jspiker Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Hey guys I'm trying to install osx86 (10.4.8 with ppf2) My specs are as follows: Amd x2 4200+ MSI Neo4-f (nforce4) 2gb DDR 320gb SATA / 160gb ATA and more that doesn't matter I can install everything just fine and dandy in vmware (booting off XP from my ATA drive) onto a partition on my SATA drive. I can install, boot, and do everything just fine in vmware. Now.. native booting is another story. When using the DVD in native booting / installation, it will usually give me an error in the installation if using a journaled partition. Just using HFS+ usually works, and then I can finish the install. When its time for reboot, I press restart and it says MACH_REBOOT or something of that nature. It will stay like this indefinitely, and a hard reboot follows. I boot into OSX with verbose mode (-v) and watch the console fire away. It goes too fast to write down much of the errors and stuff I get, but some of the things i've noticed: IOATA device blocking the bus (or something like that) repeated a lot Cannot find root user, sleeping and trying again (repeated a ton) Started login window application (repeated a ton) Sometimes a filesystem error that needs fixing.. sometimes fixes itself. These errors are from about 10 different attempts at installing, so not the same one. I wouldn't object to using vmware for everything OSX related, but it's so darn slow, and I cannot use OSX under these conditions for what I want to use it for. My question is.. what should I do / try? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35877-install-boot-problems-amdx2/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
myzar Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Read the readme next time, it clearly states that sata doesn't work on nforce4 so your solution is simple use a pata drive Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35877-install-boot-problems-amdx2/#findComment-255483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jspiker Posted December 15, 2006 Author Share Posted December 15, 2006 But it does work.. in vmware I can install and play with OSX just fine, and it usually installs fine in native mode also. If I can install and get 1/2 way through booting, it must support sata somewhat (at least the update I got). Could this sata problem present itself half way through installation / booting.. because it detects and writes files to it just fine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35877-install-boot-problems-amdx2/#findComment-255743 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jspiker Posted December 15, 2006 Author Share Posted December 15, 2006 Ok you are correct, I had not realized corruption was frequent with sata. Guess I have to give in and put in my old IDE. Thank you though! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35877-install-boot-problems-amdx2/#findComment-255766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 VMWare uses Windows drivers to talk to the hardware When you run native, you use OSX drivers. OSX only comes with drivers for VIA and Intel SATA. VIA SATA can be hacked to work somewhat with nForce4, but it always results in corrupt data on large files. Best to stay away from nForce4 SATA and go with a PATA drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35877-install-boot-problems-amdx2/#findComment-255768 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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