I just installed iPC, and had to use the bootflag "cpus=1" for the disk to start up. Then nothing would boot up. Now I put in a bootloader that allows me to start it up, but when I put in bootflags, (such as "cpus=1 -v -f") and it only comes to this:



any help?

I had problems because my DVD drive is SATA, and my destination HD was PATA (ATA).
My first attempt to get around this was putting a ATA DVD on my ATA-to-USB adaptor, and it will NOT boot at all. Finally, I pulled the cable, put new one on drive with LONG reach to Master (DVD MUST be Master), and other end to MB to do the install.

I will to guess that the problem could exist if the situtation was reversed, but that could be lessor as ATA DVDs are more common.

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Tiger: G4 PowerPC Dual Core 400 Mhz w/640 MB RAM
20 Gig ATA HD all HFS+
Internal DVD
Access to Server
True Tiger

Leopard: Acer Intel Atom Dual [email protected] w/1 Gig Ram
160GB HD-133GB NTFS, 15.68GB HFS+
SD slot
No Net access
iDeneb 1.6 Lite

Compaq SR5710F [email protected] w/3 Gigs Ram
80 Gig ATA HD (NTFS - Vista)
200 Gig ATA HD (NTFS-Data)
Access to Server

Server: Compaq 1.8 Single Core Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
~2 TB online....

I haven't done anything to my computer, and it should be fine, I think... lol

but does anyone have any suggestions

bump. does anyone know? should I try different kernels? (Im using vanilla with my intel core 2 quad)

Okay, I have literally installed this at least 15 times with different boot flags, kernels, and just the bare, and I can't find anything that works

does anyone else have a core 2 quad processor with os x?

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SportsGuy
Dell Studio Desktop 540
Intel Core 2 Quad 2.83 GHz Q9550 (All cores work)
EVGA nVidia GeForce 9500 GT (1GB) (Works)
M-Audio Fast Track Ultra Sound (Works)
Realtek Ethernet (Works)
8 GB DDR2 RAM (Of course works)
24" Dell 1920x1080 16:9 Monitor
Tri Boot with Snow Leopard 10.6.3 (64-bit) and Vista (64-bit) and Linux Mint

I installed mine with only some success.

I still boot off the DVD, then use a command to jump start the install...Try it, then you can find out if it actually werks.

When the disk boots, hit F8, then type: rd=disk0s1
You might have to change numbers:
the 0 is harddrive #, starting with 0.
the 1 is partition # on the drive, starting with 1.

Try it, see what you get...

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Tiger: G4 PowerPC Dual Core 400 Mhz w/640 MB RAM
20 Gig ATA HD all HFS+
Internal DVD
Access to Server
True Tiger

Leopard: Acer Intel Atom Dual [email protected] w/1 Gig Ram
160GB HD-133GB NTFS, 15.68GB HFS+
SD slot
No Net access
iDeneb 1.6 Lite

Compaq SR5710F [email protected] w/3 Gigs Ram
80 Gig ATA HD (NTFS - Vista)
200 Gig ATA HD (NTFS-Data)
Access to Server

Server: Compaq 1.8 Single Core Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
~2 TB online....

boot using -x, it most likely will get u to the desktop(Safemode)

Then you can instal drivers and find out what works, not sure if safemode has internet so try and download the drivers and kexts onto a flash drive before booting it

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okay, I put the disk in, and put this in "rd=disk0s5 cpus=1 -v -f"

that works, but now I don't have any drivers, so I can't get on the internet, etc.


so where can I find drivers?

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SportsGuy
Dell Studio Desktop 540
Intel Core 2 Quad 2.83 GHz Q9550 (All cores work)
EVGA nVidia GeForce 9500 GT (1GB) (Works)
M-Audio Fast Track Ultra Sound (Works)
Realtek Ethernet (Works)
8 GB DDR2 RAM (Of course works)
24" Dell 1920x1080 16:9 Monitor
Tri Boot with Snow Leopard 10.6.3 (64-bit) and Vista (64-bit) and Linux Mint

Didn't you install kext during the customization before the installation proccess?

no you dont have internet in safemode, its not because you dont have kexts, go on your PC and then search in google for the kexts u need. i.e. ALC880.kext(audio driver) for OS X, then just use OSx86 tools to install them, after you get them installed try booting without safemode, just use flags -v -f

report what happens when ur done

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