Veritas1 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I have a hackintosh (see specs below) that I have Snow Leopard on that runs great. However, when I try to install Lion I can't get past the apple logo on the install start up. I have tried the -v and it always gets stuck on "Beginning PCI Configuration" or something to that effect. I have tried Kakewalk, IAKTos, and [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] install methods to no avail. If anyone could help that would be awesome. Thanks in advance! GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD4-B3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 EVGA 01G-P3-1372-TR GeForce GTX 460 Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 There's a sticky post right here in this forum titled "PCI Configuration Begin". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritas1 Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 I have tried -kernel flag npci=0x2000 -v -x -cpu=1 The only change I get when I try them (which I have tried different cominations of them) is it goes to a point where is tells my system uptime in Milliseconds but still will not boot into the installer screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kklumz Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I tried kernel boot flag: -v -f cpus=2 npci=0x2000 and it booted for me. It took awhile and seem like it kernel panic, but I waited and it was able to boot. After Lion install and restart. I installed [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] with PCI Configuration Fix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoppa206 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Most likely at that stage of the boot startup, its a problem with a graphics driver. Seems like a lot of folks who had flawless SL installs are experiencing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritas1 Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 Most likely at that stage of the boot startup, its a problem with a graphics driver. Seems like a lot of folks who had flawless SL installs are experiencing that. I have tried swapping my video card with my old Geforce 9800+ which worked like a charm in my old rig with Lion and I still get the same issue. I tried kernel boot flag: -v -f cpus=2 npci=0x2000 and it booted for me. It took awhile and seem like it kernel panic, but I waited and it was able to boot. After Lion install and restart. I installed [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] with PCI Configuration Fix Okay so I tried this and I got further then ever before but not it hangs on "waiting for root device" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritas1 Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 Even though the picture doesn't show it, it keeps saying "can't find root device" and it scrolls that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolgar Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Have you tried to place the HDD where you have installed Lion in first place in boot order? perhaps changin Disk type to a different type would do too, AHCI... etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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