Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
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Member #900 · 2008-02-18 → 2008-03-18
#718 by Dispatches #1,675 by Author Reads #2,742 by Thread Reach Member #900 AMD OSx86 ATI Radeon

@zeitgen

InfiniteMac community contributor with 11 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (6,287 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 57,079 historical readers.

Dispatches 11 Ranked #718 of 6,691
Author Reads 6,287 Ranked #1,675 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 57,079 Ranked #2,742 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 6,287 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #900 Joined 2008-02-18
Active Window 2008 2008-02-18 → 2008-03-18
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
my specs: · mb: ASUS M2NBP-VM CSM · Athlon 64 x2 5200 · 2 gb ddr2 · ati radeon 2600 xt · separate ide-channel drive
Archive Standing
#718 of 6,691 by Dispatches (11 notes) · #1,675 of 3,454 by Author Readership (6,287 reads across 1 dossiers) · #2,742 by Thread Reach (57,079 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #900 · Joined 2008-02-18
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (1) · ATI Radeon (1)
Frequent Thread Collaborators
@Puttabong (2) @jshanh @bonkey @LeeAMDMAC @zephyroth @roisoft @Sergiales @snuffy58 @creative_ @naminator @Cromwell @Yogi @DoiX @braid

Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

Leopard 10.5
10 (91%)
General
1 (9%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @zeitgen (1)

6,287 cumulative reads on threads started by @zeitgen

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
10.5.2. Installation won't start (kernel panic)
want to thank Zephyroth for great work first) I've successfully installed 10.5.1, it worked. When 10.5.2. appeared, i decided to do everything from scratch. So it began... The installer bootloader stops at a grey screen with a sort of a…
Leopard 10.56,287 reads
2008-02-19 · 13 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (8)

Direct links into threads where @zeitgen contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
10.5.2. Installation won't start (kernel panic)
“same thing, burned my 10.5.1 again at 1x - installation succeeded! now struggling with booting from hdd, but this issue is too popular to mention =)”
Leopard 10.52008-02-22
6,287 dossier reads
10.5.2. Installation won't start (kernel panic)
“bob, thanks! the main problem is that i cannot even proceed to the install. it panics in just about 5 secs from the DVD booting..”
Leopard 10.52008-02-22
6,287 dossier reads
10.5.2. Installation won't start (kernel panic)
“2gejdy boot with -v. it should say what the error is. though the screen seems the same, the reasons may be different. now trying 10.5.1 as it worked for me... but it says that some package verification failed at 6 minutes left. i'm definite…”
Leopard 10.52008-02-21
6,287 dossier reads
10.5.2. Installation won't start (kernel panic)
“the screen is like this. tried various bios settings combinations - still nothing/”
Leopard 10.52008-02-20
6,287 dossier reads
10.5.2. Installation won't start (kernel panic)
“the BIOS actually was "normal" but it crashed (fate!) right before the installation so that the default values were set. wonder what tweaking is needed to be done...”
Leopard 10.52008-02-19
6,287 dossier reads
Mac OS X could not be installed on your computer
“i've got nforce4 which must be working, i guess(”
Leopard 10.52008-03-17
4,305 dossier reads
Mac OS X could not be installed on your computer
“The same problem. Now with 10.5.2. Rev 2. Occasionally, i was able to install 10.5.1 and 10.5.2 rev1 but rev2 causes this error.”
Leopard 10.52008-03-16
4,305 dossier reads
Mac OS X could not be installed on your computer
“gotta give it a try..”
Leopard 10.52008-03-18
4,305 dossier reads