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Old 12-26-2009, 02:56 PM
Elvirana Elvirana is offline
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iAtkos v7 not booting, screen goes black.

Well, my thread title says it all i guess?
I had the same thing with iDeneb v1.6.

Anyone has a solution for this?
My PC Specs are in my signature.

Thanks in advance.
Elvir.

EDIT: Hmm, i used a different chipset, and now it doesn't say it anymore, but now my screen goes blank after that.

Desktop: Dell Inspiron 545
Mobo:Inspiron 545
CPU:Intel E7400 2,8GHz
RAM:2GB DDR2 800 (2x1GB)
GRAPHICS:Ati HD4670 1GB OC
ETHERNET:Realtek RTL8102E/8103E
WIRELESS:http://www.icidu.com/ProductDetail.aspx?pd=1318285]
HDD:Western Digital 320 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA.
Ext. HDD:Toshiba MK1234GAX 120 GB, 5400 RPM, IDE.
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Old 12-26-2009, 05:27 PM
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type -s
at root type mount -uw /

and /movevideodrivers

This doesn't work neither, i get the message that directory doesn't exists.

Desktop: Dell Inspiron 545
Mobo:Inspiron 545
CPU:Intel E7400 2,8GHz
RAM:2GB DDR2 800 (2x1GB)
GRAPHICS:Ati HD4670 1GB OC
ETHERNET:Realtek RTL8102E/8103E
WIRELESS:http://www.icidu.com/ProductDetail.aspx?pd=1318285]
HDD:Western Digital 320 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA.
Ext. HDD:Toshiba MK1234GAX 120 GB, 5400 RPM, IDE.
AUDIORealtek ALC888
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Old 12-26-2009, 06:21 PM
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I got exactly your situation when I installed Leopard/Snow Leopard for my friend and I solved it:

Try to boot in safe mode with -x option

In safe mode, your display would always be 1024x768 and no QE/CL but it's just a temporary until you install a correct driver in a correct way, please check out http://netkas.org/?p=284

After install Leopard you can install Snow Leopard and find a driver + instructions for your graphics card

It seems Leopard doesn't have driver for 46xx, only Snow Leopard have

Beside iAtkos You can try iPC iDeneb XXX... for Leopard

10.6.2 Pcj 64-bit kernel | Mobo Asus P5LD2-VM Revision 1.03 945G/ICH7 Graphic Intel GMA950 | CPU Pentium 4 630 3 GHz HT
Sleep never wake up, Quicktime 64-bit crashed

10.6.2 Vanilla | Mobo GigaByte GA-EP43T-UD3L | CPU C2D E7500 | GPU GigaByte GV-N240D3-1GI Nvidia GT240 ( Full QE/CI )

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Old 12-26-2009, 06:36 PM
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Ok, strangly enough, it didn't work.

So maybe it better to skip Leopard, and go to Snow leopard instead?
Is there a distro that you recommend for my pc?

Elvir.

Desktop: Dell Inspiron 545
Mobo:Inspiron 545
CPU:Intel E7400 2,8GHz
RAM:2GB DDR2 800 (2x1GB)
GRAPHICS:Ati HD4670 1GB OC
ETHERNET:Realtek RTL8102E/8103E
WIRELESS:http://www.icidu.com/ProductDetail.aspx?pd=1318285]
HDD:Western Digital 320 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA.
Ext. HDD:Toshiba MK1234GAX 120 GB, 5400 RPM, IDE.
AUDIORealtek ALC888
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Old 12-26-2009, 11:33 PM
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If you wanna install Snow Leopard, you could use Empire EFI

The other way is that you need to install Leopard first then install Snow Leopard, after installing Snow, you can safely delete Leopard, installed Leopard is used for set up Snow such as creating DSDT, create customized USB install disc... You do not need to install Leopard first if you already have Leopard on a Mac. I've chosen this way because the first time I come to Mac OS X, Empire EFI or Snow Leopard haven't yet released

I would recommend other distros such as iPC, XXX v2, iDeneb... and burn it to DVD and try to install with different options, always -v to see what's going on, what stopped you
Other options you can try are cpus=1 ( rarely need, but in some PC when install Leopard, I have to use this to make boot possible ) or -x ( only if you can't boot normally )... you could try variety of combination of them

It's normal when your hardware specs can work with some but not the other distros, and it's usual when you have to reboot your PC and install HUNDREDS of times to find out the best install for your PC

I don't think there is problem with your graphics card because I've tried with 4670 4650

10.6.2 Pcj 64-bit kernel | Mobo Asus P5LD2-VM Revision 1.03 945G/ICH7 Graphic Intel GMA950 | CPU Pentium 4 630 3 GHz HT
Sleep never wake up, Quicktime 64-bit crashed

10.6.2 Vanilla | Mobo GigaByte GA-EP43T-UD3L | CPU C2D E7500 | GPU GigaByte GV-N240D3-1GI Nvidia GT240 ( Full QE/CI )

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Old 12-27-2009, 11:17 AM
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So, if i get you right, its possible with Empire EFI to install Snow Leopard without havong Leopard installed, is that correct?

Else, i try i deneb and a other bunch of distro's to get Leopard working first.



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Desktop: Dell Inspiron 545
Mobo:Inspiron 545
CPU:Intel E7400 2,8GHz
RAM:2GB DDR2 800 (2x1GB)
GRAPHICS:Ati HD4670 1GB OC
ETHERNET:Realtek RTL8102E/8103E
WIRELESS:http://www.icidu.com/ProductDetail.aspx?pd=1318285]
HDD:Western Digital 320 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA.
Ext. HDD:Toshiba MK1234GAX 120 GB, 5400 RPM, IDE.
AUDIORealtek ALC888
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