MrSnuggy Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Hey everyone, well i have herd so much about Hackintoshs' that i have decided i want to give it ago, i really have no idiea were to start, i am completely new to the Hackintosh scene. To start of here are my system specs: AMD Phenom X3 (soon to be a quad) Asus Crosshair nForce 590 SLI nVidia 8800GT 1x 160GB SATA HDD 1x 80GB SATA HDD 1x 20GB SATA HDD (mac will go on this one) Creative X-fi Xtreme Gamer Watercooled ect ect So yeah anyway, i really have no idea on were to start with this, there are so many different installers out there i have no idea witch one to go for, Can you guys tell me the best one? and a guide on how to install it all ect? Thank you all. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/181018-lets-mac-it-up/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitap Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 1. Look for any DVD distro that says working with AMD (ur life will be much easier down the road with intel based cpus) 2. x-fi won't work with hackintosh. SB Live, Audigy1,2 would. You on-board should work 3. I am not sure about the chipset u are using, so do a lot of google searches instead of waiting for people to answer this thread would save u some time. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/181018-lets-mac-it-up/#findComment-1231848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSnuggy Posted August 22, 2009 Author Share Posted August 22, 2009 1. Look for any DVD distro that says working with AMD (ur life will be much easier down the road with intel based cpus) 2. x-fi won't work with hackintosh. SB Live, Audigy1,2 would. You on-board should work 3. I am not sure about the chipset u are using, so do a lot of google searches instead of waiting for people to answer this thread would save u some time. Ok man thanks, i have a iAtkos V7 DVD with me at the moment, but i am faced with the dreaded "still waiting for boot device" and then my hard drive spin-down, just thinking is there a way i can make it run inside of Windows? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/181018-lets-mac-it-up/#findComment-1231856 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitap Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 to run osx inside windows, you would have to look into VMware. There are places in this forum where people discuss how it would work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/181018-lets-mac-it-up/#findComment-1232230 Share on other sites More sharing options...
geiman Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 OS X in vmware isn't all its cracked up to be. For a nice experience you want it installed natively. You're probably getting the "still waiting for root device" error because of your nforce chipset. Is the optical drive you are using to boot from IDE or SATA? I've got an nforce 680i and 780i, both give me these issues. I've had luck with iPC, and iDeneb distro's. They seem to contain the updated drivers to allow booting from the dvd. A better place to look for help would be in one of the threads by a user named "Verdant" (Spelling?), link below. He has helped many of us out with our nforce boards; I'd go read his opening posts to help resolve your errors, and if you still have problems post there for help. http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...=0&p=939163 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/181018-lets-mac-it-up/#findComment-1232251 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSnuggy Posted August 22, 2009 Author Share Posted August 22, 2009 OS X in vmware isn't all its cracked up to be. For a nice experience you want it installed natively. You're probably getting the "still waiting for root device" error because of your nforce chipset. Is the optical drive you are using to boot from IDE or SATA? I've got an nforce 680i and 780i, both give me these issues. I've had luck with iPC, and iDeneb distro's. They seem to contain the updated drivers to allow booting from the dvd. A better place to look for help would be in one of the threads by a user named "Verdant" (Spelling?), link below. He has helped many of us out with our nforce boards; I'd go read his opening posts to help resolve your errors, and if you still have problems post there for help. http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...=0&p=939163 Ok cheers mate, yeah the DVD drive is SATA Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/181018-lets-mac-it-up/#findComment-1232373 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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