fionny Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Hi All, Im a bit of a noob to all this but am keen to give it all a try, I downloaded IPC OSx86 10.5.6 and burned it to a dvd. When i get to the darwin booter i hit f8 and enter -x -v -f cpus=1 however i keep get an error, i have attached a photo of this: System is as follows: Processor: AMD 64 x2 6400+ 2.8ghz RAM: 4gigs Mother Board: MSI K9N SLI Platininum If anyone could help id be grateful. Thanks, Fionny Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/149025-problem-with-ipc-osx86-1056/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna1 Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Hi, Im sorry I cant really help you much - im a noob also - but im having a problem similar to you - here I have come to the conclusion that it may be motherboard issues or something to do with hardware - as i have tried alot of different suggestions and none seem to want to work, it always comes down to "still waiting for root device". My dvd reader is on ide channel and my hdd is on sata but i am trying to install to an external usb hdd. If you figure out anything that may help me i would be greatful, i will let you know if i get anything working Cheers. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/149025-problem-with-ipc-osx86-1056/#findComment-1054929 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestGuardian Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Read the notes provided with the iPC ISO as well as the guides written for it in these forums. Make sure you follow those that are relevant to AMD machines. Some quick notes: - set your BIOS SATA controller to AHCI mode - in the installer, make sure you have the correct motherboard chipset kext selected for your machine - root device errors are directly related to kernel type, partition type and activity flag, and ATA controllers - choose the right kernel for your machine (usually XNU or Voodoo for AMD) - when using Disk Utility to partition your hd, select the option MBR for custom ISO builds. for retail installations, use GUID Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/149025-problem-with-ipc-osx86-1056/#findComment-1054942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna1 Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 hey ForrestGuardian I am also having a problem very similar to fionny (still waiting for root device) here I have an Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2220 @ 2.40GHz cpu and i have tried the AHCI mode and other suggestions but still get this error... would you be able to suggest anything that may help me further the installation of osx86 thanks heaps Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/149025-problem-with-ipc-osx86-1056/#findComment-1054949 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fionny Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 Thanks for the reply, the bios doesnt seem to have AHCI options anywhere within it, however the partition im trying to install onto is part of a raid (which i read includes AHCI when its enabled). Is it that its looking to the wrong drive or something? I never get to any GUI to use the Disk Utilities or any of that. Thanks, Fionny Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/149025-problem-with-ipc-osx86-1056/#findComment-1055500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fionny Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 Bump... Anyone any further idea's? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/149025-problem-with-ipc-osx86-1056/#findComment-1055708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestGuardian Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 You will need to install a SATA version, or get a USB external, DVD drive. iPC and other custom Leopard images will not boot off IDE optical drives. Sorry. I must have missed that the first time around. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/149025-problem-with-ipc-osx86-1056/#findComment-1055795 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fionny Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 Can you suggest a version thats suited? My dvd drive is IDE but the HD's are SATA (raided). So i will need to install off a large usb key some such is it? Thanks for the answers! Cheers, Fionny Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/149025-problem-with-ipc-osx86-1056/#findComment-1055916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestGuardian Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 If you can't install another, or don't want to replace your current dvd drive, the simplest thing to do is to use a cheap, external usb dvd drive. Apart from that, I don't know of any custom Leopard DVD images that will boot from IDE -- it's very rare that they do. If there is one, I don't know what it's called. You may just have to download another build and keep trying. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/149025-problem-with-ipc-osx86-1056/#findComment-1057713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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