anguskk Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Hi guys, I have downloaded different copies of Leopard 10.5 and burn it into a DVD. But everytime I tried to boot from the DVD to install it, it gives me the same error message: System config file '/com.apple.Boot.plist' not found. Does anyone know what this message mean and why it happen? here is my pc's spec: CPU: DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo E6750, 2666 MHz (8 x 333) Motherboard: Asus P5KR (3 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394) Motherboard chipset: Intel Bearlake P35 System Memory: 2048 MB (DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM) Display card: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT (256 MB) Hard Disk 1: HDS722516VLAT80 (160 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100) Hard Disk 2: WDC WD1600YS-01SHB1 (153 GB, IDE) DVDROM: HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H55L (IDE) many thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khalid Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 I have almost the same setup. (I have the P5KR as well. It only has ONE PCI-E x16, the other one only runs in x4 or x1.) I have not yet installed Leopard successfully BUT i know what is the problem. I too have the same problem. Now the motherboard uses the JMicron IDE controller which is incompatible. And as we can see, you are using an IDE DVD-ROM. In order to boot, u can either use a UsB DVD-ROM or a SATA DVD Rom or An IDE->SATA convertor. I have not done so yet because i haven't got the time yet to buy one of those IDE->SATA convertors. If some friends have such things, borrow from them and try it out. I hope this solves your problem. Tell me if it works so that I can try it out too. P.S I think you can only install on SATA drives as JMicron IDE controller is incompatible with OSX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anguskk Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 besides an external DVD and IDE/SATA convertor, any other options that can install it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khalid Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 I've heard of extracting the image to a harddisk partition and then booting it from might do it but I can't find any accurate solutions or tutorials for this. If you find any, please do share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anguskk Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 I have tried to use an external DVDROM to install MAC OSX and it did install successfully! However, when I restart my pc and tried to boot from that harddisk then it never comes... do you know whats happened??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khalid Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 What messages if any appear on the screen? Any sign of anything? Does it reboot? Explain your problem. I will try to help you as much as possible, though i have never tried this myself yet. UPDATE: I think MAYBE you have not set the partition as active. Use fdisk found on DOS Startup disk or any other method such as Gparted,etc.. and set the OSX Partition as active. Try this . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anguskk Posted February 3, 2008 Author Share Posted February 3, 2008 there's no message appeared on the screen... I just keep waiting like more than 10 mins the mac os x still not started up I think I have not set the partition as active as you said, how can I set it as active? I havent tried this as I know nothing about this process... thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khalid Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Well, I myself would use Fdisk. It is a DOS utility which can be used from Startup discs created in windows. Use google to download a startup disc/floppy. I have mine in a slipstreamed CD, so I can't really help u there. Give it a go. P.S Maybe you could use a Linux Live CD and use partitioning utility from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anguskk Posted February 3, 2008 Author Share Posted February 3, 2008 So what should I do once I have downloaded Fdisk? And also how does it work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khalid Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Just boot it up. type 'fdisk' at the prompt. Say yes to some large volume enable thing. Then you will reach an option screen. One of the option is something like "Select Active Partition" Choose that option and then choose your OSX partition if its not yet selected. If it is already set at Active, then maybe we have problem at installation, or we need to try SATA harddisk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anguskk Posted February 3, 2008 Author Share Posted February 3, 2008 can you send me a link to download fdisk that is suitable for me please? I found some on the net but most of them are floopy... but I dont have a floopy drive in my pc.. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anima322 Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 fdisk is a command which you can use when booting up or in the terminal of the MAC OS X setup! it is with the OS already... just type: "fdisk" in the commandline! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyper Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 You can also set the partition active from windows as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anguskk Posted February 3, 2008 Author Share Posted February 3, 2008 You can also set the partition active from windows as well. oh really?? Can you show me how to do that please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyper Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 It works both in Xp and VISTA Open start menu if u r in xp go to search and type - compmgmt.msc If you are using Vista , again search for compmgmt.msc then when its opened go to disk management on the left side and when u see the partition which you want to make active , right click a nd select mark partition as active. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anguskk Posted February 3, 2008 Author Share Posted February 3, 2008 I have tired this already but the system doesnt allow me to do so, the menu opened is all in grey, i.e. I cannot select "Mark partition as active"... Any solution?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyper Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Ok try this aswell: Open up a command prompt and type DISKPART. Type LIST DISK Type SELECT DISK n (where n is the number of HD on which Leo is installed) Type LIST PARTITION Type SELECT PARTITION n (where n is the number of the partition you wish to make active and on which Leo is installed) Type ACTIVE Type EXIT to exit DISKPART Type EXIT again to exit the command prompt Reboot Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anguskk Posted February 3, 2008 Author Share Posted February 3, 2008 I have changed the partition to active but still cannot boot the os up... any more solution??? thanks very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anguskk Posted February 5, 2008 Author Share Posted February 5, 2008 Do we have to set the harddisk to "Master" in order to boot the os?? or can it be "Slave"?? coz I have set my harddisk as "Slave"... so want to check if thats the reason why the os cannot boot up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khalid Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Why not give it a try. If you have two harddisks, i think its better to have the active one as Master. I'm not entirely sure about it, but try it and tell us how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anguskk Posted February 11, 2008 Author Share Posted February 11, 2008 hi guys I have just installed the OSX and set the harddisk active by using fdisk in the DVD however I still got the error "b0 error" when my pc start up Does anyone know why that happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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