aeroz Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 Hi, I've done my research and it appears that my laptop (HP dv5000z) is on a compatibility list for OSx86. I've downloaded and burned a copy of JaS's 10.4.6 and when I go to boot from it, I can't get past the gray screen with the apple and the "do not" sign. I've read here that this means that there's a communication error between the DVD-ROM and the HDD and that I would have to make the DVD-ROM a slave under the HDD. However, others with the same and similar systems have gotten OS X installed, so there has to be an alternative to the aforementioned method and using VMware. My CPU (AMD Turion) is SSE3. Does anyone have any ideas on (or experience with) continuing from here? Is there anything I can patch? Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29662-hp-dv5000/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 If you were to boot in verbose mode, you would be seeing the message "waiting for root device". BIOS reads the initial boot information off the boot sector of the DVD and starts things running. Then it hands it off to the OS to continue the boot operation. During that hand-off there is a miscommunication about the DVD drive. So the OS stops booting because it is waiting for the root device (the DVD drive - the device with the OS on it). Generally, simplifying the number and pathways of the devices really helps. Getting down to one hard drive connected to one optical drive on the same chain and using real jumpers for master and slave rather than cable select gets things going. But in a laptop, this is difficult to do. Some laptops might have the devices on entirely different chains. And for production simplification, they always use cable select. In that case, the only solution is to go with VMWare. You can use it to install OSX to your hard drive and you won't have to run VMWare to boot into OSX once you are done. http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=11314 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29662-hp-dv5000/#findComment-204607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroz Posted October 8, 2006 Author Share Posted October 8, 2006 Thanks for the quick reply. I'll try the VMware method now. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29662-hp-dv5000/#findComment-204614 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroz Posted October 8, 2006 Author Share Posted October 8, 2006 Thanks for pointing me to that guide. I was under the impression that the VMware method entailed no native use. Installation's going smoothly. Guess I'll just have to hope it works natively now. Thanks again! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29662-hp-dv5000/#findComment-204668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroz Posted October 8, 2006 Author Share Posted October 8, 2006 The installation is all finished, but I'm not sure how to proceed. If I reboot my PC and try to boot into OS X, I get the "waiting for root device" error like I'd expect. But if I boot with the CD in VMware, I just get the installer. So how do I boot natively? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29662-hp-dv5000/#findComment-204683 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 During the installation of OSX, what packages did you select in the Customize window? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29662-hp-dv5000/#findComment-204688 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroz Posted October 8, 2006 Author Share Posted October 8, 2006 All that said for AMD only, then the SSE3 support one, and one I believe said it was for Intel and AMD, but AMD users must choose the AMD Base Install (which I did). Does this error indicate that I picked wrong packages? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29662-hp-dv5000/#findComment-204689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 Does this error indicate that I picked wrong packages? Usually, but not always. I believe you should have chosen these: Combo update AMD BaseSystem AMD SSE3 10.4.6 SemjaZa http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...ost&id=4249 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29662-hp-dv5000/#findComment-204694 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroz Posted October 8, 2006 Author Share Posted October 8, 2006 The packages I installed are: 10.4.6.Combo.Update AMD.BaseSystem AMD.SSE3 10.4.6.SemjaZa.V1.2.AMD.Decrypts 10.4.6.Radeon.Mobility.Support Wireless.Networking.Support So I'm assuming after a clean install, that error shouldn't appear natively. Also, I am unable to select my Windows partition in the Startup Disk utility while in VMware. This was one of the steps in my installation guide. I added the Chain0 boot.ini line and made sure Chain0 is in my C:\ dir. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29662-hp-dv5000/#findComment-204698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 To boot, BIOS reads the boot files and initiates the boot. Then it hands off the boot process to the OS and tells the OS what device it is booting from. The waiting root device means that the OS is not getting a response from the device it expects to boot from. This could be caused by a screwed up OSX installation (which doesn't appear to be the case), a screwed up VMWare session or for some reason, the information about the boot device is screwed up. If you boot the install DVD and when it asks you to hit F8, do that. See if you can select the OSX partition from the menu provided and boot into your installation. If you can't, something went wrong during the VMWare session and OSX wasn't properly written to the hard drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29662-hp-dv5000/#findComment-204704 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroz Posted October 8, 2006 Author Share Posted October 8, 2006 OK, I tried the following: 1. Booting from the DVD in VMware. That only leads me to the installation, with no option to enter OS X. 2. Booting from DVD natively. Resulted in the error. 3. Booting natively into OS X. Resulted in the error. One thing that I seem to think has to do with this problem... should I set the OS X partition as active? Since I can't get into OS X without the error, I guess what I'll have to do is do everything over again, but I don't see what went wrong. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29662-hp-dv5000/#findComment-204715 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 You should set the partition to active to boot to it natively. But if you are using the DVD as a bootloader, then effectively, the DVD is active. When you booted the install DVD and hit F8, did any selection menu appear? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29662-hp-dv5000/#findComment-204719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroz Posted October 8, 2006 Author Share Posted October 8, 2006 Hold the phone--I think I found the problem. In the disk for VMware that I'm using, I didn't have selected my Windows partition. Now I'm able to boot into OS X from VMware. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29662-hp-dv5000/#findComment-204720 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroz Posted October 8, 2006 Author Share Posted October 8, 2006 Update-- I was able to get into OS X in VMware, where I set up my account and accessed the desktop for the first time. BUT, when I go back natively, I get the error. I also set the OS X partition as active. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29662-hp-dv5000/#findComment-204726 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 Boots in VMWare. Waiting root device booting from DVD Waiting root device booting natively. Are you positive you installed it to the actual partition on the hard drive and not to a virtual disk in VMWare? If it got installed to a virtual disk, then VMWare would be able to boot it. But when you try to boot it natively or through the DVD, there wouldn't be anything on the partition to boot and you would get the error. That is the only thing that fits the conditions that I can think of right now. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29662-hp-dv5000/#findComment-204730 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroz Posted October 8, 2006 Author Share Posted October 8, 2006 The only thing I can think of is that I messed up with the hard disk. Before I installed, I selected the disk file to use just "a single partition." I then installed OS X. After I couldn't boot into it, I removed the hard disk from the virtual machine and added a new one that was selected to use "the entire disk." But, I forgot to make it independent-persistent. So, I removed that disk and added one that used the whole disk as well as being independent-persistent. Would that be responsible for this error? If so, I'll redo the installation using just one disk file. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29662-hp-dv5000/#findComment-204735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 The only thing I can think of is that I messed up with the hard disk. Before I installed, I selected the disk file to use just "a single partition." I then installed OS X. After I couldn't boot into it, I removed the hard disk from the virtual machine and added a new one that was selected to use "the entire disk." But, I forgot to make it independent-persistent. So, I removed that disk and added one that used the whole disk as well as being independent-persistent. Would that be responsible for this error? If so, I'll redo the installation using just one disk file. I'm not an expert on VMWare. I've never used it. I just know about the guide. But talking about a "disk file" makes me think virtual disk (a virtual disk is stored in a file, not written to a partition). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29662-hp-dv5000/#findComment-204736 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroz Posted October 8, 2006 Author Share Posted October 8, 2006 I think you're right, even though I don't see a large virtual disk file (only ones that are a few KB). I've already deleted the Mac partition and virtual machine and am ready to redo it tonight. Thanks for your help! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29662-hp-dv5000/#findComment-204740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroz Posted October 8, 2006 Author Share Posted October 8, 2006 I reinstalled OS X on the partition like normal, and what's really bugging me is that I'm not entirely sure it's on the permenant disk. The same exact problem arises and now I'm stuck running it in VMware. When I go to boot natively, it does do some booting before stopping and giving me the error, so I'd have to say that it's pretty evident that it's installed on the partition and not just on a virtual disk. I'm not sure what else I can do from here... All I know is that I'm not happy running it non-natively, so until I can find a solution I'll be putting this project on hold. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29662-hp-dv5000/#findComment-204769 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaydubs Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 This is exactly where I'm at. OSX boots fine (with no options; ie. -v -x) when booted up in VMWare. But, if I restart my computer and select the partition OSX is installed on, I got the waiting for root device error. What do I do now? P.S. I have the same laptop. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29662-hp-dv5000/#findComment-221708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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