someguy1806 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I have a compaq presario v2418 AMD mobile sempron 3000+ 256mb DDR RAM 40GB HDD ATI Radeon 200M and when i try installing OSx86 on it it says still waiting for root device. i have left it doing that for a couple of hours, but still nothing. What do i do?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13943-installing-osx86-on-laptop-problems/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
1233666666 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Tried installing as in booting of the DVD, or do you get to install it then it does that? If you have linux, mind posting the output of 'lspci -v' here? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13943-installing-osx86-on-laptop-problems/#findComment-88673 Share on other sites More sharing options...
someguy1806 Posted April 4, 2006 Author Share Posted April 4, 2006 It says that in the installation Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13943-installing-osx86-on-laptop-problems/#findComment-88675 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1233666666 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Before you get to the installer? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13943-installing-osx86-on-laptop-problems/#findComment-88678 Share on other sites More sharing options...
someguy1806 Posted April 4, 2006 Author Share Posted April 4, 2006 no when the apple logo is on the screen. but i did it in the diag mode so i could see the error message Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13943-installing-osx86-on-laptop-problems/#findComment-88680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1233666666 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Searching google, it seems like its something to do with the hard drive/and or dvd/cd drive Unfortuantly because you're on a laptop, I don't think its easy to change jumpers/IDE channels or whatnot. Sorry I can't help further, perhaps someone else can. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13943-installing-osx86-on-laptop-problems/#findComment-88685 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1233666666 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Not sure if this will work, but try booting with the following: rd=disk1s1 -v It depends on your disk configuration however. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13943-installing-osx86-on-laptop-problems/#findComment-89040 Share on other sites More sharing options...
someguy1806 Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 ANYONE!!! if i cant get OSX working i have to run crappy windoze or FC5 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13943-installing-osx86-on-laptop-problems/#findComment-89300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mactogo Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 You've got an Radeon 200 chipset, you can't install straight from the disk, you have to use VMWARE to install it on a partition, search "x200" in these forums for specifics. I'm having the same trouble trying to install on a Turion. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13943-installing-osx86-on-laptop-problems/#findComment-89312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1233666666 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Hrrm, do you have a link to a guide on how to do that, that you could post or perhaps PM me? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13943-installing-osx86-on-laptop-problems/#findComment-89380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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