rsmack Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 (edited) hi…. i thought for a while i would need a powerpc or leopard mac to resolve quicken update problems when my powerbook g4 died. i found insanelymac just before i solved the quicken problem. so now i am just stubborn about getting snow leopard to run on my old acer 5100, amd cpu. i downloaded Kalyway_10.5.2_DVD_Intel_Amd_iso and burned it on a dvd using mac Disk Utility on my macbook pro. it boots from the acer dvd drive. stops at a screen showing the dvd and offering "press any key", "enter -v, or enter ?". i chose -v. it hangs and repeats "still waiting for root device." prior messages are from path: "UUID" waiting on <dict ID= "0"><key>IOProviderClass</key>string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid</string></dict> waiting for boot volume with UUID 8046003D3-83E9-36B8-AB8E-11501D1805D6 …………………………….. i have read everything i can find about waiting for boot device. would appreciate any help thanks, roger Edited April 25, 2013 by Gringo Vermelho Moved to the correct forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogiervd Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 http://www.ihackintosh.com/2009/05/still-waiting-for-root-device/ steps 1 and 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsmack Posted April 25, 2013 Author Share Posted April 25, 2013 thanks for the suggestion. hd is ide. i'd like to maintain the hd for xp and install leo on a usb hd or usb memory stick, if possible, so i cn have a dual boot machine. also, my bios is so old it has no reference to the options recommended. i might just disconnect the hd and try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaldMeister Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Hi If the above does not work, i would like to recommend iDeneb, only distro that has worked for me in the past. Referring to step 3 if needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogiervd Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 When i googled your PC i saw someone had succes with iDeneb like lejenk metioned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsmack Posted April 25, 2013 Author Share Posted April 25, 2013 downloading ideneb now. will report success or failure installing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 The important point is that your Acer 5100 specs is: 1. The Soutbridge chipset: ATI SB600.......you need a SB600 driver kext for HDD / DVDRW access 2. Realtek ALC883 / ALC888 audio chipset/codec 3. Marvell 88E8056 chipset for Ethernet/LAN 4. ATI Radeon™ X1200 graphics onboard 5. AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 dual-core processor or AMD Athlon™ 64 processor or AMD Sempron processor - use a patched kernel If you are happy to stick with Snow Leopard so that you can run the kernel in 32bit mode, while still able to run 64 bit apps, then you have a better chance of finding the correct kext...... I recommend that you initially install OS X Leopard using a AMD compatible Install DVD distro such as: LawlessPPC-10.5.4-Phenom-AMD iATKOS 4a AMD Leo4Allv4.1 AMD iPC 10.5.6 iDeneb V1.4 10.5.6 etc. to set up two OS X volumes on your USB HDD and then install Leopard on one of the volumes to figure out exactly what you need to do boot and run OS X Leopard on your system......and then use Leopard to help you install OS X Snow Leopard on your second HDD volume, and so on.........see this AMD Retail Snow Leopard install guide..........you will also need patched kernels for installing OS X Lion and Mountain Lion on AMD..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsmack Posted April 27, 2013 Author Share Posted April 27, 2013 well.......... the acer site info doesn't quite match what cpuid shows. i got ideneb. does the same as kalyway at the very start. shows a screen with the f8 option for a millisecond and the goes on to the press any key to begin. i haven't yet been able to choose any options for either distro. both hang waiting for root device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 (edited) What boot flags have you used with the Kalyway installer? Press F8 and type -v modbinkernel or -v sleepkernel I forgot to mention also that if you have a IDE HDD and IDE DVDRW, then the DVDRW should be set as Master and the HDD asSlave via 80-wire IDE cable. Edited April 27, 2013 by verdant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsmack Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 both ideneb and kalyway flash right by the screen offering f8. i have downloaded both twice. i have not ever had a chance to press f8. any suggestion welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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