drho2004 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 hello all, i have a dell sx280 and trying to install leo from iAtkos 10.5.5 specs: P4 2.8ghz ht 512MB of ram 40GB HD external USB optical everything installs correctly, but after the installation is done, it will not boot from HD, it gets stuck at 'looking for root device' ive tried many combinations of bootloader/kernels/smbios etc and cant get it to boot to desktop. anyone out there have a dell similar to this on that has been successfull? any help would be appreciated Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139817-dell-sx280-iatkos-1055/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Second_Theory Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I'm stuck in the same place, when you find out let me know!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139817-dell-sx280-iatkos-1055/#findComment-990321 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drho2004 Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 ok succes!! this is what i chose on the 'custom' bootloader = PC efi decrypter = Apple smbios = SMBIOS EFI Kernel = 9.2 Toh ACPI = stock VGA = all intel system = i just checked all the IDE/SATA network - checked all ok sound works. network doesnt, and neither qc/ci. i will check around for drivers for that. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139817-dell-sx280-iatkos-1055/#findComment-990369 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alien2xx Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 ok succes!! this is what i chose on the 'custom'bootloader = PC efi decrypter = Apple smbios = SMBIOS EFI Kernel = 9.2 Toh ACPI = stock VGA = all intel system = i just checked all the IDE/SATA network - checked all ok sound works. network doesnt, and neither qc/ci. i will check around for drivers for that. Hi, I installed 10.5.4 on a sx280 sometime ago (now long gone since the hdd died and its resting under my desk waiting for another drive :-)), I was able to get QE/CI but the tool bar on top was not transparent but I remember that it reported QE/CI under System Profiler, I was able to change the resolution too. I attached the file I used, give it a try just in case you have the resolution problem (I used 1280x1024x75). I also found the kext(s) I believed I used for the NIC (Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx gigabit), I have attached them as well, dont remember if I used only the one for the NIC (AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext) or I had to use the other (IONetworkingFamily.kext) too for it to work, You are welcome to give it a try. Let us know how it goes. Cheers! btw, this was for the small form factor sx280. AppleBCM5751Ethernet.kext.zip AppleIntel915G.zip IONetworkingFamily.kext.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139817-dell-sx280-iatkos-1055/#findComment-990385 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drho2004 Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 thank you for all the kexts! I installed all of them using kexthelper, this are my results: i am able to change resolutions and leo detercts my display correctly. I dont think i have qe/ci enabled as i do not see the ripple effect from widgets. oh well i cannot go online, in the system pref pane it says that im connected but im not really. also system profiler quits on me when i try to open it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139817-dell-sx280-iatkos-1055/#findComment-990399 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alien2xx Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 thank you for all the kexts! I installed all of them using kexthelper, this are my results: i am able to change resolutions and leo detercts my display correctly. I dont think i have qe/ci enabled as i do not see the ripple effect from widgets. oh well i cannot go online, in the system pref pane it says that im connected but im not really. also system profiler quits on me when i try to open it. Hi, give this a try for the NIC... use both kexts inside. BCM57XX_kext.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139817-dell-sx280-iatkos-1055/#findComment-990764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drho2004 Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 thank you for the other kext, but still no go :censored2: ive been reading more about the issue and it seems the MAC address is stuck at 00000000000 and if i try to change it, it hands the system...it has to do with the nic these dells use...grrr...ill keep researching.... do you know any solution to the system profiler quiting on me? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139817-dell-sx280-iatkos-1055/#findComment-991013 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternalEmpty Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 thank you for all the kexts! I installed all of them using kexthelper, this are my results: i am able to change resolutions and leo detercts my display correctly. I dont think i have qe/ci enabled as i do not see the ripple effect from widgets. oh well i cannot go online, in the system pref pane it says that im connected but im not really. also system profiler quits on me when i try to open it. you need a bit work on those issues 1, for Profiler, you can get the profile patch, get it at usual place 2, to see if your qe/ci is working or not ..easiest way is to install a X86TOOLS and will tell you all 3, if you are not using broadcom network cards, I don't think you can make your internet works by using the above kext what other issue you guys got Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/139817-dell-sx280-iatkos-1055/#findComment-991625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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