Only able to boot O/S when disc is left in DVD tray (Please help, thanks)

megaargon1 · #1 01-31-2008, 07:47 AM

I was able to successfully install AMD Leopard on my system with all bells, whistles, sounds, internet, graphics etc. However, I am only able to boot into the Operating System if I leave my OS Installation Disk in my DVD drive. Is there anybody that can suggest to me what I should do. I would greatly appreciate that. Thank you. Also, the grey screen with the operating system loading does not show. Is this because of the disc in my DVD drive, since it is booting off that? If I was to take out the Disc, the post I would receive is Boot from CD with no further process in loading the O/S. Lastly, I tried to change the boot order with Hard Disk first, however, that did not resolve the problem. Please let me know then, thanks.

Firewalk · #2 01-31-2008, 08:11 AM

Hi there megaargon, i got past this issue by using the make bootable hd for leopard cd before i installed leopard.its on the web somewhere (google is your friend here). sadly though it does mean starting again (unless anybody here knows another way). Dual booting with xp or vista is easy too (just use separate hd and disconnect macosx before you do install, then use easybcd 1.5.1 in xp or vista to add osx to bootloader) its a pretty easy setup and also works with triple boot just install vista last and disconnect macosx on vista install..

Hope this info helps, i will be around if you need any further help..

Firewalk

megaargon1 · #3 01-31-2008, 09:26 AM

Well, is there any other way besides installing Windows and wiping the MacOSX I have currently installed?

megaargon1 · #4 01-31-2008, 10:09 AM

Firewalk, I don't have any other operating system installed on this hard drive. I am trying to make MacOSX my primary O/S. Please let me know then, thank you.

megaargon1 · #5 01-31-2008, 10:32 AM

somebody help plz, thank you.

cgsheen · #6 01-31-2008, 10:33 AM

You've already tried making the install drive and partition bootable?

http://osx86.wikidot.com/known-issues#toc3

It doesn't work? There are some alternate instructions / methods here and at insanelymac...

Booting from the Install DVD, pressing F8, and starting in "single user mode" ( -s ) to use "fdisk" has usually worked for me. Once you get to the prompt:

fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0 ( only 1 hard drive? should be "0"...)
update
f 1 ( if your partition isn't 1, replace with actual number - If you partitioned GUID it might be 2 )
w
q
reboot

megaargon1 · #7 01-31-2008, 10:36 AM

Will this permanently fix the problem? Or would I have to do this any time I start my computer?

I tried doing this once and it said permission denied. When I go into single user mode will there be a terminal there?

Another thing, one last issue I may encounter after resolving this is my video driver. I installed the 8800 drivers included in the DVD, however I use 6600GT. Am I safe?

cgsheen · #8 01-31-2008, 10:38 AM

Only once.

Ya, the "command prompt" is just like being in Terminal

cgsheen · #9 01-31-2008, 10:39 AM

You need to be sure about the disk number and partition number.

megaargon1 · #10 01-31-2008, 10:40 AM

I should perform these procedures immediately after the completion of the installation right?

And since I have only one hard drive and one partition it would be zero/zero right?

Another thing, one last issue I may encounter after resolving this is my video driver. I installed the 8800 drivers included in the DVD, however I use 6600GT. Am I safe?