NebulaSleuth Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Does the JaS 10.5.4 install disk have the nForce SATA drivers? What about 9800GX2 nVidia drivers & config? When I use the Kalyway 10.5.2 disk it is able to find and install, but JaS 10.5.4 gets stuck at "still waiting for root device" during install. I'm guessing it's because it doesn't support the SATA on my eVGA 780i nForce motherboard. Kalyway does, but doesn't support my 9800GX2 video card other than standard VGA. And although it runs at 1680x1050x32 it is a bit slow. I'm an expert with a PC, don't know squat about the MAC & OSX, which is what this endeaver is all about. Long story short, I wasn't able to get the 9800GX2 running by following the threads here. I trashed my (kaly) OSX in the process. Now I have no OSX running. I was hoping the latest JaS would solve all my problems, but I can't get it to install. All the instructions I can find for adding kexts to the ISO, seem to involve actually having a running MAC (which I don't) and don't show how to do it from a PC. (maybe using TransMac?) At any rate, I don't know if JaS will solve the 9800GX2 problems or not. Does someone have an install disk that will get this all straightened out? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122022-kalyway-vs-jas/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisrocks Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I have pretty much the same setup except with an nForce 680i instead of the 780i Don't bother trying Leo4All that failed for me, can't see the SATA drive just like JaS can't, I sometimes get a weird Journal Size 2048 vs 512 error, and sometimes the still waiting for root device error depending on how it's feeling. I'm glad to hear that Kalyway at least SOMEWHAT works. On my home pc (on laptop at the moment) I have a link to some KEXTS which are optimised for 10.5.4 and 9800GX2 so I'm looking forward to using those, but I'm yet to even try and OSX86 boot yet as my only attempt has failed. Sorry if you thought this was an answer but I'm pressing for one myself! One thing I've found that's interesting is http://www.insanelymac.com/lofiversion/index.php/t68480.html Installing the flat 10.5 and then updating it to 10.5.4 but I have absolutely no idea how I'd go about updating a hacked OSX86 obviously as I haven't even used it yet. EDIT: Now I'm home - http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...110366&st=0 That's the thread. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122022-kalyway-vs-jas/#findComment-863727 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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