nuditarian Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I decided to update my vanilla 10.5.5 install to 10.5.7, and I'm stuck now with a broken install. Initially, the install failed, so I booted to an external 10.5.2 install and re-ran it from that install. Install completed, but system would not boot(KPanic). I decided to install Chameleon 2.0 rc1 and run the ideneb combo upgrade kit to see if I could get any farther. Install went smoothly, but still no full boot. At this point Chameleon seems to be working, I can attempt to boot the 10.5.7 install. Single user mode works fine, I can see and mount the boot drive, but normal boot with verbose shows "Still waiting for root device" Any tips? Is DSDT patching an absolute requirement for 10.5.7 on all installs? How can I tell if the Extensions in /Extra are being loaded by Chameleon? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/172503-1055-to-1057-on-a-dell-precision-690/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuditarian Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 I thought maybe it was drivers, I copied the ATA drivers from 10.5.5 and was able to boot. Then I noticed that it just hadn't loaded the ATA drivers because I had hosed permissions on those kexts. With this in mind, and given all the chatter about "Still waiting for root device" being related to ATA jumper settings, I switched my DVD drives from being Cable Select to being set to master and slave, copied the 10.5.7 ATA kexts back, and all is OK. So the moral of the story, if you have ANY PATA/ATA/IDE devices, set them to master/slave instead of cable select. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/172503-1055-to-1057-on-a-dell-precision-690/#findComment-1186687 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Donker Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 I decided to update my vanilla 10.5.5 install to 10.5.7, and I'm stuck now with a broken install. Initially, the install failed, so I booted to an external 10.5.2 install and re-ran it from that install. Install completed, but system would not boot(KPanic). I decided to install Chameleon 2.0 rc1 and run the ideneb combo upgrade kit to see if I could get any farther. Install went smoothly, but still no full boot. At this point Chameleon seems to be working, I can attempt to boot the 10.5.7 install. Single user mode works fine, I can see and mount the boot drive, but normal boot with verbose shows "Still waiting for root device" Any tips? Is DSDT patching an absolute requirement for 10.5.7 on all installs? How can I tell if the Extensions in /Extra are being loaded by Chameleon? Have you got Snow Leopard working on it? I want it so mutch can you help me please? THX Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/172503-1055-to-1057-on-a-dell-precision-690/#findComment-1490829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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