osx86guy Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Hi everyone, I'm a bit of a self-admitted newbie when it comes to osx86 however i'd like to give it a shot but I'm having some troubles installing it. (tried installing via Iatkos7, iDeneb 10.5.5 and kalyway and all are freezing at or around the same point) First, My system specs: -Intel Quad Core Q8200 2.33GHZ processor running on a Gateway DX4720-01h with Nvidia 630i/7100 chipset (motherboard is a gateway customized MSI ms-7399 flashed with bios A7399NG2.202 AMI based bios) -4 GB Ram (2.8GB free after the onboard video takes the memory it needs) -1 SATA Optiarc DVD Burner AD-7203S DVD+R DL -2 SATA HArd drives, one is a 1TB hitachi and the other is a 750GB Seagate running on a SPAN RAID setup to combine both hard drives into one Onboard Firewire, LAN, Nvidia 7100 video, smartmedia card reader Currently installed operating systems: Windows XP professional x64 - installed without any problems Ubuntu Linux 9.04 64 bit - Installed using noapic flag during installation worked without a hitch Now - problems with installation with OSX86: when I stick in the boot DVD for both Iatkos and iDeneb, the darwin bootloader appears and says press any keep to edit startup options. I do such and at the boot line (where it says boot: ) I type in noapic. when i type that, the bootloader just reappears again and i do it over again only for this cycle to keep going. If i let it boot normally, it shows the apple logo with a circle below it, then i wait about a minute and a half then a logo appears at top center of the apple logo which appears like a no-smoking logo. When i go back into the startup options for darwin and type in boot: -v at the boot line, it goes right up until it states still waiting for root device. is there any way I can get macos on this system? if so, please send me any assistance you can. Please help! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/192613-problems-installing-osx86-tried-several-distros-please-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealMatrix Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Hi everyone, I'm a bit of a self-admitted newbie when it comes to osx86 however i'd like to give it a shot but I'm having some troubles installing it. (tried installing via Iatkos7, iDeneb 10.5.5 and kalyway and all are freezing at or around the same point) First, My system specs: -Intel Quad Core Q8200 2.33GHZ processor running on a Gateway DX4720-01h with Nvidia 630i/7100 chipset (motherboard is a gateway customized MSI ms-7399 flashed with bios A7399NG2.202 AMI based bios) -4 GB Ram (2.8GB free after the onboard video takes the memory it needs) -1 SATA Optiarc DVD Burner AD-7203S DVD+R DL -2 SATA HArd drives, one is a 1TB hitachi and the other is a 750GB Seagate running on a SPAN RAID setup to combine both hard drives into one Onboard Firewire, LAN, Nvidia 7100 video, smartmedia card reader Currently installed operating systems: Windows XP professional x64 - installed without any problems Ubuntu Linux 9.04 64 bit - Installed using noapic flag during installation worked without a hitch Now - problems with installation with OSX86: when I stick in the boot DVD for both Iatkos and iDeneb, the darwin bootloader appears and says press any keep to edit startup options. I do such and at the boot line (where it says boot: ) I type in noapic. when i type that, the bootloader just reappears again and i do it over again only for this cycle to keep going. If i let it boot normally, it shows the apple logo with a circle below it, then i wait about a minute and a half then a logo appears at top center of the apple logo which appears like a no-smoking logo. When i go back into the startup options for darwin and type in boot: -v at the boot line, it goes right up until it states still waiting for root device. is there any way I can get macos on this system? if so, please send me any assistance you can. Please help! Hey, I also have the still waiting for root device problems with 2 of my computers (Acer Aspire 7000 and Acer Aspire One d250) possibly you can fix your problem with the info on this url http://www.muzzle.nl/osx86-installatie/208...vice-guide.html Let me know how it worked out for you. Virgil Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/192613-problems-installing-osx86-tried-several-distros-please-help/#findComment-1303342 Share on other sites More sharing options...
outkastgti Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Hey, I also have the still waiting for root device problems with 2 of my computers (Acer Aspire 7000 and Acer Aspire One d250) possibly you can fix your problem with the info on this url http://www.muzzle.nl/osx86-installatie/208...vice-guide.html Let me know how it worked out for you. Virgil Try changing your BIOS settings for SATA controllers to AHCI mode. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/192613-problems-installing-osx86-tried-several-distros-please-help/#findComment-1303497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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