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Stuck on Apple Boot Screen

Hi, I am tried installing Ideneb 10.5.7 on my computer but it just constantly gets stuck on the apple boot screen with the spinning wheel. I tried booting in Verbose mode and keep getting hanged on a line. I have a MS-7360 Motherboard…

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@Final9mare Published 2010-01-20
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Leopard 10.5
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3,582 historical reads · 1 curated field notes (from 2 dispatches) · 2010-01-20 – 2010-01-22
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@Final9mare@lanceomni

Hi, I am tried installing Ideneb 10.5.7 on my computer but it just constantly gets stuck on
the apple boot screen with the spinning wheel. I tried booting in Verbose mode and keep getting hanged on a line.

I have a MS-7360 Motherboard
Thanks for any help you provide!

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1 technical responses curated from 2 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @lanceomni 2010-01-22

Have you tried other boot-flags. Give thes a try:

-f which will load your kexts (drivers) individually instead of from the cache file.
-x which will boot you into Safe Mode loading only the basics

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@Final9marePrimary Author12010-01-20
@lanceomniContributor12010-01-22