e.e Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 I have an ASUS P5B with a Core 2 Duo 6300 and SATA drives and a PATA CDRom drive. I'm trying to boot the JAS 10.4.7 disk and I get the "mac.boot.plist not found" problem and I never get into the installer. Here are the things i have tried: - pressing F8, then -v, same error no additional info - pressing F8, then -x, same error no additional info - tried DVD on different computer - boots into installer - tried burning DVD on different media, -r and +r, same error (all boot just fine within a VM though) - tried different DVD ROM - Same Error - tried disabling SATA and leaving only PATA controller enabled, IDE hard drive master, CDROM slave on same cable. Same error - tried disabling SATA and leaving only PATA controller enabled, IDE hard drive master, CDROM slave on same cable, set by CS. Same error - in BIOS changed SATA configuration to compatible, same error - in BIOS changed SATA configuration to Enhanced, same error - in BIOS changed SATA configuration to Enhanced, change SATA mode to IDE same error - in BIOS changed SATA configuration to Enhanced, change SATA mode to AHPI same error -- there's more but I can't remember them all -- I have been trying to get 10.4.6 DVD off of torrent, I'm getting a solid 1.8K/sec download speed so I might get the full thing downloaded in 4 weeks Any suggestions? System specs ASUS P5B Latest BIOS Core 2 Duo 6300 (standard settings, not overclocked) 1GB DDR2 800Mhz Ram ATI PCIx 1900GT Western Digital 250GB SE16 SATAII drive LG DVD-R+R RW drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sev7en Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 I bought today a P5B-Deluxe but I'm awaiting the Conroe 6600... it's still in travel. So, did you can try a setup without any SATA drive attached? Just for testing, disable the internal SATA controllers then try to boot-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e.e Posted September 7, 2006 Author Share Posted September 7, 2006 yes see point 6 and 7 from my earlier post. No workie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sev7en Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 yes see point 6 and 7 from my earlier post. No workie. Okay, what's more about your BIOS release? Did you see the ROXR's reply? For install os X on i965 board you need an DVD SATA configured as legacy ide in bios and plugged on the ich8 sata conectors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e.e Posted September 7, 2006 Author Share Posted September 7, 2006 Okay, what's more about your BIOS release? Did you see the ROXR's reply? Ya I just saw that, i don't have an SATA DVD drive only IDE, and I'm not sure I want to buy a $100+ SATA drvie to test it out. Can anyone collaborate ROXR's statement that we need a SATA DVD drive in order to install on 965 chipset? I did see a $20 adapter that will allow the IDE DVD player to be installed on the SATA chain. I might pick that up to test it out. Okay, what's more about your BIOS release? latest BIOS 08/16/2006, unless a new version has been release since yesterday. You'll need to flash the P5B BIOS in order to get it to work properly with the Core 2 Duo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e.e Posted September 7, 2006 Author Share Posted September 7, 2006 ok appears to be that the IDE was completely removed from the chipset causing the problem and using SATA DVD appears to be the solution. I'm going to buy a converter tonight and test. Some other people with same setup having success http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...3246&st=260 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROXR Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Ya I just saw that, i don't have an SATA DVD drive only IDE, and I'm not sure I want to buy a $100+ SATA drvie to test it out. Can anyone collaborate ROXR's statement that we need a SATA DVD drive in order to install on 965 chipset? I did see a $20 adapter that will allow the IDE DVD player to be installed on the SATA chain. I might pick that up to test it out. latest BIOS 08/16/2006, unless a new version has been release since yesterday. You'll need to flash the P5B BIOS in order to get it to work properly with the Core 2 Duo. There are DVD not expensives, http://www.alternate.de/html/productDetail...ml?artno=CEBU01 will be ideal to find a unit DVD SATA that compliments norm AHCI, Plextor doesn't do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rchapoteau Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 After finding this thread it helped me out tremendously! I had an external DVD burner laying around so I connected it up and set it to boot, and sure enough its working so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retailer Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 had the same problem, but the installation is working now with an external usb dvd drive. is there a problem with the ide port? because my IDE HARDDISK isnt recognized in the disc utility while installing 10.4.7 Jas osx86. do i need an sata disc or cable? btw: i was able to install on my usb hdd (or at least up to 32%, then it stopped ) got the asus p5b deluxe (as most of you in this thread, i think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaithis Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Same system here and same problem... Reading between the lines (posts?) it seems that it won't install on a P5B if you are using a SATA ODD and a SATA HDD.... You need to have a USB ODD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retailer Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Same system here and same problem... Reading between the lines (posts?) it seems that it won't install on a P5B if you are using a SATA ODD and a SATA HDD.... You need to have a USB ODD i DO have an usb dvd-drive and a PATA (not SATA) hdd. im a little bit confused right now... do i need an sata hdd or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
multie Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Don't think any of you will be able to run Mac OS X on a P5B mobo (atleast not the deluxe version), I've been testing all day with PATA and SATA disks and CD's with no success, PATA (HDD and CD) was a total no-go and with SATA (HDD and SATA-CD) I came to the famous "Still waiting for root device". I can confirm though that installation using USB HDD and CD is working. Edit: Might aswell add that I was using version 10.4.6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rchapoteau Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Ok I am able to at least start the install! You have to connect your SATA drives to your purple/black connectors and change your IDE config to AHCI. Then OS X will recognize your drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rchapoteau Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Got it working! By the way I did use 10.4.6 not 10.4.7, but I don't think it really matters much. Now I just have to get drivers for my network card somehow. In all honesty thats not that important though since this isn't going ot do much surfing anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macssam Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 I have an ASUS P5B with a Core 2 Duo 6300 and SATA drives and a PATA CDRom drive. I'm trying to boot the JAS 10.4.7 disk and I get the "mac.boot.plist not found" problem and I never get into the installer. Here are the things i have tried: - pressing F8, then -v, same error no additional info - pressing F8, then -x, same error no additional info - tried DVD on different computer - boots into installer - tried burning DVD on different media, -r and +r, same error (all boot just fine within a VM though) - tried different DVD ROM - Same Error - tried disabling SATA and leaving only PATA controller enabled, IDE hard drive master, CDROM slave on same cable. Same error - tried disabling SATA and leaving only PATA controller enabled, IDE hard drive master, CDROM slave on same cable, set by CS. Same error - in BIOS changed SATA configuration to compatible, same error - in BIOS changed SATA configuration to Enhanced, same error - in BIOS changed SATA configuration to Enhanced, change SATA mode to IDE same error - in BIOS changed SATA configuration to Enhanced, change SATA mode to AHPI same error -- there's more but I can't remember them all -- I have been trying to get 10.4.6 DVD off of torrent, I'm getting a solid 1.8K/sec download speed so I might get the full thing downloaded in 4 weeks :censored2: Any suggestions? System specs ASUS P5B Latest BIOS Core 2 Duo 6300 (standard settings, not overclocked) 1GB DDR2 800Mhz Ram ATI PCIx 1900GT Western Digital 250GB SE16 SATAII drive LG DVD-R+R RW drive hock the CD/DVD with a HD cable to the MOBO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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