shijinmathew1508 Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Hello Guys, im on an alienware m14xr2 ,ON VMWARE ( installed the same .dmg and worked without any errors ) i partitioned my sandisk 8GB usb flash drive using the disk utility, set to 1 partition. using carbon copy cloner i cloned the image -- PIRATED OS i --ml2 (.dmg) to the usb flash drive, it all was a success without any errors. using ##### installed chimera r2 onto the flash drive. set the laptop to AHCI mode and booted from usb , chimera loaded when i clicked on the install disc the apple logo comes up ( attached image) and does nothing after that. used the boot paramaters -v -x and got this error saying NO INTERVAL FOUND FOR . USING 8000000, and then says STILL WAITING FOR ROOT DEVICE ! (attached image) ive tried all possibe boot parameters specs - i7 3630QM intel HD 4000, Nvidia GeForce 650M 6GB ram 1600Mhz PLEASE HELP THANKYOU !! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288225-helppp-alienware-m14x-iatkos-ml2/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogiervd Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 http://blog.yerkanian.com/2012/09/20/updated-fix-for-still-waiting-for-root-device-on-os-x-10-8-2-mountain-lion/ install the kext in this site should fix it. 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288225-helppp-alienware-m14x-iatkos-ml2/#findComment-1911250 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shijinmathew1508 Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 Opened terminal on the flashdrive . followed instructions on the site . closed terminal. will report once i try it out thankyou Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288225-helppp-alienware-m14x-iatkos-ml2/#findComment-1911252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shijinmathew1508 Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 does not work SAME ERROR CONTINUES Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288225-helppp-alienware-m14x-iatkos-ml2/#findComment-1911256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogiervd Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Did you set AHCI mode in bios? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288225-helppp-alienware-m14x-iatkos-ml2/#findComment-1911270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shijinmathew1508 Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 Yes i did , sata is on AHCI mode . Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288225-helppp-alienware-m14x-iatkos-ml2/#findComment-1911274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogiervd Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Try this: http://www.insanelym...o/#entry1888177 the post from iFire Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288225-helppp-alienware-m14x-iatkos-ml2/#findComment-1911276 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shijinmathew1508 Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 (post by iFire ) try this boot flag: -f -v rd=disk0s2 UseKernelCache=No npci=0x2000 in rd=disk, 0 is your disk , and s2Partition, see your partition, s2 in Example one doubt since i have only one harddisk should i be entering rd=disk0 ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288225-helppp-alienware-m14x-iatkos-ml2/#findComment-1911280 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogiervd Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Yes if that doesnt work then try disk1. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288225-helppp-alienware-m14x-iatkos-ml2/#findComment-1911284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shijinmathew1508 Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 tried both disk0 and also disk1 ! nothing seems to work . still ending up at NO INTERVAL FOR USING 8000000 , STILL WAITING FOR ROOT DEVICES. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288225-helppp-alienware-m14x-iatkos-ml2/#findComment-1911291 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogiervd Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 tried both disk0 and also disk1 ! nothing seems to work . still ending up at NO INTERVAL FOR USING 8000000 , STILL WAITING FOR ROOT DEVICES. Try maybe some different USB ports Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288225-helppp-alienware-m14x-iatkos-ml2/#findComment-1911294 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shijinmathew1508 Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 Tried alll 3 ports . at first was using the 2.0 port only , now used all the ports including the usb3.0 ports . still dosent work ! same error ! Thankyou so much for the immediate responses any other things i can try out ? if not could u suggest ant other ML distros that has been reported working on the m14xr2 ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288225-helppp-alienware-m14x-iatkos-ml2/#findComment-1911298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogiervd Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Tried alll 3 ports . at first was using the 2.0 port only , now used all the ports including the usb3.0 ports . still dosent work ! same error ! Thankyou so much for the immediate responses any other things i can try out ? if not could u suggest ant other ML distros that has been reported working on the m14xr2 ? Or maybe try retail? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288225-helppp-alienware-m14x-iatkos-ml2/#findComment-1911303 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shijinmathew1508 Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 if i try retail , shouldnt i be changing n replacing some core files in the system/ folder? to avoid al that is why i chose to go with iatkos Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288225-helppp-alienware-m14x-iatkos-ml2/#findComment-1911306 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogiervd Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 if i try retail , shouldnt i be changing n replacing some core files in the system/ folder? to avoid al that is why i chose to go with iatkos I don't know what you really mean by core files... But you need to change some kexts not much more. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288225-helppp-alienware-m14x-iatkos-ml2/#findComment-1911313 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shijinmathew1508 Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 lol haha yeah! kexts i mean anyways will try thankyou rite now trying http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/276284-still-waiting-for-root-device/page__st__40 placing the kexts in "stillwaiting.zip" iFires post. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288225-helppp-alienware-m14x-iatkos-ml2/#findComment-1911317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogiervd Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 lol haha yeah! kexts i mean anyways will try thankyou rite now trying http://www.insanelym...ce/page__st__40 placing the kexts in "stillwaiting.zip" iFires post. Btw, i would recommend this thread: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/280756-guide-the-all-in-one-guide-to-vanilla-os-x-mountain-lion-chameleon-dsdt-for-beginners/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288225-helppp-alienware-m14x-iatkos-ml2/#findComment-1911328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shijinmathew1508 Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 Haha woah !! downloading a copy of retail Ml now !! once done will follow the procedure thankyou . hope it dosent turnout to be much of a headache Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288225-helppp-alienware-m14x-iatkos-ml2/#findComment-1911331 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogiervd Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Haha woah !! downloading a copy of retail Ml now !! once done will follow the procedure thankyou . hope it dosent turnout to be much of a headache Just think of this: it is going to work just look at the video. He isn't going to make a tutorial but you know it's going to work. Did you actually used 3.0 USB ports for your USB? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288225-helppp-alienware-m14x-iatkos-ml2/#findComment-1911341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shijinmathew1508 Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 ive seen alll possible vidoes and guides on youtube regrding the m14xr2 ! n no first i used the usb 2.0 port on the left , then after u suggested me to try other ports , i used the 3.0 ports but none worked. Yeah ! sure is gonna work i know !! atleast im gonna keep trying till it does !! thanks man. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288225-helppp-alienware-m14x-iatkos-ml2/#findComment-1911349 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogiervd Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 ive seen alll possible vidoes and guides on youtube regrding the m14xr2 ! n no first i used the usb 2.0 port on the left , then after u suggested me to try other ports , i used the 3.0 ports but none worked. Yeah ! sure is gonna work i know !! atleast im gonna keep trying till it does !! thanks man. Did you already tried the USB? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288225-helppp-alienware-m14x-iatkos-ml2/#findComment-1911368 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shijinmathew1508 Posted April 30, 2013 Author Share Posted April 30, 2013 sorry i dint get u ! what do u mean already tried the usb ?? if it means other usb ports on the laptop then yes i have tried all of them . Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288225-helppp-alienware-m14x-iatkos-ml2/#findComment-1911420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogiervd Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 No i mean tried to install Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288225-helppp-alienware-m14x-iatkos-ml2/#findComment-1911426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shijinmathew1508 Posted April 30, 2013 Author Share Posted April 30, 2013 Hey Again , i downloaded the retail version on osx ML and followed the instructions given on the link u specified. it gets stuck at this ( attached image) as i am dual booting on same harddrive according to instructions i set usb to MBR partition. any suggestions ? also i am downloading iatkos ml3u as by the other post it was reported working . Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288225-helppp-alienware-m14x-iatkos-ml2/#findComment-1911465 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Boot with this flag: -f -x -v GraphicsEnabler=No npci=0x2000 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/288225-helppp-alienware-m14x-iatkos-ml2/#findComment-1911466 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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