iAtkos s3 v2 - waiting for root device - amd machine

[Tim Harris]

Computer specs:

GA-MA790GPT-UD3H

Amd phenom II x4

500gb Sata (partitioned 300gb win7, 200gb for osx)

Radeon hd 5750

4gb ddr3

 

Ran system info and got all green and smilies.

 

I have my computer set up with only one sata harddrive plugged into Sata 0, and one DVDrw drive plugged in IDE.

 

My first attempt (without the -x) was booting up chameleon on the iAtkos s3 v2 dvd and running with:

-v -x cpus=1 maxmem=2048

after failing, I tried the -x flag and both times I got the message "Still waiting for root device"

 

I looked around a bit and tried mentioning the root device using:

rd=dis0s1 -v -x cpus=1 maxmem=2048

Again, with and without the -x flag. Same results.

 

Then I tried setting the sata controller to AHCI, and retried the above. Each time I got the same message "waiting for root device."

 

What am I missing?

 

Edit: I have also tried using a retail install method with kakewalk and that also failed.

 

Edit 2: Couldn't get Empire 1.085 for amd to even load.

[lxgoffxi]

Computer specs:

GA-MA790GPT-UD3H

Amd phenom II x4

500gb Sata (partitioned 300gb win7, 200gb for osx)

Radeon hd 5750

4gb ddr3

 

Ran system info and got all green and smilies.

 

I have my computer set up with only one sata harddrive plugged into Sata 0, and one DVDrw drive plugged in IDE.

 

My first attempt (without the -x) was booting up chameleon on the iAtkos s3 v2 dvd and running with:

-v -x cpus=1 maxmem=2048

after failing, I tried the -x flag and both times I got the message "Still waiting for root device"

 

I looked around a bit and tried mentioning the root device using:

rd=dis0s1 -v -x cpus=1 maxmem=2048

Again, with and without the -x flag. Same results.

 

Then I tried setting the sata controller to AHCI, and retried the above. Each time I got the same message "waiting for root device."

 

What am I missing?

 

Edit: I have also tried using a retail install method with kakewalk and that also failed.

 

Edit 2: Couldn't get Empire 1.085 for amd to even load.

 

I have this system:

• • 1 x GIGABYTE GA-MA790GPT-UD3H AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
    
  • 1 x AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 140W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGIBOX
    
  • 1 x G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBNQ
    

• any help to get it working?