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Weird Problem after Installation

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ MB: MSI K9VGM-V GPU: Leadtek GeForce 8400GS 256MB 2gb RAM 80gb HDD I've installed 10.5.2 to a newly-formatted HDD and after the installation, when I try to boot into Mac, a 'No-Entry' symbol appears on the load…

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@D.Lewis Published 2008-02-23
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Leopard 10.5
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2,108 historical reads · 1 curated field notes (from 2 dispatches) · 2008-02-23
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@D.Lewis@Ianxxx

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+
MB: MSI K9VGM-V
GPU: Leadtek GeForce 8400GS 256MB
2gb RAM
80gb HDD

I've installed 10.5.2 to a newly-formatted HDD and after the installation, when I try to boot into Mac, a 'No-Entry' symbol appears on the load screen. Screenshot:

I managed to get 10.5.1 working almost-perfectly and have not seen this error before. Does anyone know what could be causing it?

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Field Note #1 @Ianxxx 2008-02-23

read posts that exist already
Boot with -v to find out whats happening

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@D.LewisPrimary Author12008-02-23
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