camerongray Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Hi, I finally have my first hackintosh almost working but I have to boot with "cpus=1". I have an 8 core CPU so this seems like a real waste. How do I go about booting without this flag so I can use all 8 cores? If I don't use the flag, the boot will hang after a message about USBF controller unloading across sleep. CPU: AMD FX8150 8 core (4.0GHz overclock) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 Snow Leopard 10.6.3 Any help would be greatly appreciated! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275167-boot-without-cpus1/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiking Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 hi u might as well try this boot cd i m a beginner to mac world but i guess it might as well help click on this OSX86 ModCD 0.3.1 and download and burn it to a cd and boot it there will be instructions @ boot how u can boot/use 6 cores or more Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275167-boot-without-cpus1/#findComment-1790631 Share on other sites More sharing options...
camerongray Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 I've already tried the ModCD when installing OSX but that only allows 1 core (It has cpus=1 set automatically) - I now boot from Chameleon installed on the hard drive. More progress, If I don't put cpus=1 or put a higher number and wait a while I get the dreaded "Still waiting for root device" message. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275167-boot-without-cpus1/#findComment-1791002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacFaulty Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 (edited) Are you sure you did set AHCI to enabled in your BIOS? This can be conflicting. Hope this helps edit: just read your post again. A tip before booting which might work is to unplug all USB devices at the front and the back of the case. Edited February 5, 2012 by Wcool Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/275167-boot-without-cpus1/#findComment-1793201 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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