Wiseguy2K Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 Hi everybody, I've looked around on the board for this but I wasn't able to figure out my problem. I created a 13GB partition on my Seagate 250GB SATA Hard drive. When I try to install OS X86 10.4.1, I get the greyish screen with the Apple and the little spinning dial, it does that for about 5 minutes then I get a little circle with a line through it (like no parking) above the apple logo. I believe that means "waiting for root device". So, at first I thought it was my HD, so I unplugged that and one of my DVD drives, and installed a 60GB western digital as a slave under the other DVD drive (both running on the same IDE cable) and tried doing it that way and got the same error. I read that it might be my chipset? I'm asking for any help that might be useful to get OS X86 installed on this computer, either on the 250GB hard drive, or the 60GB western digital. My computer specs are: Computer: Computer Type ACPI Multiprocessor PC Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition OS Service Pack [ TRIAL VERSION ] Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 (IE 6.0 SP2) DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c) Computer Name YOUR-4DACD0EA75 User Name HP_Administrator Logon Domain [ TRIAL VERSION ] Date / Time 2006-04-01 / 23:55 Motherboard: CPU Type DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2000 MHz (10 x 200) 3800+ Motherboard Name MSI RS480M2 (MS-7093) (3 PCI, 1 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN, IEEE-1394) Motherboard Chipset ATI Radeon Xpress 200, AMD Hammer System Memory [ TRIAL VERSION ] BIOS Type Award (01/12/06) Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1) Display: Video Adapter ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series (256 MB) Video Adapter ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series (256 MB) 3D Accelerator ATI Radeon Xpress 200 (RS480) Monitor Dell 1704FPV (Analog) [17" LCD] (J66425APAGUK) Multimedia: Audio Adapter Realtek ALC658 @ ATI SB400 - AC'97 Audio Controller Storage: IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller Disk Drive ST3250823AS (250 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA) Disk Drive Generic USB SD Reader USB Device Disk Drive Generic USB CF Reader USB Device Disk Drive Generic USB SM Reader USB Device Disk Drive Generic USB MS Reader USB Device Optical Drive HP DVD Writer 840b Optical Drive IDE-DVD DROM6216 SMART Hard Disks Status OK More info can be found here http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/generic...=reg_R1002_USEN Any little bit helps! Thanks guys! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13751-cannot-install-1041-on-hp-media-center-pc-m7334n/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclip Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 I have a media center PC m7330n with an AMD x2 4200. I was able to install 10.4.X, but I had to install an ATA hard drive to install OSX -- Serial ATA does not work (that I know of) with the ATI x200 chipset. All you need to do is purchase a $50 IDE ATA drive and add it to one of the IDE controllers on the motherboard. If you take out the internel USB drive inclosure it mounts there just great (hp calls it a hot swap drive or something). Also, make sure that you set boot up option platform=X86PC on the install cd (F8 does it I think if memory serves). If you don't, the install cd won't work. You still will get the apple crossed out but it will (slowly if you wait) boot off the cd and you can install OSX to the IDE hard drive. Actually, having a second IDE drive is great because you can press "esc" when booting and select which OS you want. I also added the chain0 boot to my XP partition (so I can still boot when I forget). After you get it all you will need some hacked serverworks drivers for the x200 ide channel. It causes the clock to reset, but other than that makes things many times faster. It also will sometimes cause it to hang at boot. Hope that helps, Ron Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13751-cannot-install-1041-on-hp-media-center-pc-m7334n/#findComment-95196 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiseguy2K Posted April 13, 2006 Author Share Posted April 13, 2006 hey thanks, I'll give it a shot! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13751-cannot-install-1041-on-hp-media-center-pc-m7334n/#findComment-95562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
john123 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 hey thanks, I'll give it a shot! when you get the crossed out circle, wait about 5 minutes and the install should come on. thats wat happened to me Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13751-cannot-install-1041-on-hp-media-center-pc-m7334n/#findComment-95574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiseguy2K Posted April 18, 2006 Author Share Posted April 18, 2006 Well, I finally got around to trying it out. When I type in platform=x86pc it does not work for me, I get thrown an error code. In the boot's help i find platform=ACPI|x86pc and when I try that I get the same error codes. I've also just tried letting it load and just sit at the crossed out circle, with no results. Any ideas? When I tried this I had my 60GB western digital hooked up via IDE with my 250GB unplugged. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13751-cannot-install-1041-on-hp-media-center-pc-m7334n/#findComment-98256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrupted Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 What is the error messsage? Saying you have an error message and not posting it doesn't help too much. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13751-cannot-install-1041-on-hp-media-center-pc-m7334n/#findComment-98257 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiseguy2K Posted April 18, 2006 Author Share Posted April 18, 2006 haha, that might help wouldn't it? :pirate2: When I type in "platform=x86pc" I get the following: Panic (CPU 0 caller 0xc0321D8B): unable to find driver for this platform: "x86pc" Debugger called: <Panic> Waiting for remote debugger connection Kdp_poll: no debugger device I get the same thing for "platform=acpi" but it says "unable to find driver for ddriver for this platform: "acpi" Hope that helps, or what you were looking for Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13751-cannot-install-1041-on-hp-media-center-pc-m7334n/#findComment-98631 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiseguy2K Posted April 22, 2006 Author Share Posted April 22, 2006 Would it help if I tried a different version, like 10.4.6? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13751-cannot-install-1041-on-hp-media-center-pc-m7334n/#findComment-100948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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