Mac Boot Problem after install

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Hey guys.

 

I installed Mac OS X 10.6.2 on a secondary partition next to windows 7 with no problem. However when I booted into Mac for the first time, I was met with this : (ignore the date, it's someone else’s picture, but same problem). I then searched the forums to find a solution. There were MANY given, I tried installing JMicronATA.kext and LegacyJMB36xSATA.kext (by using macdrive8) but neither solved the problem.

 

I have found things like THIS. Would this help my problem? If so, how would I flash it via windows?

 

I have taken some photo’s to help with diagnosis:

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks a lot for the help!

 

SOLVED- RE INSTALLED USING LIFEHACKER GUIDE.

[ameris_cyning]

Have you attempted to boot with the kernel flag of cpus=1 ?

 

Have you attempted to boot with the kernel flag of cpus=1 ?

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I have found things like THIS. Would this help my problem? If so, how would I flash it via windows?

 

It's possible. Read your motherboard manual to learn how to flash your BIOS.

 

Have you set your SATA controller to AHCI mode in the BIOS?

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Have you attempted to boot with the kernel flag of cpus=1 ?

 

Have you attempted to boot with the kernel flag of cpus=1 ?

Yep i've tried that and i still get the same "You need to reboot your computer......"

 

It's possible. Read your motherboard manual to learn how to flash your BIOS.

 

Have you set your SATA controller to AHCI mode in the BIOS?

 

Yes my sata controller is set to AHCI mode, but i havent flashed the DSDT. Doesnt http://www.kexts.com/view/289-ga-ep45-ds3r.html require me to already have a working mac to flash it? Sorry I'm not sure on how to flash DSDT's. Any advice?

[ssdcommander]

i havent had any problems, and i havent changed anything on bios, except for boot differently.

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Sorry I'm not sure on how to flash DSDT's. Any advice?

 

You flash your BIOS, you don't "flash a DSDT".

 

Just drop DSDT.aml in your /Extra folder, or, if you're using an older bootloader, at the root of your system drive.

 

DSDT is short for "Differentiated System Description Table" and is chunk of code that's part of your motherboard BIOS. It's coded in ACPI language and provides a "hardware map" to the host OS through the open ACPI standard. It's coded primarily to talk to a Windows OS and sometimes Linux as well. We can make our PCs more compatible with OS X by modifying it.

But you don't have to modify your BIOS directly (though you can if you want to), your bootloader can load the modified DSDT table stored to a file, before starting OS X. The OS then "sees" your modified DSDT, instead of the DSDT code in your BIOS.

 

You should read at least a little bit about DSDT and try to understand a little bit about what it is and what you're doing before doing it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Conf...Power_Interface

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Thanks for that... But that doesn't really help tbh. How do I go about flashing the dsdt?? You think that will fix the booting issues??

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Look, a llama!

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You flash your BIOS, you don't "flash a DSDT".

 

Just drop DSDT.aml in your /Extra folder, or, if you're using an older bootloader, at the root of your system drive.

 

DSDT is short for "Differentiated System Description Table" and is chunk of code that's part of your motherboard BIOS. It's coded in ACPI language and provides a "hardware map" to the host OS through the open ACPI standard. It's coded primarily to talk to a Windows OS and sometimes Linux as well. We can make our PCs more compatible with OS X by modifying it.

But you don't have to modify your BIOS directly (though you can if you want to), your bootloader can load the modified DSDT table stored to a file, before starting OS X. The OS then "sees" your modified DSDT, instead of the DSDT code in your BIOS.

 

You should read at least a little bit about DSDT and try to understand a little bit about what it is and what you're doing before doing it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Conf...Power_Interface

Thanks for that, i pasted the dsdt like so But still no luck!

I also did some reading and read that you dont necessarily need to patch the DSDT to have a functional hackintosh, so there must be something else causing my problem right?

I'm out of ideas =[

Should I just reinstall using another method, like the lifehacker guide?

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bump.

someone help me :'(

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SOLVED. I reinstalled mac using the lifehacker guide and everything works fine. I think chamelion waas causing it not to boot.

[RichardUK]

I had the same issue, booting with the -v option revealed that in my case there was no support for my JMicron ATA device. Google'ing for and adding the required kext did the trick. However was required to build a bootable USB drive installer as per Blackosx's excellent guide 'Snow Leopard on the Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L', then added the required kext to the USB installer so that the installer had all the required kext's available to it for the installation process and beyond.