Ewok Commando Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I am trying to do my first hackintosh, but am failing right now. I have a core i5-750 cpu, so I figured it shouldn't be too hard. I am using tonymacx86's method for installing Snow Leopard (http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/04/[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]-[url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]-install-mac-os-x-on.html) but every time I get to the step where the Utilities/Disk Utility screen is supposed to pop up, my monitor goes blank, and nothing happens after that. I left my computer sitting for like 30 minutes to see if anything would happen, but nothing did. My BIOS are set just like it says to in the instructions. Oh, and I am using a Sapphire 4670 1 gb video card. Sorry for being a noob, but I'm trying to learn. If you need any more information on my computer or situation, I'll gladly post it. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffdodge Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I get to the step where the Utilities/Disk Utility screen is supposed to pop up, my monitor goes blank, and nothing happens after that. Hell, you got me beat for the tonymac method. [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] makes my computer kernel panic EVERY time after I switch disks. It refuses to boot the Snow Leopard DVD from the [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] disk. I installed using Nawcom's mod CD with no trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewok Commando Posted January 10, 2011 Author Share Posted January 10, 2011 Well, that method worker better, but I still don't have it working. I got Mac OS installed, but whenever I try to boot from the hard drive, I get the cryptic "still waiting for root device". I am using a SATA DVD drive and an IDE hard drive, but I really don't want to have to buy a SATA hard drive for this to work. I've tried switching the master/slave jumper settings already. And I am in AHCI mode. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noam AA Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Well, that method worker better, but I still don't have it working. I got Mac OS installed, but whenever I try to boot from the hard drive, I get the cryptic "still waiting for root device". I am using a SATA DVD drive and an IDE hard drive, but I really don't want to have to buy a SATA hard drive for this to work. I've tried switching the master/slave jumper settings already. And I am in AHCI mode. Any suggestions? it must be sata as far as i know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffdodge Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Has to be SATA. Real macs have used sata hard drives for a LONG time, thus, good luck with an IDE hard drive. I have used an IDE DVD drive with some sucess, but never tried an IDE hard drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewok Commando Posted January 10, 2011 Author Share Posted January 10, 2011 Well, OK. It makes sense, I just didn't want to have to buy a SATA hard drive. Do you know of any way of partitioning a windows drive? I have a SATA hard drive, and it doesn't have my windows OS on it, just all of my data. Is there any way to create a partition that the Mac setup can see? I already tried it with an ex-FAT and NFTS partition. Both times, the disk utility just recognized my one drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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