Nazraen Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Hey everyone, I am farily new to the Hackintosh world (but not so new to the Macintosh world), and I seem to run into the same problem that a lot of people do when trying to install Kalyway 10.5.2 DVD Intel_Amd (sse2/sse3) EFI V8. The dreaded "Still waiting for root device" error. I have tried minor fixes such as reburning the DVD at slower speeds and adjusting some bios settings but all to no avail. I'm not able to use a Mac (my friend's 250 lb. ass broke my Mac Book Pro) for any kind of kexts work, nor am I too familliar with them anyway. More or less I am asking for any solutions that may be viable to someone who is in the situation that I am in. These are my system specs: System: Gateway MX7120 (Notebook) Mobile AMD Athlon 64 3400+ (both SSE2 and SSE3 compatible) Gateway Motherboard (7100 series) Pheonix BIOS ver. 65.08.00 1GB of ram (2x 512MB PC2700 166Mhz) ATI Radeon Xpress 200M series Video Adapter Conexant AC-Link Audio I am not sure if you need any other information from me. I am pretty sure that both the Hard Drive and DVD Drive are both IDE/PATA. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated and I thank you in advance. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112633-trying-to-install-kalyway-1052-dvd-intel_amd-sse2sse3-efi-v8-on-gateway-mx7120/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazraen Posted June 26, 2008 Author Share Posted June 26, 2008 I hate to do this to my own topic, but *bump*. Hopefully someone knows of a worth while solution to this issue. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112633-trying-to-install-kalyway-1052-dvd-intel_amd-sse2sse3-efi-v8-on-gateway-mx7120/#findComment-797212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tech4 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Try booting the DVD from an External USB Drive. I have the same issue if I use the internal drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112633-trying-to-install-kalyway-1052-dvd-intel_amd-sse2sse3-efi-v8-on-gateway-mx7120/#findComment-797704 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazraen Posted June 26, 2008 Author Share Posted June 26, 2008 I see. Looks like I may have to make a small purchase in the future. Thank you for your reply. I'll update this topic later if it works. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112633-trying-to-install-kalyway-1052-dvd-intel_amd-sse2sse3-efi-v8-on-gateway-mx7120/#findComment-797885 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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