Zyphon Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Hey, I'm another one of those people getting the blinking cursor on boot up. I'm using iATKOS_v1.or2 and I followed this guide: http://dailyapps.net/2008/03/hack-attack-d...-windows-vista/ I have tried installing it with both bootloaders on the dvd to no avail. (other than that, it's a vanilla install) Something to note, my installs don't boot when I just leave the dvd in like some people, so I don't know if the problem really is my partition not being "blessed." I read some stuff about Kiren's Boot CD being helpful, but I can't find it anywhere. Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbonkers Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 is it a blinking _ ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zyphon Posted April 10, 2008 Author Share Posted April 10, 2008 Yes, at the very top left corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zyphon Posted April 10, 2008 Author Share Posted April 10, 2008 Can someone at least link me to Kiren's Boot CD with the partition table fixer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbonkers Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 what is your hardware specs? can your pc run pc_efi? if so i'll upload a script that might fix your problem. also did you install it on a guid or mbr partition. do you have a flash drive too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zyphon Posted April 11, 2008 Author Share Posted April 11, 2008 what is your hardware specs? can your pc run pc_efi? if so i'll upload a script that might fix your problem. also did you install it on a guid or mbr partition. do you have a flash drive too? Hey, sorry for taking so long to get back to you, it's exam time again Anyway, my specs: Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 CPU: Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz 775 RAM: Kingston 4GB DDR2 800 HDD: 2 SATA Drives (1 Seagate 250GB, 1 Maxtor 150 GB), AHCI enabled (BIOS) installing to the Maxtor one Graphics: EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800GT 512MB How can I find out if I can run pc_efi? I'm 95% sure I'm using MBR since I have Vista installed as well and haven't explicitly set anything to GUID. I have an external HD and a 4 gig pen drive if that's what you mean. Thanks for the help! Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zyphon Posted April 12, 2008 Author Share Posted April 12, 2008 Also, I tried the patched iATKOS (r3/equate's thing) and even though I have AHCI enabled, that one didn't even recognize my hard drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianxxx Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 Also, I tried the patched iATKOS (r3/equate's thing) and even though I have AHCI enabled, that one didn't even recognize my hard drives. AHCI is probably your problem switch to ide mode and also enable native mode for 2 ports. and yes your mobo does support efi. If you dont have any luck I suggest using kalyway, and keep your sata on ide otherwise you won't get anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zyphon Posted April 12, 2008 Author Share Posted April 12, 2008 I had tried native mode but it didn't work (actually, I had tried all 4 combinations of AHCI on/off and Native Mode on/off). I don't see an IDE mode in my bios, so I assume you're referring to physically switching my harddrive to an IDE cable. I guess I'll try that tomorrow. Any idea why r2 would recognize/install (albeit incorrectly) to my SATA drive, but r3/equate won't? R2 sees the drives if either native mode or AHCI is enabled... Thanks for the reply. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbonkers Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 ok great you have a pen drive. i've uploaded the patch. first rename your pen drive to Patch. it is case sensitive. then unzip the file i sent you into your pen drive. this is an important part, you have to check if the files(mbr folder and mbr.sh) are inside the Patch folder if not, create a folder named Patch(case sensitive again) and copy the 2 files into the folder. after that plug in your pen drive into the computer, reboot and boot into the dvd. after every thing is done. go to terminal and type: cd .. cd .. cd .. cd .. cd .. ./Volumes/Patch/Patch/mbr.sh or /Volumes/Patch/Patch/mbr.sh (i forgot which to use) then follow the instructions. ***this patch has the efi_pc bootloader and only works for mbr. Patch.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianxxx Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 I had tried native mode but it didn't work (actually, I had tried all 4 combinations of AHCI on/off and Native Mode on/off). I don't see an IDE mode in my bios, so I assume you're referring to physically switching my harddrive to an IDE cable. I guess I'll try that tomorrow. Any idea why r2 would recognize/install (albeit incorrectly) to my SATA drive, but r3/equate won't? R2 sees the drives if either native mode or AHCI is enabled... Thanks for the reply. Andy No don't use ide infact turn off the ide controller, I meant ide mode but just turn off AHCI and switch to native mode. I assure you it will work. I hope your dvd writer is sata! I have the same mobo as yours and kalyways is the only disk that installs or even boots. But it does install perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zyphon Posted April 12, 2008 Author Share Posted April 12, 2008 Thanks for the replies. xfidelity, it wouldn't let me mount my pen drive without formatting it to HFS+, so I couldn't use your script. I tried putting it on my partition that was already formatted in HFS+, but it seems /Volumes/Patch/Patch is hardcoded into the script. Ianxxx, unfortunately my DVD drive is not SATA, so I can't disable IDE. Right now, I'm downloading Kalyway, so when that's done I'll try it out and let you all know how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianxxx Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Thanks for the replies. xfidelity, it wouldn't let me mount my pen drive without formatting it to HFS+, so I couldn't use your script. I tried putting it on my partition that was already formatted in HFS+, but it seems /Volumes/Patch/Patch is hardcoded into the script. Ianxxx, unfortunately my DVD drive is not SATA, so I can't disable IDE. Right now, I'm downloading Kalyway, so when that's done I'll try it out and let you all know how it goes. If you get further problems I really suggest losing the ide dvd. The jmicron controller is really bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zyphon Posted April 14, 2008 Author Share Posted April 14, 2008 I'm getting kernel panics now after installing Kalyway with the mbr bootloader and w/ and w/o the vanilla kernel. I think I read something about multiple cores screwing things up, so I'm going to search for that. I'll post what I find. If anyone knows off hand what the problem might be based on my specs, let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianxxx Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 I'm getting kernel panics now after installing Kalyway with the mbr bootloader and w/ and w/o the vanilla kernel. I think I read something about multiple cores screwing things up, so I'm going to search for that. I'll post what I find. If anyone knows off hand what the problem might be based on my specs, let me know. It will be either your graphics card in which case booting with -x should show results, or the jmicron controller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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