Thico Alves Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 hello to all! This is my first topic here, I don't like to write much, but now I'm really with NO ANSWERS to what's happening... =[[ I already have a "Hackintosh" runing on my Desktop PC Semprom 2800+ .. It runs pretty well the 10.4.4 image with ethernet, sound and all stuff working. But recently I bought an HP Pavilion dv6110 notebook and tried to install the MacOS on it. I got the JaS 10.4.6 image for INTEL and AMD and started installing inside VMWare. All worked fine on instalation, no errors. I installed the Acronis Boot Selector to boot to MacOS partition and then reestarted my computer. So when the MacOS starts to boot natively (out of VMWare) is stops on "still waiting for root device". Searching on the forums I discovered that it was a problem with the SATA controler (mine is nforce 430/410). So I entered on Windows, opened VMWare and then could enter in MacOSX under VMWare (because it uses an IDE Driver to access the HD) and then using MacOS on VMWare I edited the AppleVIAATA.kext putting the DeviceID of my SATA Controller on it. Nice! Then I rebooted nativelly and it now pass throught the "still waiting for the root device", wich seems that the VIA driver worked for me. But then it hangs a little latter on "Resetting files and devices"!!! AHHH..what's happening now?? When I boot in VMWare, everything works fine on boot, and I looked on the next text that appears after "Resetting files and devices" and it is something like "creating virtual memory"... Maybe when I try to run nativelly it hangs trying to create virtual memory. Can it still be a SATA problem? I don't know what to do.... *for someone that don't like to write I think that I wrote a LOT! hehehe thanks guys =] Thiago R. Alves Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35010-problems-while-booting-on-native-1046/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Be sure you chose proper packages in the Customize window during installation. Also, even when you get nForce4 SATA working, virtually everyone suffers data corruption. Consider getting a PATA drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35010-problems-while-booting-on-native-1046/#findComment-248580 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thico Alves Posted December 5, 2006 Author Share Posted December 5, 2006 hmm... I think that I selected everything that was needed, because it runs on VMWare normally... What's a PATA drive?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35010-problems-while-booting-on-native-1046/#findComment-248658 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 VMWare uses the Windows drivers to talk to the hardware. So it may run fine. When you boot natively, you are using the OSX drivers and you have problems if you didn't select the packages correctly. Be sure to select Intel packages only, not AMD. Choose SSE2 or SSE3 not both, depending upon the capability of your processor. Select the Combo update to end up with 10.4.6. Select other packages only if you are sure your computer can use them http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?act...ost&id=4249 PATA = Parallel ATA drive - the old standard IDE/ATA drive with the wide grey ribbon cable SATA = Serial ATA drive - an IDE/ATA drive with a very narrow cable Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35010-problems-while-booting-on-native-1046/#findComment-248662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thico Alves Posted December 5, 2006 Author Share Posted December 5, 2006 The big problem is that I'm installing that on a notebook!! So will be hard to change the HD. On my desktop I sucessful installed it on a IDE HD. Well, I think that I chosed the right options on instalation. I have an AMD based system, its a Mobile Semprom 3400+ and it supports SSE3 I installed the update combo 10.4.6, the AMD base system, the definitions stuff for AMD and a SATA patch for nForce and VIA chipsets (that seems to not work just out of the box, I had to edit AppleVIAATA.kext), and still, no luck with that.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35010-problems-while-booting-on-native-1046/#findComment-248680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 For AMD, install: 10.4.6 Combo Update AMD Basesystem AMD SSE3 10.4.6 SemjaZa's v1.2 AMD Decrypts Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35010-problems-while-booting-on-native-1046/#findComment-248692 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thico Alves Posted December 5, 2006 Author Share Posted December 5, 2006 yup! that's what I did! =]] (plus the SATA driver) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35010-problems-while-booting-on-native-1046/#findComment-248700 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Try it without the SATA driver. The waiting for root device means that it can't find the hard drive. This is probably because it is nForce4 SATA. You will have to find a way to get the SATA working, but AGAIN, everyone who patched the VIA driver to get nForce4 SATA working has suffered data corruption - meaning it screws up the data on your hard drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35010-problems-while-booting-on-native-1046/#findComment-248709 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thico Alves Posted December 5, 2006 Author Share Posted December 5, 2006 hmm..but I already solved the problem of the "waiting for root device" patching the VIA driver as I said on the first post, but now it's hanging on the "resetting files and devices" and I don't know what to do!!! =[[ PS: I finished installing this 10.4.6 on my desktop (it was runing 10.4.4) and WOW, it's a waaayy faster than 10.4.4. I want it on my notebookk!! ahhh..damn SATA HD Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35010-problems-while-booting-on-native-1046/#findComment-248744 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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