whosjk Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 ok i have a 10.5.1 kalyway install disc that worked perfectly on my desktop install i now have a brand new hp dv7 series laptop that gives me the cannot find root device circle with cross in it when i try to install from disc... from the information that i've gathered here ... i cant install because of ide controllers... what is my other option? can i copy the kalyway install disc over to my 8gb flash drive and install that way? do i have any options or is this beautiful new laptop going to have to suck because it'll only run vista? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolaks Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 i dunno much abt ur laptop.. i can just try.. hav u tried enabling AHCI in bios? i'm sorry of this option isnt there.. just trying to help.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whosjk Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 can anyone else comment on this? how do i install osx on a laptop that has an ide dvd drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smcpipint Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 I've installed Kalyway 10.5.2 onto my X38 desktop box from flash, because the DVD is a IDE drive. However, the method I used requires a working Mac; you restore the DVD image to the flash drive using the OS X disk utility. Note that my BIOS recognizes the flash drive as a hard drive; booting from it requires that the BIOS be set to boot from hard drive, and then that the Hard Drive Boot priority be set to the flash drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryuu.nami Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 hey, maybe you could use ultraiso version 9.2 or newer to burn the installation image on the flash dsik. in UltraISO choose bootable->write disk image. you should be able to see a dialog displayed. Then choose disk drive and image file and write method as usb-hdd+. Then write. Change your bios setting to make your laptop boot from flash disk. It may work. bradley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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