darkip Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 I have two computers: 1. AMD 64 X2 Desktop (SSE3) 2. Pentium 4 (SSE2) I have a pre-patched ISO (Jas 2.4b) which is on both computers. On computer 2 (intel) I cannot even boot the iso in VMware, I have copied the settings from computer 1 (on which VMware works) onto computer 2 but to no prevail. One thing I did notice was that the MD5 of the iso didn't match that given in Jas' notes with the patch. I made bittorrent perform a recheck and there was no corruption so I assume it's ok since it works on computer 1. If I boot with -v then I get Multimedia errors then a panic and if not then I get the restart problem. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9767-works-on-one-but-not-the-other/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Bear Helms Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Something beyond the CPU is the problem, I believe. The chipset on the motherboard, the fact one uses SATA and the other doesn't, that sort of thing. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9767-works-on-one-but-not-the-other/#findComment-60982 Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkip Posted February 22, 2006 Author Share Posted February 22, 2006 Here's a screenshot of the error I recieve I think I am doomed with the RS200M... The model of the notebook is Presario 2598US (Part of the 2500 series) To check, here's a report on the hardware of my system - http://www.inflatablegoldfish.com/Report.htm I also get random errors saying the system config file could not be found (/com.apple.Boot.plist) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9767-works-on-one-but-not-the-other/#findComment-60994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkip Posted February 22, 2006 Author Share Posted February 22, 2006 Sorry to double post, it seems that for some reason, if I boot VMware from a burned DVD then it works! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9767-works-on-one-but-not-the-other/#findComment-61027 Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Bear Helms Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 VMware has a more stabilized emulated environment, including the organization of hard drives and optical drives. I think a VMware setup usually appears to be a master IDE for the hard drive (despite you maybe having an SATA), and a slave IDE for the optical. When you install, if you intend to run native, the hard drive must actually indicate a permanent, physical device or partition. The error in the picture is the booter not finding a valid hard drive. Either the partition table is confusing it, there are no places it can see that could be erased or installed onto, or the drive electronics itself is beyond its intended scope of IDE primary. Sometimes pressing F8 and saying rd=disk1s1 helps - but only if you know the real name of your hardware. That example (disk1) refers to the 2nd physical unit (usually a slave drive), and s1 means the first partition on that physical unit. disk0s2 and disk0s3 are what I indicate for mine - being I have 3 partitions on my primary drive, and s1 is the Windows XP partition. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9767-works-on-one-but-not-the-other/#findComment-61033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkip Posted February 23, 2006 Author Share Posted February 23, 2006 I have used 'diskpart' to create a partition on my harddrive and have pointed VMware towards this partition (on it's own), is this right? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9767-works-on-one-but-not-the-other/#findComment-61389 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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