FNG Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 When I try to install distros such as Kalyway I get the "still waiting for root device" error. I read that this is related to the chipset kext, but the only way to add kexts to kalyway is with another mac, which i don't have... However, in my desperation I have downloaded several other distros. I still haven't figured out how to add kexts to them though. Maybe this also has to do something with AHCI? Also, I can't make any big BIOS changes because my lame Acer BIOS is locked...unless someone knows how to unlock it? I've got a big list of backdoor passwords for it but don't know what to do with them. Maybe if I pm'd the guy that wrote this he would be able to help me, but I need to know which controller is the one that I need a kext for (see attached screenshot). Here is a small part of a gigantic cpuz report: Processors ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of processors 1 Number of threads 2 APICs ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Processor 0 -- Core 0 -- Thread 0 0 -- Core 1 -- Thread 0 1 Processor 1 ID = 0 Number of cores 2 (max 2) Number of threads 2 (max 2) Name Intel Pentium E2180 Codename Conroe Specification Intel� Pentium� Dual CPU E2180 @ 2.00GHz Chipset ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Northbridge NVIDIA GeForce 7050 rev. A2 Southbridge NVIDIA nForce 620i rev. A2 Graphic Interface PCI-Express PCI-E Link Width x16 PCI-E Max Link Width x16 Memory Type DDR2 Memory Size 3072 MBytes Channels Single Memory Frequency 333.3 MHz (3:5) Monitoring ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mainboard Model MCP73VE (0x000001E5 - 0x005FE105) DMI ------------------------------------------------------------------------- DMI BIOS vendor American Megatrends Inc. version R01-B4 date 09/11/2008 DMI System Information manufacturer ACER product Aspire M1641 version R01-B4 serial PTSB30X0078270298D2700 UUID 001D9299-763B2008-07011724-20000000 DMI Baseboard vendor ACER model MCP73VE revision NVIDIA MCP73 serial 000000000 Graphics ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of adapters 1 Graphic APIs ------------------------------------------------------------------------- API NVIDIA NVAPI API NVIDIA I/O Display Adapters ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Display adapter 0 Manuf. API index 0 Display name \\.\DISPLAY1 Name NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 Revision A2 Codename G92 Technology 65 nm Memory size 1024 MB Memory type GDDR3 Memory bus width 256 bits PCI device bus 2 (0x2), device 0 (0x0), function 0 (0x0) Vendor ID 0x10DE (0x1682) Model ID 0x0615 (0x2601) Performance Level 3D Applications ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Description RAID Controller Location bus 0 (0x00), device 14 (0x0E), function 0 (0x00) Common header Vendor ID 0x10DE Model ID 0x07F8 Revision ID 0xA2 PI 0x85 SubClass 0x04 BaseClass 0x01 Cache Line 0x00 Latency 0x00 Header 0x00 Hopefully I didn't leave out anything necessary - the report was huge. PLEASE HELP ME, I've been trying to get os x on this stupid thing for almost a year now. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/212464-still-waiting-for-root-device~kalyway-1052/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 When I try to install distros such as Kalyway I get the "still waiting for root device" error. I read that this is related to the chipset kext, but the only way to add kexts to kalyway is with another mac, which i don't have... However, in my desperation I have downloaded several other distros. I still haven't figured out how to add kexts to them though. Maybe this also has to do something with AHCI? Also, I can't make any big BIOS changes because my lame Acer BIOS is locked...unless someone knows how to unlock it? I've got a big list of backdoor passwords for it but don't know what to do with them. Maybe if I pm'd the guy that wrote this he would be able to help me, but I need to know which controller is the one that I need a kext for (see attached screenshot). Here is a small part of a gigantic cpuz report: Processors ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of processors 1 Number of threads 2 APICs ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Processor 0 -- Core 0 -- Thread 0 0 -- Core 1 -- Thread 0 1 Processor 1 ID = 0 Number of cores 2 (max 2) Number of threads 2 (max 2) Name Intel Pentium E2180 Codename Conroe Specification Intel� Pentium� Dual CPU E2180 @ 2.00GHz Chipset ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Northbridge NVIDIA GeForce 7050 rev. A2 Southbridge NVIDIA nForce 620i rev. A2 Graphic Interface PCI-Express PCI-E Link Width x16 PCI-E Max Link Width x16 Memory Type DDR2 Memory Size 3072 MBytes Channels Single Memory Frequency 333.3 MHz (3:5) Monitoring ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mainboard Model MCP73VE (0x000001E5 - 0x005FE105) DMI ------------------------------------------------------------------------- DMI BIOS vendor American Megatrends Inc. version R01-B4 date 09/11/2008 DMI System Information manufacturer ACER product Aspire M1641 version R01-B4 serial PTSB30X0078270298D2700 UUID 001D9299-763B2008-07011724-20000000 DMI Baseboard vendor ACER model MCP73VE revision NVIDIA MCP73 serial 000000000 Graphics ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of adapters 1 Graphic APIs ------------------------------------------------------------------------- API NVIDIA NVAPI API NVIDIA I/O Display Adapters ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Display adapter 0 Manuf. API index 0 Display name \\.\DISPLAY1 Name NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 Revision A2 Codename G92 Technology 65 nm Memory size 1024 MB Memory type GDDR3 Memory bus width 256 bits PCI device bus 2 (0x2), device 0 (0x0), function 0 (0x0) Vendor ID 0x10DE (0x1682) Model ID 0x0615 (0x2601) Performance Level 3D Applications ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Description RAID Controller Location bus 0 (0x00), device 14 (0x0E), function 0 (0x00) Common header Vendor ID 0x10DE Model ID 0x07F8 Revision ID 0xA2 PI 0x85 SubClass 0x04 BaseClass 0x01 Cache Line 0x00 Latency 0x00 Header 0x00 Hopefully I didn't leave out anything necessary - the report was huge. PLEASE HELP ME, I've been trying to get os x on this stupid thing for almost a year now. See here in post #1 and #2........also see my blog....... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/212464-still-waiting-for-root-device~kalyway-1052/#findComment-1424775 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FNG Posted March 7, 2010 Author Share Posted March 7, 2010 Yeah I've been to that post..."NVIDIA nForce Series 5 and 6 MCP (570i, 590i, 610i, 630i, 650i and 680i) chipsets..." lo and behold I happen to have a 620i chipset (one of the few not listed there). I will look at it again, more closely, and check out your blog. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/212464-still-waiting-for-root-device~kalyway-1052/#findComment-1424955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Yeah I've been to that post..."NVIDIA nForce Series 5 and 6 MCP (570i, 590i, 610i, 630i, 650i and 680i) chipsets..." lo and behold I happen to have a 620i chipset (one of the few not listed there). I will look at it again, more closely, and check out your blog. Read post #2.....AFAIK you have a GeForce7050/NVIDIA nForce 620i (MCP73VE chipset).... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/212464-still-waiting-for-root-device~kalyway-1052/#findComment-1425001 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FNG Posted March 8, 2010 Author Share Posted March 8, 2010 The problem with that is that my *cough* terrible bios is locked by *cough* crappy Acer. But it DOES give me the option to put it in RAID mode. Should I do that? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/212464-still-waiting-for-root-device~kalyway-1052/#findComment-1425032 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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