like Leo4All which is Intel and AMD compatible, it comes with built in boot loaders so that you don't have to activate the partition and ext. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaquib Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 Im using iAtkos v1.0ir3, and Im going to try typing in those commands now. The guides I googled never mentioned any of those so Ill try it now! And how do I confirm that the one Im using is Leopard for the rdisk?? When I type in diskutil list in terminal I get about 4 of them. Do I look for the one that reads HPC Leopard? Thanks Aaquib Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anmiller07 Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 I am having a similar problem. I used the Leo4All ISO to install Leopard, and the install went well, however after the restart my computer just boots back into Vista Premium. I pressed F2 at the startup (to get to my OS Options List) and only Vista was listed. Please help as I do knot know what steps to take next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_cute Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 I am having a similar problem. I used the Leo4All ISO to install Leopard, and the install went well, however after the restart my computer just boots back into Vista Premium. I pressed F2 at the startup (to get to my OS Options List) and only Vista was listed. Please help as I do knot know what steps to take next. Similar problem but due to different reason (maybe):you have two OS's on the same PC.So there are others issues to take care of.Check here for some help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeekofComputers Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Try using ESC to pick up boot devices followed by Harddisk. Find your External HDD and your good to go. But you might have to do this every time since your going external Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaquib Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 I tried using xx's method and it didn't work. I still got the same thing. It actually worked up until where I had to type in the command W. It then said permission denied and everything I typed in after that except reboot, it would say "command not recognized.Any ideas?????Actually, everytime I try typing in "write" in terminal it tells me "Permission denied." PLEASEEEE HELP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaquib Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 Up. Someone please help! Please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xx66stangxx Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 unplug all hdd's except for the one with Leopard installed and type exactly this: -s fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0s1 update f 1 w q reboot Also @Aaquib download Leo4All, it will activate the partition for you, plus it's 10.5.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SakizZ Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 hello guys is my first post and i have a problem... Try to install @ HP Pavilion 6541ev 10.5.1 Kalyway and iaktos boot only with dvd , i try all this commands and the problem no solved... error msg: b0 error thanks unplug all hdd's except for the one with Leopard installed and type exactly this: -s fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0s1 update f 1 w q reboot Also @Aaquib download Leo4All, it will activate the partition for you, plus it's 10.5.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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