Bradley Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Hey everyone. I hope you people can help me. I just got a new Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop and wanted to put OSx on there. I've installed it on my old Inspiron 8500 but I've sold that laptop, so I need some help with this one. Also, does anyone have this laptop and successfully gotten osx86 installed on it? Laptop info: Dell Inspiron 1501 AMD 64 MK-37 2.0ghz ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 (Its a 256mb integrated card) 1gb ram 80gb hd DVD+-RW Dell wireless 1390 Broadcom 440x integrated ethernet I tried installing the OSX_1048_AMD_SSE3.iso image by burning to to a dvd. The first dvd didn't burn right. So I tried it again at a speed of 2x and the installer started up really slow then it gave me an error before it even started to install. So I thought I'd try to install it the same way as I did on my 8500, through VMWare. (I previously installed the 10.4.6 JaS dvd image on the 8500, but as I said, I no longer have that laptop). I tried the AMD SSE3 image through vmware, it started up, installed, and worked through vmware. When I tried to run it through native it gave me a HFS+ error. So I re-installed it and selected the whole HD instead of the individual partition that I wanted to install and once again it worked through vmware, but when I started my computer natively, it got to the bootloader. I could select OSx86 (Parition3) Windows (Partition2) or the Dellutility (Partition1). Windows booted perfectly. I didn't know if the image was bad or not. So I used the exact same JaS DVD iso as I did on the 8500 and put it on here. Everything below happened exactly the same with the AMDSSE3 image and the JaS DVD image. I'm currently using the jas dvd image. Heres the problem. If I select the OSx86 partition from the darwin bootloader it gives a whole bunch of fast scrolling text, then it goes to a black screen where I can read the text and just hangs there. It has a lot of words there. One is like "OHCI Controller will be unloaded across sleep" and a lot more. If its important, I can jot down all the info and post it. But the main thing is it just sits there for a few minutes then gives the error: "Still waiting for root device" I've tried the "-f" and the "-s" flags. I've also tried "rd=OSx86" (OSx86 is the drive name) and still no luck. Help would be appreciated. EDIT 1: Still no luck at getting it solved. Heres a few quotes from the screen I receive before I get the "Still Waiting For Root Device" error. BSM Authoring Present DisabledUSBF AppleUSBOHCI AppleGenericPCATADriver CMD 0x1f0, CTR 0x3f4, IRQ 14 Theres a few line about IOResources, IOProviderClass, and IOResourceMatch. If you guys need the full screen to help ya out, let me know and ill take a picture of it. Thanks again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35248-starting-osx-issues-mabye-a-usb-issue/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
entropicgestalt Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 I'm having the same problem, and I think it's because my SATA isn't being recognized. I've tried manually putting the devid info into Info.plist of a few different drivers with no joy. I'm trying both 0x43801002 and 0x438C1002. Even tried downloading some other drivers and putting the info into them. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35248-starting-osx-issues-mabye-a-usb-issue/#findComment-258374 Share on other sites More sharing options...
entropicgestalt Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 I just redid the drivers using http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...mp;#entry268349 and edited it to have my controller's number (to be safe I put both 0x43801002 and 0x438C1002) and it didn't work... til I found another post, and booted with -f Now I gotta fix the display drivers. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35248-starting-osx-issues-mabye-a-usb-issue/#findComment-269237 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley Posted January 6, 2007 Author Share Posted January 6, 2007 Well seeing as two new releases are out. I'm going to try the OSX_1048_AMD version instead of the older OSX_1048_AMD_SSE3. And if that doesn't work, JaS just released a new install DVD on the 3rd so I might try that one too. Let me know if you make any progress, or if anyone else has some ideas. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35248-starting-osx-issues-mabye-a-usb-issue/#findComment-269247 Share on other sites More sharing options...
entropicgestalt Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 yeah, forgot to mention but I reinstalled with 10.4.8 AMD before redoing the drivers. Now I get further but still have problems. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35248-starting-osx-issues-mabye-a-usb-issue/#findComment-269306 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley Posted January 6, 2007 Author Share Posted January 6, 2007 (edited) The install went good, but I'm still getting the waiting for root error =/ Edit: Just to let people know, if I start my machine in windows and open VMWare, OSX works great. Edited January 6, 2007 by Bradley Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35248-starting-osx-issues-mabye-a-usb-issue/#findComment-269340 Share on other sites More sharing options...
entropicgestalt Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 OK, with the 10.4.8_AMD, make sure to choose custom then install the OSX hacks. Once installed, edit /System/Library/Extensions/AppleVIAATA.kext/Contents/Info.plist before deleting /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache and /System/Library/Extensions.mkext, then while in /System/Library do: kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions After all that, I went to http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...=ATIScript.z0rz and with that I ended up using doe.sh cal3 0x0x0 1 1 Now I'm gonna try to get my wifi working... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35248-starting-osx-issues-mabye-a-usb-issue/#findComment-272438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yossarian Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Once installed, edit /System/Library/Extensions/AppleVIAATA.kext/Contents/Info.plist Edit it how? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35248-starting-osx-issues-mabye-a-usb-issue/#findComment-272468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
entropicgestalt Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 sudo -s (enter password) vi /System/Library/Extensions/AppleVIAATA.kext/Contents/Info.plist I like vi, other people prefer nano, take your pick. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35248-starting-osx-issues-mabye-a-usb-issue/#findComment-273229 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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