55318008 Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 So my problem is that I get the dreaded 'still waiting for root device' error when I insert an install disc. Im using iPC 10.5.6, and I've also tried Leo4Allv3-10.5.2. My BIOS also does not support AHCI. My PC specs are... 3GB DDR2 SDRAM Asus M2N68-LA (Narra5) Motherboard, nforce430 AMD Athlon II X2 215 2.70 Ghz Dual Core Processor nVidia nForce 6150SE-430 Onboard Graphics Seagate 500GB SATA Hard Drive HP SATA DVD Drive So can anyone help me, or at least suggest what I should do to fix this problem? Any help is appreciated. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/223656-error-before-installing-hackintosh/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepeeD Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 as far as I know, AHCI is a must to install MAC OS I might be wrong, but I think I read something along those lines, you must have AHCI for both DVD drive and HDD Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/223656-error-before-installing-hackintosh/#findComment-1503593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdanisx Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Try RAID instead of AHCI. I know you won't be using RAID, but I'm pretty sure RAID is supported by Apple. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/223656-error-before-installing-hackintosh/#findComment-1504058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
55318008 Posted July 4, 2010 Author Share Posted July 4, 2010 My BIOS also doesn't support RAID. Stupid Compaq BIOS. I forgot to mention, when I tried Leo4All, it rebooted right after the kernel booted, if that means anything. Any other suggestions? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/223656-error-before-installing-hackintosh/#findComment-1504646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaLd0n Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 it rebooted right after the kernel booted, if that means anything. try with -v -x cpus=1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/223656-error-before-installing-hackintosh/#findComment-1504659 Share on other sites More sharing options...
55318008 Posted July 5, 2010 Author Share Posted July 5, 2010 Tried that for both iPc and Leo4All, still nothing. What else can I do? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/223656-error-before-installing-hackintosh/#findComment-1504719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
55318008 Posted July 7, 2010 Author Share Posted July 7, 2010 Bump. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/223656-error-before-installing-hackintosh/#findComment-1506634 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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