Pyrokenesis_17 Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Hello there, this is my first time asking for help on the actual forum, up untill now I have wandered the chatroom. I am having an extremely difficult time installing Max OS X Leopard on my computer. I constantly get the "Waiting for Root Device" when using my Sata HDD and Sata DVD Drive. When I used my IDE DVD with IDE HDD I got the IOATACatalog Blocking Bus error. I have tried using an IDE to USB adaptor with IDE or Sata, I tried SATA to USB with IDE or Sata, all with no avail! I am honestly running out of options, as all my distros have AppleNForceATA installed. My computer: Motherboard: Asus Striker II Extreme (nVidia 790i Ultra) CPU: Intel Pentium D 3.0 GHz Memory: 2 x 2 GB OCZ 12800 HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB SATA DVD: Liteon Sata Graphics Card: PNY GeForce 9800 GTX Power Supply: Ultra 1000w Distros: iAtkos 5i 10.5.5 iPC 10.5.6 Kalway 10.5.2 Leo4all ver3 I have NOT been able to install Leopard AT ALL, so suggestions regarding the installation of kexts and what not cannot be possible! I HAVE search ALL over for answers and tried everything mentioned! NOTHING has worked for me! I am hoping those who have had successful installs based on my chipset/mobo can come forth and shed some light on my troubles! I have attempted to install from USB Thumb Drive, but I get the "EBIOS Read Error" constantly. I have access to a Leopard installation through VMWare, so if anyone suggests something involving a mac I can try to do it to the best of my ability. The harddrive I am installing to has 3 partitions, one dedicated to file storage, one dedicated to vista, and one dedicated to the non existant leopard :-D I am hoping I have provided enough information for everyone and hopefully you guys can help me out! I really would like to get this installed and would really appreciate your help!!!!! Thank you ! Alex Edit: I was able to boot into installation (Select language screen) using Leo4All Ver3 with the command "platform=ahci -v" but when I click the arrow after selecting english, the system gives me the little spinning bar but it never stops... the cd drive stops spinning... any ideas anyone? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/147836-osx86-striker-ii-extreme/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrokenesis_17 Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 Bump? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/147836-osx86-striker-ii-extreme/#findComment-1050962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazilato Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 I don't know if it could help you out I was able to install with almost the same config as yours But I had to put " nforce -v" and something very strange I had to plug the MAC keyboard then the installation screen started !!! Incredible with a PS2 keyboard the installation was stopping at the very start during boot Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/147836-osx86-striker-ii-extreme/#findComment-1118933 Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Hello there, this is my first time asking for help on the actual forum, up untill now I have wandered the chatroom. I am having an extremely difficult time installing Max OS X Leopard on my computer. I constantly get the "Waiting for Root Device" when using my Sata HDD and Sata DVD Drive. When I used my IDE DVD with IDE HDD I got the IOATACatalog Blocking Bus error. I have tried using an IDE to USB adaptor with IDE or Sata, I tried SATA to USB with IDE or Sata, all with no avail! I am honestly running out of options, as all my distros have AppleNForceATA installed. My computer: Motherboard: Asus Striker II Extreme (nVidia 790i Ultra) CPU: Intel Pentium D 3.0 GHz Memory: 2 x 2 GB OCZ 12800 HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB SATA DVD: Liteon Sata Graphics Card: PNY GeForce 9800 GTX Power Supply: Ultra 1000w Distros: iAtkos 5i 10.5.5 iPC 10.5.6 Kalway 10.5.2 Leo4all ver3 I have NOT been able to install Leopard AT ALL, so suggestions regarding the installation of kexts and what not cannot be possible! I HAVE search ALL over for answers and tried everything mentioned! NOTHING has worked for me! I am hoping those who have had successful installs based on my chipset/mobo can come forth and shed some light on my troubles! I have attempted to install from USB Thumb Drive, but I get the "EBIOS Read Error" constantly. I have access to a Leopard installation through VMWare, so if anyone suggests something involving a mac I can try to do it to the best of my ability. The harddrive I am installing to has 3 partitions, one dedicated to file storage, one dedicated to vista, and one dedicated to the non existant leopard :-D I am hoping I have provided enough information for everyone and hopefully you guys can help me out! I really would like to get this installed and would really appreciate your help!!!!! Thank you ! Alex Edit: I was able to boot into installation (Select language screen) using Leo4All Ver3 with the command "platform=ahci -v" but when I click the arrow after selecting english, the system gives me the little spinning bar but it never stops... the cd drive stops spinning... any ideas anyone? Check out my Series 7 nForce chipset thread......and start with getting your BIOS settings set up for OS X according to BIOS template in post #1....... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/147836-osx86-striker-ii-extreme/#findComment-1118957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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