bpep Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 I tried to install Leopard on my system (see specs below) for the past two months, using almost any release (iAtkos, Kalaway, Leo4All, Brazilmac) out there but somehow I cannot get a working install. Generally, the installation DVD stops and I get a "still waiting for root device" message. The closest I got was to install Leo4All v3.0 on an external eSATA disk, however a number of hardware devices (e.g. LAN, graphic card, audio) did not work at all/properly and it crashed afer a couple of restarts... and since then I have been unable to re-install, even tough I have been using the same DVD, same hardware (???). Any help on 1. what is the best release to use with my system and 2. any special tip/trick to enable a full install? Thanks a lot in advance! bpep OS : Vista 32 MOBO : ASUS Striker Extreme LGA775 nForce 680i CPU : Intel C2 Q6600 2.4GHz RAM : Corsair 2 x 1GB XMS2 Dominator DDR2 1066MHz HDD: 1 x 150 GB Raptor SATA + 1 x 250 GB WD Caviar SE16 SATA II VGA : XFX GeForce 8800 GTX 575MHz, 768MB GDDR3 1.8GHz DVD Drives: 1 SATA Lite·On SHC-52S7K-05 52x32x52x16x CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive + 1 SATA Lite-On LH-20A1L 20x DVDRW LAN : OnBoard, nforce 680i SLI built-in dual Gigabit MAC with external Marvell PHY USB : 10 x USB 2.0 OnBoard PSU : Thermaltake Toughpower 1000W Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121343-install-on-striker-extreme/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpep Posted August 25, 2008 Author Share Posted August 25, 2008 Anyone helping on this one??? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121343-install-on-striker-extreme/#findComment-868790 Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I tried to install Leopard on my system (see specs below) for the past two months, using almost any release (iAtkos, Kalaway, Leo4All, Brazilmac) out there but somehow I cannot get a working install. Generally, the installation DVD stops and I get a "still waiting for root device" message. The closest I got was to install Leo4All v3.0 on an external eSATA disk, however a number of hardware devices (e.g. LAN, graphic card, audio) did not work at all/properly and it crashed afer a couple of restarts... and since then I have been unable to re-install, even tough I have been using the same DVD, same hardware (???). Any help on 1. what is the best release to use with my system and 2. any special tip/trick to enable a full install? Thanks a lot in advance! bpep OS : Vista 32 MOBO : ASUS Striker Extreme LGA775 nForce 680i CPU : Intel C2 Q6600 2.4GHz RAM : Corsair 2 x 1GB XMS2 Dominator DDR2 1066MHz HDD: 1 x 150 GB Raptor SATA + 1 x 250 GB WD Caviar SE16 SATA II VGA : XFX GeForce 8800 GTX 575MHz, 768MB GDDR3 1.8GHz DVD Drives: 1 SATA Lite·On SHC-52S7K-05 52x32x52x16x CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive + 1 SATA Lite-On LH-20A1L 20x DVDRW LAN : OnBoard, nforce 680i SLI built-in dual Gigabit MAC with external Marvell PHY USB : 10 x USB 2.0 OnBoard PSU : Thermaltake Toughpower 1000W Kalyway seems to work for most people most of the time.....since you have an NForce chipset MOBO you cannot install vanilla i.e. stock kernels....... For Intel CPU and nForce chipset MOBOs check out the excellent threads by Mysticus C* http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=87901 and http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=109102 If you follow Mysticus C*'s guides carefully they should get you going OK...his guides and updater packages have got me up to running 10.5.4 on a 650i MOBO with a Q6600..... If you need further clarification on each step read the Kalyway 10.5.2 (IMHO the preferred choice because of giving no SUIDs errors) and iATKOSv2.0i 10.5.2 install guides in my blog......other forum readers and members have posted saying that it helped them install OS X successfully on an Asus Striker Extreme 680i nForce chipset MOBO.....both Kalyway 10.5.2 (see here posts by icemantaz) and iATKOS v2.0i 10.5.2 (see posts here on pages 81 and 82 by sQuadron)...... Starting points: Use a USB keyboard AND USB mouse....in your BIOS Set SATA as "AHCI" or Serial-ATA Configuration [Enabled] depending on BIOS SATA options Execute Disable Bit [Enabled] ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] ACPI Suspend Mode [s3] or [s1] or [s1 and S3] If no success with above, try a PATA (IDE) DVDRW if you have one available.... What about iDeneb v1 10.5.4....? See my latest blog entry on how I installed it on a SATA HDD on a 650i nForce chipset MOBO..... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121343-install-on-striker-extreme/#findComment-868972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpep Posted August 26, 2008 Author Share Posted August 26, 2008 Haxi, Thanks a lot! Have tried Kalaway, but will try again following your above advises. On iDeneb, can you please share your blog entry link? So far I tried to install it but got a "still waiting for root device" error :-(. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121343-install-on-striker-extreme/#findComment-869764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Haxi, Thanks a lot! Have tried Kalaway, but will try again following your above advises. On iDeneb, can you please share your blog entry link? So far I tried to install it but got a "still waiting for root device" error :-(. "Still waiting for root device error" may have a number of causes as you will see from the Mysticus C* thread for nFORCE + Intel CPU mobos.....it is a process of elimination..... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121343-install-on-striker-extreme/#findComment-869783 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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