Installation stuck while setup ist at 1 min resttime - Page 2

jrangles · #11 02-23-2008, 10:19 AM

1- Before initiating the installation, it opens a terminal and it writes "diskutil list" to see in that disc is going away to install Leopard.
He appears the following thing:

leopard: diskXsY
(X is the disk number and Y is the partition number on which you installed Leo)

Example: Leopard: disk2s1

2-Installs leopard with the option MBR-efi.

3-If the last minute stops the installation, reinitiates.

4-It starts again with dvd of Leopard, presses f8 and - s

5- cd /usr/standalone/i386

6- write: ./startupfiletool -v /dev/diskXsY ./boot_v8

Example: ./startupfiletool -v /dev/disk2s1 ./boot_v8

7-It reinitiates... and all perfect one

... sorry my english

doolak · #12 02-24-2008, 11:24 PM

Hello there...

after i got a kernel panic when starting from DVD, i found out that i have to remove the AppleNForceATA.kext and rebuild the .iso because i have nforce3 Chipset (http://osx.kbot.de/comments.php?DiscussionID=358&page=1#Item_0) - after a long night i managed to do that and t i went through installation.

When i rebooted after installation system hang on "waiting for root" (blinking cursor), so i tried to fix booting for GUID + EFI as described in the following post: http://osx.kbot.de/comments.php?DiscussionID=140&page=1#Item_0
I couldnt fix that problem - so i decided just to change the system disc from GUID to MBR.

Now i have that freeze about 1-2 minutes before end of installation - i tried to reinstall (do i have to choose drivers etc. again?) as written in the "known issues": http://osx86.wikidot.com/known-issues#toc0 - but still the same problem.

One time i rebooted and tried to start without DVD - and (big surprise!) Leopard started and worked. I played around a little and everything seemed to work fine - only i had no audio (AC97) and no LAN (but maybe i have to choose different drivers). As i wasnt sure if that system is ok after that "freeze-1-minute-before-end-installation", i decided to install again.

Then i found this post and tried to move the mouse like written above - but no success.

Is it maybe better to get GUID working? Or is it ok to use MBR? Has it something to do with EFI? (Or maybe with the actual moon phase?)
And: is it ok to work with a system which was installed and worked after i rebooted after the freeze 1 minute before end of installation?

pokedoll · #13 02-25-2008, 12:03 AM

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[cite] doolak:[/cite]Hello there...

after i got a kernel panic when starting from DVD, i found out that i have to remove the AppleNForceATA.kext and rebuild the .iso because i have nforce3 Chipset (http://osx.kbot.de/comments.php?DiscussionID=358&page=1#Item_0) - after a long night i managed to do that and t i went through installation.

When i rebooted after installation system hang on "waiting for root" (blinking cursor), so i tried to fix booting for GUID + EFI as described in the following post: http://osx.kbot.de/comments.php?DiscussionID=140&page=1#Item_0
I couldnt fix that problem - so i decided just to change the system disc from GUID to MBR.

Now i have that freeze about 1-2 minutes before end of installation - i tried to reinstall (do i have to choose drivers etc. again?) as written in the "known issues": http://osx86.wikidot.com/known-issues#toc0 - but still the same problem.

One time i rebooted and tried to start without DVD - and (big surprise!) Leopard started and worked. I played around a little and everything seemed to work fine - only i had no audio (AC97) and no LAN (but maybe i have to choose different drivers). As i wasnt sure if that system is ok after that "freeze-1-minute-before-end-installation", i decided to install again.

Then i found this post and tried to move the mouse like written above - but no success.

Is it maybe better to get GUID working? Has it something to do with EFI? (Or maybe with the actual moon phase?) Or is it ok to use MBR?
And is it ok to work with a system which was installed and worked after i rebooted after the freeze 1 minute before end of installation?

DONOT use the "1 min. hang" method if you are USING 10.5.2

this method ONLY works on 10.5.1

doolak · #14 02-25-2008, 12:14 AM

Well, but what can i do then?

Now i tried again and again - moving the mouse around when the installation hangs - but still the same.
And now, after rebooting i cannot start the system: kernel panic (one time it was starting although installation did not end properly)

Do i have to install on GUID? or maybe install EFI manually on MBR (dont know if i have EFI installed or not know...)

WinLinMac01 · #15 02-25-2008, 05:38 AM

interesting, because for me it works, could be because of DVD (my problem =) )

can't believe the wiki doesn't properly address this either.

whisper someone and may be there may be a personal solution for this rather than mine.

tizzie01 · #16 02-25-2008, 09:51 AM

I have the same issue, can some please help me...

AMD 64 2.4Ghz
1024MB
20GB HDD
256MB GFX Card

need more info?

eddie11c · #17 02-25-2008, 11:34 AM

Ok I will try to explain how to repiar the MBR bootloader, I have not tested this but it should work. Load the DVD up and open terminal.
First we are going to make sure the partition is active.

Code:

fdisk -e /dev/rdiskXsY ##replace X and Y with your disk/partition numbers for Leopard
update
f Y ## Y is your partition number again
w ## type yes to initialize the disk if needed
q

Ok now to install the EFI in case it failed.

Code:

diskutil unmount /Volumes/"Leopard"  ## Change "Leopard" for whatever you named your partition
dd if=/usr/standalone/i386/boot1h of=/dev/rdiskXsY bs=512 count=1  ## Again change X and Y with your disk/partition number
cd /usr/standalone/i386
./startupfiletool /dev/diskXsY ./boot_V8

Now to bless the drive in case it failed.

Code:

cd /usr/sbin
bless -device /dev/diskXsY -setBoot -verbose ## you may need to unmount your partition again if it doesn't work.
diskutil mount /dev/diskXsY
bless -mount /Volumes/"Leopard" -setBoot -verbose ## May get an IODevicetree error, ignore it.

Now reboot and cross your fingers.

doolak · #18 02-29-2008, 03:38 AM

as my install never came to his end (allways hanging 1,2 or 3 minutes before end) i am no running leopard after a "unfinished" install - i just rebooted after the freeze and could start the system then. i guess that at the end of install its only the system optimization and i did that afterwards with onyx.

now since two days i try to fix some problems (usb not working properly for usb-sticks, alert sounds scratchy, safari and some other apps crashing, time machine doesnt work) and although i dont think that it has something to do with the "unfinished install" i just want to be sure...

so it would be nice to find a solution for getting the installation really to its end. anybody an idea?

zephyroth · #19 02-29-2008, 04:16 AM

Yes you can show us the install.log to see where it stucks.

doolak · #20 02-29-2008, 04:46 AM

i never had a look into that install.log, so i did now - and as i guess install is really finished, although stucking 1 minute before the end. maybe did everything fine in the background...

as is said before, in my case leopard works after such a "unfinished" install - i only asked myself if some of my issues depend of that "unfinished" installation or not:

- permissions for IOUSBfamily.kext allways change after reboot - then USB-storage is not recognized until reinstall of the kext (but USB headset works fine allways)
- sound works fine with ALC850 - but system alert sounds are scratchy (i installed some other kexts before i recognized that only the alert sounds are scratchy - so i reinstalled the original kexts)
- safari and some other apps are crashing sometimes (but is that maybe a tyypical "leopard"-bug?)
- time machine doesnt want to make a backup (device not found) - seems to be a "leopard"-issue too...

as the log is really big i uploaded it here: http://rapidshare.com/files/95733701/install.zip.html