heyboy2 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 I'm getting tired of this now. I have tried these distros: Kalyway 10.5.2: Find no disk utility (only external drives and DVDdrive) Leo4all v3: Find no disk utility (only external drives and DVDdrive) Leo4all v2; Find no disk utility AT ALL iDeneb 1.3: Find no disk utility AT ALL iDeneb 1.4: Find no disk utility AT ALL iATKOS 5i: Find no disk utility AT ALL iPC 10.5.6: Sends me the message (in Darwin process): "Still waiting for root device" I cannot install Leopard with any distros. No one find my SATA HDD. What should I do? My specs: Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-8S661FXM-775, Intel celeron 2,66 GHz Chipset: SiS 661FX HDD: SATA 150HDD, 200 GB, (DiamondMax 10) Grafic: ATI Radeon 9250, 256 MB Sound: Sound Blaster, SB0220 RAM: 2x510 MB RAM (Crucial) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/157127-no-distro-works/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj95 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 did you try selecting the last chipset driver with ipc 10.5.6 (Via/SiS/Marvell/SB Chipset Drivers) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/157127-no-distro-works/#findComment-1104427 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc151 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Hi, i´ve got the same problem. "did you try selecting the last chipset driver with ipc 10.5.6 (Via/SiS/Marvell/SB Chipset Drivers)" How can I choose the driver? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/157127-no-distro-works/#findComment-1104526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj95 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Hi, i´ve got the same problem. "did you try selecting the last chipset driver with ipc 10.5.6 (Via/SiS/Marvell/SB Chipset Drivers)" How can I choose the driver? Thanks when installing , choose customize> drivers> chipset drivers> select your chipset Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/157127-no-distro-works/#findComment-1104527 Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyboy2 Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 when installing , choose customize> drivers> chipset drivers> select your chipset cj95, You don't understand. We cannot choose HDD in disk utility; we can't even customize! We must choose HDD before customizing, but there are no HDD found... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/157127-no-distro-works/#findComment-1104534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oasmar Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Make sure that you have set your motherboard to AHCI mode in the BIOS. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/157127-no-distro-works/#findComment-1104588 Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyboy2 Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 Make sure that you have set your motherboard to AHCI mode in the BIOS. I can't figure out a way to do that... And it seems to by very hard to do that and many consequences. Aren't there any other solutions? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/157127-no-distro-works/#findComment-1104718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc151 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 I set AHCI in the BIOS,but I get the same error. Any other solutions? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/157127-no-distro-works/#findComment-1104745 Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyboy2 Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 I set AHCI in the BIOS,but I get the same error. Any other solutions? See, it doesn't work. There HAS to be a solution? Please! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/157127-no-distro-works/#findComment-1104750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maniac10 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Unplug everything you don't need (pci cards, extra HD's), just leave the HD, video card and the dvd. Then into your bios deactivate sound, ethernet com/lpt/usb and any other thing like that. then try again. If you get the same error try connecting your hd to another sata connector. If you're still unlucky I would try different bios configurations. Before you do any of this stuff read carefully other posts related to your motherboard or chipset so you know what you're doing. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/157127-no-distro-works/#findComment-1104776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dracea Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 try to update your bios ... custom bios ... go on this website http://www.osxcores.site50.net/ look for the exactly name of your motherboard. be careful do not try to install other bios or something that you maybe think it will work. you will end up with spare motherboard if you make any mistake. please be careful. i managed to update my bios from that site and all distro work now. take care. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/157127-no-distro-works/#findComment-1104784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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