Installation stuck on the grey apple logo!

Guys, help!!!!
I made exactly the latest CustoMac Mini (http://www.tonymacx86.com/339-building-customac-buyer-s-guide-march-2013.html#mini) and it's my first hackintosh... I have no idea about a thing here, followed exactly (I guess) the mountain lion installation instructions but when I reboot from the "Mountain Lion" disk the installation stucks on the grey apple logo! I'm completely noob here and I'd really appreciate any help...

Hi,

I have exactly the same problem, the spinner is turning but no end.
I 'm also completely newbie.

My config: GA-Q77-D2H + i73770 + Seagate 1Tb

Maybe you should boot in verbose.
This is where the boot get stuck in my computer :

I boot with -x and then I have succeed in terminate the boot and the Apple configuration.
Try to have ethernet first and then multibeast ...

If using a external graphics card then try to disable the onboard graphics in the bios.

Good luck,

Rick,

Hi Rick and ty for the reply! I'm using an onboard graphics card... I read somewhere about graphicsenable=no but my bios has no such a setting... Now????

Could you be more specific pleaaaase!!!????? Don't firget I'm nood on this one!!!

I am also having this problem. I am using a Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H motherboard, 16 GB RAM, one 240 GB SSD, one 1 TB hard drive, and a blu ray drive. The BIOS shows the presence of all of the SATA devices. I am using the video output from the motherboard, connected via HDMI cable to a Samsung TV. Hard drive mode is set to AHCI. Other than the time, I did not change any BIOS settings. I have one of the two ethernet ports connected to my home network.

I made the UniBeast USB drive last night.

When it boots, I get to the Apple logo with the small spinning circle, and it stays there. The HDD activity light flashes about every second. Interestingly, a small circle with a line through it (like a forbidden symbol) appears at the top of the apple on the boot screen.

Okay, I just read http://legacy.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?t=37432&p=257187 which mentioned using a different USB port. I had been using one of the ports on the front of the case. I switched to a port on the rear of the case, and it seems to be progressing. Still not there yet, but it got further than before.

Tikodrius said:

Could you be more specific pleaaaase!!!????? Don't firget I'm nood on this one!!!

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When the UniBeast screen appears, press the space bar. You should see a place to enter boot parameters. Type -v and then press enter. This will boot in verbose mode and allow you to see exactly where the install is hanging.

HTH