Jimmy0x52 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 I installed 10.4.8 with PPF1 & PPF2 (the disk image fix) into a VMWare Player image. Upon boot after install - I get the hang at the spinner with the apple logo. I booted into single user mode (F8 at boot - then '-v -s') and that worked. Then I went into the /dev directory and found the disk name it was loading (disk0s1 in my case) Then I rebooted with the DVD in, and hit F8 on the DVD and typed in rd=disk0s1 which allowed me to boot to the desktop - apparently bypassing whatever was making my system hang up before by using the DVD's files to get me into the OS (but using the actual partition I had made as the boot partition). I haven't got much farther than this to fix the issue of the gray screen hang - but - at least you CAN get it to boot and use it. I tried applying the 10.4.4 loginwindow from the 10.4.9 combo pack - still didn't fix it. Then, I applied the 10.4.9 combo pack, this actually broke it worse (wouldn't even boot). So that's where I'm at so far. Anyone else had similar successes? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47857-for-those-having-grey-screen-apple-logo-trouble/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy0x52 Posted April 9, 2007 Author Share Posted April 9, 2007 Reinstalled 10.4.8 w/PFF1&PFF2 with just 10.4.4 loginwindow and both GMA900&950 drivers and the Intel-specific option (not AMD) Everything works now. Even networking through VMWare! When I had too many options selected before is when it was hanging on boot - not sure which one did it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47857-for-those-having-grey-screen-apple-logo-trouble/#findComment-343337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaakmdm Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 I had the same problem and I tried your DVD rd=disk01 method and it worked. I'm installing it with stuff deselected today and hopefully this time it will boot from the hardisk. Is there a way of installing deselected packages later within Mac OS X without reinstalling the operating system. I;m doing a quad boot so it would be really annoying to reinstall the OS after. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47857-for-those-having-grey-screen-apple-logo-trouble/#findComment-345233 Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaakmdm Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 It works. I think that the hang is caused by some network driver because if you use the -v command after pressing F8 in the darwin boot loader, the last message that appears says something about airport drivers. P.S. I'm crazy. I'm only 12 yrs old and I'm trying to quad boot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47857-for-those-having-grey-screen-apple-logo-trouble/#findComment-345254 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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