tprankd Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I was able to successfully installed Kalyway 10.5.2 on a Gateway notebook without any problems. I modified a Dell Insprion 546 to make it much more powerful than the Gateway notebook. I've tried almost everything, and countless hours of going through Google. What are possible solutions to troubleshoot this? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/209207-kalyway-1052-and-dell-insprion-546-still-waiting-for-root-device-on-install/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
tprankd Posted January 27, 2010 Author Share Posted January 27, 2010 I'm sorry about double posting, but I could really use some help. I posted later on in the night, and my thread will probably move to page 2 while I'm gone today. I'm pretty sure that I'm using a SATA HDD and a SATA DVD disk drive. I've looked around in my bios for AHCI, and I cannot seem to find anything. Does anyone know what might not be correct? edit 1 - I also partitioned my hard drive, and formatted the new partition to HTS+ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/209207-kalyway-1052-and-dell-insprion-546-still-waiting-for-root-device-on-install/#findComment-1397252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
muchlife Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Dell inspirons usually dont have option to change AHCI (only mode available) so i wouldnt worry about that. The dreaded still waiting for root device error can happen if you forget to choose a chipset, like the ICHX or if you choose more than 1 chipset, which you should not do. What OSX 86 install distro are you trying to use? what options are you selecting when customizing the install? this is the most important part for a successfull install, anyone thats going to help you needs to know this. I'm most interested in what kernel, what chipset and what AppleSMBIOS option you chose as these are the most cirtical components Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/209207-kalyway-1052-and-dell-insprion-546-still-waiting-for-root-device-on-install/#findComment-1397650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tprankd Posted January 27, 2010 Author Share Posted January 27, 2010 Dell inspirons usually dont have option to change AHCI (only mode available) so i wouldnt worry about that. The dreaded still waiting for root device error can happen if you forget to choose a chipset, like the ICHX or if you choose more than 1 chipset, which you should not do. What OSX 86 install distro are you trying to use? what options are you selecting when customizing the install? this is the most important part for a successfull install, anyone thats going to help you needs to know this. I'm most interested in what kernel, what chipset and what AppleSMBIOS option you chose as these are the most cirtical components Thanks for the reply! I'm using Kalyway Intel_AMD 10.5.2. I've tried the following options (\n represents a different attempt) -v -x -v -v -x platform=X86PC -v -x platform=AHCI etc etc etc What might I be able to try? How could I find out the other information you asked for? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/209207-kalyway-1052-and-dell-insprion-546-still-waiting-for-root-device-on-install/#findComment-1397683 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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