iPC kext support

[SportsGuy]

I have now gotten iPC 10.5.6 and written it to a dvd (actually, about 5 dvds). I cannot get it to boot up and get to the install. The closest I get is an apple screen that flashes, and then it reboots

So I am thinking that it has something to do with the kext.

Can anyone give me the general idea of which kext to get? Thanks!

[Valentine]

What do you see before it reboots on your screen, when booting up in verbose mode?
(F8 on startup then issue -v on prompt)

What spec does your hardware have?

[SportsGuy]

It just reboots whatever I do

I have Intel quad core 2.83ghz, 8gb ram, Radeon HD 3450, Realtek HD soundcard.

I also am dual booting with ubuntu with grub, if that has anything to do with it

[Valentine]

Yes but if you get the Apple screen, then you should get something when booting in verbose mode.
A message like booting Darwin and else.

What motherboard?

[xXrkidXx]

i think he means your mother board and your computers full specs
EDIT
beat me to it lol

[SportsGuy]

It says Darwinx86 and the thing spins, then the apple screen flashes and it reboots

Board: Dell Inc. 0M017G A00
Serial Number: ..CN7443189G06FE.
Bus Clock: 333 megahertz
BIOS: Dell Inc. 1.0.6 11/03/2008

is that what you mean for my mobo specs?

[xXrkidXx]

omg... when it says Press F8 to enter startup options(or something like that) PRESS THE KEY!, then enter -v and press enter

simple

[SportsGuy]

lol yeah it reboots. i can record it if you want me to

[Valentine]

Well ok it's Dell. Doen't mater at this stage anyway.

OK, at that early stage no kext is loaded. The bootloader has been loaded.
I guess the kernel is loaded or about to load.

Is there no way to get to the darwin prompt, so you could enter something?
Press F8 several times as soon as the DVD drive starts spinning up the iPC disk.
Sometimes it gets ignored when you are to slow.

[Valentine]

More help than you wanted.:)

Maybe the disk is corupted. Have you burned it on a R- with slowest speed (x4)?

Yes I know DVD number 6.:)

[SportsGuy]

haha yeah, but i have been writing them at 4x, too. on a dvd-r

[SportsGuy]

so i pushed F8 alot when it started spinning, put in -v, and it said it was loading a bunch of stuff and rebooted...

[Valentine]

Well my last thought then is (if you by no means can get into the promt (F8)) that the kernel
doesn't like someting. A far as I know it's Voodoo as a default. The only thing you then can do is fool around with some bios settings and hope that is the solution.

If you can get into the promt lots more can be done.

Grub or the bootloader are no issue cos your not booting of your harddrive.
If the DVD is ok the kernel is next.

(Actually the kernel is NeXT but that's a insider joke) :)

[Valentine]

Ahh overlapped posts again.

What's the "bunch of stuff" exactly?

[SportsGuy]

well i can get to the terminal. do you mean the place where you type -v and other commands?

[Valentine]

Well to put it right: The "begining" is not the terminal, it's the boot prompt and you can't put in commands but only boot flags.
Flags for example like -v -f -s -x and lots more.

-v-s lets you boot into the unix terminal try that for a start. Does it reboot?
Also try -v-f. Any difference?

[xXrkidXx]

terminal???? wtf is he talking about?? if u mean when u hit F8 and u get the little thing where u can type, type -v and tell us what the last few lines are before it restarts
EDIT
god... beat me to it AGAIN lol

[Valentine]

Yup! :) This is getting crazy...

[SportsGuy]

I'm sorry... lol but the last 2 things that come up when i do -v is the extensions.mkext

[Valentine]

Try -v -f (mind the space)

[SportsGuy]

nothing, it does the same as -v

[xXrkidXx]

what it was supposed to do was Ignore Chache files(dont ask, I only know that much lol xD)

[Valentine]

You have 3 options now.

A. Find out what the last verbose information was and maybe have a clue to a solution.
B. Change bios option (AHCI, or power management ACxx (what ever:))
C. Check out further boot flags. Please see attached Voodoo kernel doc page 5


(or D. Buy a Mac:D)


Anyway it's 4:45 in the morning at my place and I am off to bed.

[SportsGuy]

Okay I got it!

I did this: "cpus=1 -v"

and now i can't find the partition that I made for it. It is labeled as unallocated, and I still don't see it