SAOSIN Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I been having trouble with it. I recently purchase a am2 board and seem not working with the one I been using for awhile. I use to install LawlessPCC 10.5.4 osx86 on a ECS 6100 board it work ok with graphic problem but I want to install OSX86 on M3A board for amd. I get a "still waiting for root device' on the same dvd with my new board. Could anyone help me? Thanks you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/144778-anyone-know-which-osx-work-with-m3a-board-with-phenom/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebeaf Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 I been having trouble with it. I recently purchase a am2 board and seem not working with the one I been using for awhile. I use to install LawlessPCC 10.5.4 osx86 on a ECS 6100 board it work ok with graphic problem but I want to install OSX86 on M3A board for amd. I get a "still waiting for root device' on the same dvd with my new board. Could anyone help me? Thanks you. I know... 5 months later. Sorry. Just tried it. My System: Asus M3A Video: GeForce 8800GTS Audio: Onboard drive: 80GB IDE build: Kalyway 10.5.2 intel/amd kernel used: speedstepkernal NVInject for video Boots fine although installation took about 2.5 hours. Video is stuck at 1024 x 768 Audio: not working Ethernet: not working Wireless: not working Today, I attempt to ket the video, audio & wireless up & running. During install, I chose Atheros wireless. I have an old AT&T Plug&Share b/g nic. No drivers for Vista 64 or Win 7 64, so I was able to get it running using an Atheros drive. I was hoping that I would get the same result with OSX. Obviously, this is not the case. Another note. My install hung at the very end (3 minutes remaing... mouse stopped functioning, drive stopped access, etc.) but upon reboot, the system still booted into OSX. This may have something to do with why some of my components are not working. Could be a bum burn. I will report pack with anything I come up with. I have heard tat the iPC final works with the voodoo kernel & seatbelt but I haven't tried it. Will try that this weekend on the same system. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/144778-anyone-know-which-osx-work-with-m3a-board-with-phenom/#findComment-1158530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebeaf Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 I been having trouble with it. I recently purchase a am2 board and seem not working with the one I been using for awhile. I use to install LawlessPCC 10.5.4 osx86 on a ECS 6100 board it work ok with graphic problem but I want to install OSX86 on M3A board for amd. I get a "still waiting for root device' on the same dvd with my new board. Could anyone help me? Thanks you. My system: Asus M3A (AMD 770 Chipset) Dual core Athlon 5000+ (BLACK) 3 SATA HD 1 IDE HD 1 IDE DVD-RW 8GB RAM PC2-6400 DDR2-800MHz GeForce 8800GTS Distro: LawlessPPC's 10.5.4 AT&T Plug&Share wireless b/g PCI adapter (Atheros chipset) Install went fine. Did not load audio or nic drivers. Used NVInject for initial install Used the patched Tiger (10.4.8) kext for the atheros card - works a charm. Used the 9f23 Installer for full support of the video card - quarts extreme is working. Installed audio drivers with ALC883Audio.mpkg. As an aside, my PS/2 keyboard works, but the Windows key (equiv to the Apple key) had to be remapped for me to use the "command Key" -- Also, when using the Voodoo kernel, make sure "Seatbelt" is installed. If you need any more info, drop me an email or respond to this post. -TB Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/144778-anyone-know-which-osx-work-with-m3a-board-with-phenom/#findComment-1162534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemesis_SS Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 hey theBeef its 6 months later but you might still be around... im running AMD Athlon X2 Black 5000+ (2600mhz) Asus m3a EVGA Nvidia 8800GT 2 gigs of ram (actually, 3, but it isnt seein the second) LawlessPPC 1 IDE hard drive 1 IDE DVD After many installs, reinstalls, jumper switching, and BIOS mingling im surprised to come across your post with basically the same system and no issues. Sometimes I wouldnt even change my settings and I would get new errors. When I did get a good install I was getting "waiting for root device" on boot. After trying to fix that things went real bad. Im not new to command line (in DOS) but i couldnt get terminal (running off the install disk) to copy the ATA kext to my hard drive as per several very straightforward tutorials. Its Not that it matters, because now when I install Leopard and reboot i dont make it as far as waiting for root device. I get a colossal fail early on about not being able to locate (long assed directory/flename) apple.boot.plist did you have to deal with any of this garbage? i could handle the "root device" error, because I can deal with and understand the issues stopping an OS from seeing my hard disk. it happens. But ive no idea what the plist thing is, and I dont know how to make it go back to getting the "root device" error. any ideas youve got would be sweet. hey theBeef its 6 months later but you might still be around... im running AMD Athlon X2 Black 5000+ (2600mhz) Asus m3a EVGA Nvidia 8800GT 2 gigs of ram (actually, 3, but it isnt seein the second) LawlessPPC 1 IDE hard drive 1 IDE DVD After many installs, reinstalls, jumper switching, and BIOS mingling im surprised to come across your post with basically the same system and no issues. Sometimes I wouldnt even change my settings and I would get new errors. When I did get a good install I was getting "waiting for root device" on boot. After trying to fix that things went real bad. Im not new to command line (in DOS) but i couldnt get terminal (running off the install disk) to copy the ATA kext to my hard drive as per several very straightforward tutorials. Its Not that it matters, because now when I install Leopard and reboot i dont make it as far as waiting for root device. I get a colossal fail early on about not being able to locate (long assed directory/flename) apple.boot.plist did you have to deal with any of this garbage? i could handle the "root device" error, because I can deal with and understand the issues stopping an OS from seeing my hard disk. it happens. But ive no idea what the plist thing is, and I dont know how to make it go back to getting the "root device" error. any ideas youve got would be sweet. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/144778-anyone-know-which-osx-work-with-m3a-board-with-phenom/#findComment-1321367 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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