Restarting Installation at "Do You Already Own a Mac"
I'm attempting to install LawlessPPC 10.5.4 and I am running into a strange problem. The first time I installed it on the computer it worked fine, but I'm trying to re-install it and now every time I click "continue" on the "Do You Already…
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- @Izrun Published 2008-12-29
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I'm attempting to install LawlessPPC 10.5.4 and I am running into a strange problem. The first time I installed it on the computer it worked fine, but I'm trying to re-install it and now every time I click "continue" on the "Do You Already Own a Mac" screen it waits a while and restarts the video and begins the setup process again. I've tried running with -x -v and it acts the same (except no video because of safe mode). I'm at a loss as to what to do, and I know it should work because I did it the other day. If anyone has some advice I would be greatly appreciative.
FYI The reason I was re-installing it is because it wouldn't read any USB thumb drives and I hadn't installed the correct network drivers at the start, so I wanted to try installing with the right drivers.Thanks!
Motherboard: ECS KN1 Lite (Nforce4)
Processor: K8 something-er-other
Memory: 2 GB DDR
Installing from SATA DVD To SATA HD
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Your issue is known as the Account Creation Loop error.
How to: Install Error loop at account creation Issue: Upon install, the process hangs in an infinite (?) loop circling between chosing language and creating / transferring an user acount ("Do you already own a mac?"). According to the forum, the problem seems to be connected to problems concerning the network card. Solution 1:…
For me the solution was to just disconnect the LAN cable, so try that first
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| Username | Dossier Contribution | Dispatches | Active Window |
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| @Izrun | Primary Author | 1 | 2008-12-29 |
| @Puttabong | Contributor | 1 | 2008-12-29 |
| @pαuℓzurrr. | Contributor | 1 | 2008-12-29 |