Mr Mylan Man Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Hey all, I just built a new computer, and I wanted to install OSX86 onto it. The specs are as follows: Intel 920 Nehalem Biostar TpowerX58 nVidia GTX260 SATA hard drive and DVD drive 6GB DDR3 RAM Now the problem I am having is when I tell it to boot up (using the -v flag) it gives me the "Still waiting for root device" error. I tried booting with the -v -x flags, and it still gives me those errors. The version I was trying was iDeneb 1.4 (based off of 10.5.6). Do any of you know of a better distribution or am I just SOL? I know that there are currently no drivers for my video card, but I'm hoping the basic driver would work well enough (I don't plan on doing intensive stuff on it, just play around some). Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppleIIGuy Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Waiting for root drvice means you have the wrong ide/sata driver installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mylan Man Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 Waiting for root drvice means you have the wrong ide/sata driver installed. The problem is, it gives me this error when I am booting into the installer. I guess that distribution is a no-go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Junky Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Use an old IDE DVD drive, should sort you out. There are issues with some newer IDE, but definately issues trying to get it to work with SATA DVD drives. if you can get a basic IDE DVD-ROM drive thats probably even better. install can be fussy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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