jzmax22 Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Ok , im kinda new at the whole OSX on pc thing, so please bear with me! First and for most here are my computer specs AMD Athlon 64 3700+ 2.2GHz Ram: 2 Gig Westen Digital IDE HDD Nvidia Gforce 7100 256 MBRam TSSTcorp cd/dvdw IDE Ive tried ever disc out there to install with no luck The kalyway disc gets an error about the firewire and then stalls on waiting for root device the ATKOS disc goes to the Grey apple screen and just hangs there and eventully a circle with a dash through apprears , i assume that is not good. Any suggestions??? Am i a hopeless cause?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115018-i-need-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stravaganza Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Both distributions suffer from the same reason: cannot see the HDD. What's the motherboard? Did you try a SATA HDD? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115018-i-need-help/#findComment-814498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jzmax22 Posted July 10, 2008 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 ECS KN1 Extreme IDE HDD I also have another pc. Almost same specs except that it is an ASUS K8V SE Deluxe Mobo. would one work better than the other? I have an external USB 250gb HDD i could use , would that work better? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115018-i-need-help/#findComment-814516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stravaganza Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Your ECS motherboard has an nForce 4 chipset (northbridge), which means you need a patched kext to see the HDD. I would try Leo4All distribution and then select the appropriate chipset during installation. (I am not even sure that Leo4All has an option for nForce 4 chipset support. But it certainly supports more systems than the other two.) It does not look like the HDD interface problem. It is a chipset problem, I believe. I would not try ASUS motherboard because it has VIA chipset. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115018-i-need-help/#findComment-814594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgsheen Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 You're getting "Still waiting for root device" while you're booting from the installation DVD? (or have you already installed and you get the message booting from your HD?) For AMD installs, nForce4 chipsets seem to have pretty good success generally. The error you're getting normally means the chipset isn't supported properly... (improper .kexts ("drivers") on whatever disk you're booting from - the bootloader starts with generic support and then tries to load "real drivers". If it can't, or tries to use the wrong ones, you drives "disappear"...) Strange thing here is most AMD releases have better support for IDE drives than SATA usually (never used kalyway though). But, some have reported that how their IDE drives are "pinned" can sometimes make a difference. It's never been a problem for me ( I use Zephyroth's releases ), but some have to re-arrange their IDE drives. You might try running the DVD as "Master" on your secondary IDE connector for example (or changing up the "Master" / "Slave" order, or switching to "Cable Select" or vice-versa) The "medevil nforce" .kexts are very good now and most people have very good luck with nforce4 chipsets... For AMD, Zephyroth or Leo4All are the more popular dists. Oh, as for the external USB HD: Ya - it'll work. That's my preferred method installing on new hardware to see if OSx86 will work or not. That's how I got OSx86 up and running on a new (unsupported) 780G MB with a quad-core Phenom... Going a step further: people even use external DVD drives on "problem machines" to get around chipset problems. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115018-i-need-help/#findComment-814738 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jzmax22 Posted July 10, 2008 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 i would like to thank you guys for your great responses, I will try to figure out what to do. To answer the question it hangs when i put in the Install DVD, have not been able to install it yet. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115018-i-need-help/#findComment-815085 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jzmax22 Posted July 11, 2008 Author Share Posted July 11, 2008 ok, now i have got to the install screen and my mouse and keyboard dont work. any suggestions. I have a wireless mouse and keyboard, but plugged into the p2/p port via usb to p2/2 adapter. could this be my problem?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/115018-i-need-help/#findComment-815616 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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