cbanim Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 I have a AMD athlon 64 2800 on a Asus K8N-E nForce3 motherboard that supports MMX, SSE, and SSE2. Video card is a AGP Geforce 4 TI 4200 I have installed the ipc release of osx10.5.6 on this system several times choosing different kernals and chipsets but never being sucessfull once the system reboots. Most of the time i get a the great loading screen with the progress wheel and apple logo for several seconds, then the "(/)" stop logo will show up over the apple symbol. i have tried using the "-f" flag after each install and still no sucess. when i boot with the "-v" flag i have gotten the "still waiting for root device" msg looped forever. other times i have seen some information then it just stalls and locks up the machine. any help on which kernal, driver, chipset, and/or fixes i should try would be much appreciated. Thank you!! -chris Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/159745-osx-1056-installation-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nohimn Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 I'm guessing you'll need the Voodoo kernel along with the AppleNForceATA chipset. I wouldn't know personally, I don't run an AMD processor, but Voodoo is developed for the AMD processor and nforce boards require the AppleNForceATA chipset to run SATA drives (if you're missing that one, that might explain why the bootloader cannot find the root device). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/159745-osx-1056-installation-help/#findComment-1119209 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbanim Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 I'm guessing you'll need the Voodoo kernel along with the AppleNForceATA chipset. I wouldn't know personally, I don't run an AMD processor, but Voodoo is developed for the AMD processor and nforce boards require the AppleNForceATA chipset to run SATA drives (if you're missing that one, that might explain why the bootloader cannot find the root device). I'm trying that with the ideneb release. Just the vodko and the applenforceata chipset. I tried it on the ipc release and it fixed the "searching for root device" thing. When I finish loading it I'll post the last few lines from the -v flag. Thanks for the reply. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/159745-osx-1056-installation-help/#findComment-1119221 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunarXtC Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Let me know how it goes, I too am trying to get this on an AMD. If you ever get it right can you tell me which bios/kernels any other settings you may have done to help me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/159745-osx-1056-installation-help/#findComment-1119335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbanim Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 Ok. I have pretty much installed osx86 30+ times on my system with some sort of different configuration each time. Anyone have any advice about my system with the ipc or ideneb release? I'm 100% lost at this point. I no longer get the waiting for root device. My system seems t lock after a bunch of appledecrypt stuff and some local host messages. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/159745-osx-1056-installation-help/#findComment-1119998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbanim Posted April 2, 2009 Author Share Posted April 2, 2009 awe hum dinger! I've tried the sleep kernal with the and patch and applenforce chipset and still nothing. Anyone? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/159745-osx-1056-installation-help/#findComment-1121947 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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