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Try disconnecting all external devices, usb flash memories etc. Turn off airport or disconnect ethernet cable. Then try again.
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Try disconnecting all external devices, usb flash memories etc. Turn off airport or disconnect ethernet cable. Then try again.

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I was using the wrong disc. I have more than one MBP, thought I had to correct version the whole time. Stupid Mistake.
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I was using the wrong disc. I have more than one MBP, thought I had to correct version the whole time. Stupid Mistake.

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I have an i7 MacBook Pro. When trying to reinstall osx 10.6 from scratch, whether I attempt to start from within osx or by booting straight to dvd - the screen turns grey with the dark grey logo.<br />
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What could cause this ? What does it mean ? How do I work passed it ?
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I have an i7 MacBook Pro. When trying to reinstall osx 10.6 from scratch, whether I attempt to start from within osx or by booting straight to dvd - the screen turns grey with the dark grey logo.

What could cause this ? What does it mean ? How do I work passed it ?

MacBook Pro screen goes grey when attempting reinstall.

Mac OS X is the desktop operating system from Apple Inc., found on Macintosh computers. OS X consists of a Mach/BSD-based kernel, operating system interfaces primarily based on FreeBSD and additional frameworks (written in C, C++ and Objective-C providing user interface and application-level services.