Blinking cursor with MBR boot
my install works fine except i have to hav the CD in to boot into leopard if its not it i get the blinking cursor thing i used MBR boot table should i try GUD my specs AMD athlon x64 +5200 nvidia 8800 gts 640mb 2gb ram sata HD M2n-sli…
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- @diz6 Published 2008-03-19
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- Leopard 10.5
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my install works fine except i have to hav the CD in to boot into leopard if its not it i get the blinking cursor thing
i used MBR boot table should i try GUD
my specs
AMD athlon x64 +5200
nvidia 8800 gts 640mb
2gb ram
sata HD
M2n-sli deluxe mobo
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1 technical responses curated from 5 original dispatches
http://osx86.wikidot.com/how-to-s#toc5 ↗
leave out steps 4 and 5 for mbr and see if that fixes it
Boot with the DVD and use -s at boot load.
sudo -s
fdisk -e /dev/rdiskX --->(X is the number of your HD, if you have only on its 0)
update
f X --->(X is the number of the partition where you installed Leopard)
w
q
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| Username | Dossier Contribution | Dispatches | Active Window |
|---|---|---|---|
| @diz6 | Primary Author | 2 | 2008-03-19 |
| @bhast2 | Contributor | 2 | 2008-03-19 |
| @WinLinMac01 | Contributor | 1 | 2008-03-19 |