Metallica35 Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 to begin with, my specs are as follows: -780i SLI FTW mobo -2x 1tb Seagate SATA HDs -PATA DVD drive (hp) -intel core2 quad @2.4ghz -nVidia GeForce 9500gt graphics card -8GB (4x2GB) corsair DDR2 800mhz RAM I have almost every version of hackintosh releases under the sun. I tried almost every boot method, including changing my BIOS options, and using the rd=diskXsY command. I've been trying a combination of "nforce -v cpus=1 maxmem=2048 rd=diskXsY", but nothing can get any of these releases to boot. I get stuck at the "still waiting for root device" error every single time. The releases I have acquired include: Kalyway 10.5.2, iDeneb 10.5.5, iAtkos v1i, v4i, and v5i, and Leo4All. They all give me the same error no matter what I do! I've been trying to get Mac OS X installed on my computer because I am a computer science major in school, and I need the UNIX functionality. I currently am dual booting Vista and Linux, but I would really just rather have Mac OS X for everything on this desktop, especially since I have a macbook. No compatibility issues between my 2 computers would be lovely. Anyone who could help me, I would GREATLY appreciate it! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/152441-780i-sli-ftw-boot-problems/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
haroot Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 For those Versions you have to have installed from IDE DVD first of all. THe kernels known to work well are nforcekernel, toh_9.2sleep, toh_9.2speedstep, voodoo 1.0 9.5.0, voodoo beta 2c, prolly you have to disable the onboard ethernet, and use cpus=1 flag. try permutations of both. don't forget u need to do a -f when u mess with the extensions without KextHelper and chmod 755 your extenions if they are not when u ls -l Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/152441-780i-sli-ftw-boot-problems/#findComment-1082886 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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