onetimeuseonly Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I currently have two SATA hard drives, one which already has XP and the second to which I am attempting to install OS X. I've tried several Kalyway, iatkos, and Leo4All OS X discs and versions as well as attempting to install OS X via VMWare Server virtualization, and I still get the same 'still waiting for root device' error, usually hanging after 'AppleGenericPCATADriver' is displayed in verbose mode. I've tried -v -x -f, and I still get the same error. I've used GParted to partition the second drive for FAT32 as well as used diskpart in the command prompt to create the partition on the second drive, but I have still been unsuccessful. Is it possible that my build is simply unfit to install Mac OS X on? Thank you for your help. CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66Ghz 8MB Mobo - Gigabyte GA-EP45-EXTREME RAM - CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 GPU - EVGA 512-P3-N873-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB Power Supply - Corsair TX750W 750-Watt Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141230-cannot-get-os-x-to-install-via-disc-or-vmware/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karthik S Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 format the partition to hfs (or journaled) while you are in the installation process. Do this by entering Disc Utilities from the top menu and use erase. Then I think it should be fine Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141230-cannot-get-os-x-to-install-via-disc-or-vmware/#findComment-1000767 Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetimeuseonly Posted December 17, 2008 Author Share Posted December 17, 2008 The problem is that I never get to the installation process. The system always hangs before I can actually get to the Mac OS X install and use Disc Utilities to format and partition the drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141230-cannot-get-os-x-to-install-via-disc-or-vmware/#findComment-1002470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lase Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 You might find this guide by ~pcwiz useful: http://######.com/index.php?option=...6&Itemid=48 Not sure if you've already taken a look, but thats how I managed to get it to work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141230-cannot-get-os-x-to-install-via-disc-or-vmware/#findComment-1006059 Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetimeuseonly Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 You might find this guide by ~pcwiz useful: http://######.com/index.php?option=...6&Itemid=48 Not sure if you've already taken a look, but thats how I managed to get it to work. Actually, I did get this to work, but it's very slow and not truly an independent OS. Do you have any advice on speeding it up or installing applications? I would still like to be able to have Mac OSX as an actual operating system, but I don't know if that's possible at this point. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141230-cannot-get-os-x-to-install-via-disc-or-vmware/#findComment-1008041 Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetimeuseonly Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 What BIOS settings/physical drive setups are required to install OSX on a SATA drive? Does the installation drive have to be the primary drive on the system? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141230-cannot-get-os-x-to-install-via-disc-or-vmware/#findComment-1015245 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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