Unable to Install OS X 10.6.3

[Solidpace]

[EDIT] - New error in last post.

 

Hi,

 

I have a legal, retail version of Snow Leopard (10.6.3) that I'm trying to install on my desktop PC that currently lacks an OS (specifications below), but I can't get it to install.

 

Motherboard: Intel FG965M

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (Kentsfield)

Video card: EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB

RAM: 4GB DDR2

(If you need any more info please ask!)

 

I've tried [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] and Boot-132, but get the same error with both.

Using [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] as an example, this is what I've been doing:

 

--Boot PC from the CD/DVD drive with [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] CD inserted

--All fine, I get to the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] screen, and replace the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] CD with the Snow Leopard DVD, after which I press F5.

--[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] recognises that the SL DVD has been inserted, and I then proceed to enter any specific combination of commands (I've tried more or less every combination of for example cpus=Z, rd=diskZsZ, -x, -f, platform=X86PC, platform=ACPI etc., always followed by -v) and then press enter.

 

Not much more to say really, it always gets stuck at "Still waiting for root device" which it keeps repeating until I turn it off.

 

 

Thanks for any and all help! I've been at this for almost a week to no avail.

[McPowr]

Restore SL and a bootloader to a USB device and try again.

[bokikralj]

Try to enable AHCI mode in bios...

[Solidpace]

Restore SL and a bootloader to a USB device and try again.

 

Is there any way of doing this without having access to a computer running Mac OS? Currently only have Linux and Windows available.

[McPowr]

Is there any way of doing this without having access to a computer running Mac OS?

 

Sorry, i am not a Windows expert. I did this on my old G5. The Retail Disc didnt work though. I needed a distro. Do you have SATA HDDs? Its important for people to know what kind of drives you have - IDE or SATA.

[Solidpace]

Hi again,

I have one 500GB SATA hard drive.

 

@bokikralj, couldn't find such a setting in the BIOS.

[Solidpace]

Hi again,

I have one 500GB SATA hard drive.

 

@bokikralj, couldn't find such a setting in the BIOS.

 

Hang on, scratch the previous. I did find it in the BIOS, under a submenu of a submenu.

Didn't have any effect though, unfortunately.

[Solidpace]

Hi again,

After some further trying back and forth, I managed to get all the install files off the Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.3 DVD copied to a temporary 10GB HFS+ partition on my main HD (all through a Linux LiveUSB), and I then installed Chameleon to a separate USB drive.

 

I am now able to start booting, through Chameleon from the USB drive, the install files on the 10GB partition on my hard drive. Until I hit the next error, that is.

 

Attached are the new errors I see on screen (apologies for the bad quality image).

 

I seem to have overcome the original "Still waiting for root device" error like this, which is always a good thing, but does anyone have any ideas as to how to solve the above new error?

 

Thanks again!