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Member #1,179 · 2008-02-20 → 2008-02-22
#1,847 by Dispatches #2,502 by Author Reads #3,778 by Thread Reach Member #1,179 AMD OSx86 NVIDIA GeForce AHCI / SATA

@martguy

InfiniteMac community contributor with 4 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (3,869 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 18,439 historical readers.

Dispatches 4 Ranked #1,847 of 6,691
Author Reads 3,869 Ranked #2,502 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 18,439 Ranked #3,778 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 3,869 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #1,179 Joined 2008-02-19
Active Window 2008 2008-02-20 → 2008-02-22
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
Specs: · Compaq Presario F730US · AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 / 1.8 GHz · NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 · 120 GB SATA HDD · nforce MCP 51 · Broadcom 4311 wireless
Archive Standing
#1,847 of 6,691 by Dispatches (4 notes) · #2,502 of 3,454 by Author Readership (3,869 reads across 1 dossiers) · #3,778 by Thread Reach (18,439 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #1,179 · Joined 2008-02-19
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (1) · NVIDIA GeForce (1) · AHCI / SATA (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 1 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
4 (100%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @martguy (1)

3,869 cumulative reads on threads started by @martguy

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Install Hanging at "About a minute"
I have tried to install Zeph's 10.5.2 release onto my laptop several times, and each time the installation hangs at "about a minute". I tried re-installing as per the wiki, put it still hangs in the same place. I have tried letting the…
Leopard 10.53,869 reads
2008-02-20 · 7 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (3)

Direct links into threads where @martguy contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Installation stuck while setup ist at 1 min resttime
“The "moving the mouse" thing does get results earlier in the install, but does not help when the system hangs at "about a minute".”
Leopard 10.52008-02-22
8,354 dossier reads
Installation stuck while setup ist at 1 min resttime
“stony; I'm really having a problem installing and I had the same problem as you ("hangs at about a minute") . The wiki advice of re-installing didn't help. What did you do to get it to work ?”
Leopard 10.52008-02-22
8,354 dossier reads
install doesn't mount or bless drive (not booting)
“Is there a update for FixMBR.pfg ? This might explain the problem I'm having with the "about a minute" hang at the end of installation. martguy”
Leopard 10.52008-02-20
6,216 dossier reads